The Scoop
-Every August long weekend us Lada people head down to the Warren farm in upstate NY to party hardy and get some good wheelin' in. This year saw the largest turnout ever and included some very nice Nivas and even a perfect example of a Lada 21011. This was my first time attending and let me tell you I had a blast. I especially want to thank Pam + Gavin, Mark, their parents, John, and everyone else that helped put this together. It was great fun for all who attended, and was very well organised.
-Pictures:
1.On the way down we passed some 'murrican army convoy, I laid a fat crescendo of 21214 on them and sped away, they tried to shoot me with their guns because they though the Russians were trying to invade or something but I was so fast that they couldn't touch me. :P
2.Andreys nice 21011
3.Now that's a clean engine bay! Notice he's packing Weber carburetion and K & N filtration.
4.Super old school interior. Circa 1978 if I'm not mistaken.
5.Cover shot.
1.Camping Niva style!
2.The RTI ramp.
-I gave the ramp a good try and originally made it up 19" (on a 30deg ramp), that was with my swaybar installed but with one end not attached to my A-arm. I then took the swaybar completely off and made it 23" up the ramp. That's a 4" improvement in articulation on the ramp from just removing the swaybar. I was pretty impressed.
3.More campers on the edge of the pond.
4.John's primo Mercedes Unimog. It was also his tent for the weekend.
5.It's a good thing the army didnt follow me here, they'd try to bomb da partay yo.
1.Us Niva guys all drove our vehiculars down, but them 'murricans, they nearly all had to trailer their precious landies + such behind their expensive pickups. Guess them landies just can't handle ANY roads...
2.Welcome to da bush. This gorgeous view was available all day long.
3.The "rear" view of Matt's Niva.
4.The trick is to paint your drums + calipers red, then so long as they stay clean you can't get stuck...
5.See, Rugrat didn't paint his drums, and they got all dirty on top of that. He got stuck all over the place, just proves my theory.
1.This is what happens when a unimog busts out the "calista" styling.
2.235/75R15 "monsta" tires. They did extremely well for me off road and they even behaved very well on road to boot. They only slightly rubbed against the very front of my front fenders under 3/4 turn, I could have stopped this with a quick thump of a hammer but I like my fenders the way they are thanks. Also notice my open element air filter.
3.Vertical Parking.
4.Angle #2
5.Whenever Mark got his Jeep stuck, his son took the wheel and showed him how it's done.
1.Keeping watch from da top.
2.Lots of Nivas.
3.Um, Gavin, I think you're missing something...
4.So Bill got stuck, and someone pulled him out. It wouldn't be an LOCC meet if this scenario didn't happen at least 2 or 3 times.
5.Did I mention it was a BIG meet?
1.You see, my calipers and rotors are still red. And I didn't get stuck all weekend, not once! And there's Sophie, man's best fiend, hanging out the window :P
2.This is what happens when you attempt crossing the bog with 205/75R15s.
3.Vic and I made it through no problem. The common trait, monsta tyres. I don't think he had painted drums, but I know they were clean...
4.This is Matt being stuck in the same hole as Bill was earlier. I made it through, un-locked no less.
5.Hakkas don't like big bogs so much.
-OK this is worth a story. First off, Rugrat tried to cross the bog, and got stuck. So Matt went around and pulled him out. Then Matt tries, and gets stuck. So what does Rugrat do, goes to the other side to pull Matt through. Unfortunately he forgot to go AROUND, and tried to go THROUGH. So now he's stuck too. Fortunately, I was around. So I drove between the two (un-locked), through the bog, and proceded to pull Rugrat out so he could pull Matt out. Crazy people with their dirty drums and small tires.
1."I have an idea, let's both get stuck, at the same time, wouldn't that be cool?"
2.It's OK guys, I'll save you.
3.Rick's Ford axle. Many cool points to observe here.
4.Hey, it's a LSD.
5.From the underneath.
1.I don't know how he managed this, but Bill snapped his trailing arm.
2.When we were safely back at Gav's the neghbour set off this pollution-weapon.
3.OK maybe not a weapon, just some 'murricans burning their cars...
4.Rugrat's very smart dual handbrake setup. Almost the same as having a rear LSD.
5.Custom spring perches, custom panhard rod, and many other neat things.
1.Full belly pan. Genius.
2.Custom front bumper (very functional I might add).
3.Custom rear bumper and swing-away tire carrier.
4.Custom snorkel, and countless other cool innovations.
5.This is a high output GM alternator mounted high, away from water.
6.Panoramic with lots of people.
