from what I was told the Cars were shipped to the Distributor from Russia to Canada where they did the final assembly which included installing the Automatic transmission and if you noticed on the cheaper 1.3 liter cars the headlights were the small Square 70s US style units, while the kept the larger European style lights for the 2107, Why they did this I have no idea, but as far as the transmission, Yes that was installed once the car got to Canada
<style type="text/css"></style> <style type="text/css"></style> ________________________________ From: Dmitri Shvetsov <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, September 23, 2011 9:23 PM Subject: [USSR-Cars] Re: Hello from Seattle USA that's pretty old transmission....3-speed? was installed in Canada by the dealers? --- In [email protected], "Ben Boyle" <ben@...> wrote: > > GM Th-180, the one used in Chevrolet Chevettes over here. > On Fri, 23 Sep 2011 20:52:10 -0400, Dmitri Shvetsov <usavolga@...> > wrote: > > > wow, I have never seen an automatic 2105...what kind of tranny it had? > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], todd fitch <rrshadow2@> wrote: > >> > >> I've posted pics of my TWO Lada Signet Automatics in the photos > >> section, the white car was my Nice car, the Red Car was also an > >> Automatic but a 2107 that car I got for Free to use for spare parts > >> along with the white car. That car I only owned for about four hours as > >> I have a friend in Portland Oregon, a Russian guy who's more Lada Mad > >> than I am and He Had to have it!! I sold him the Red Signet Automatic > >> Not running for $1,000. He's an interesting character, He owns probably > >> by now around 10 Nivas, all gotten out of Canada and None of them with > >> paperwork, somehow he's been lucky enough to bring in Nivas NOT 25 > >> years old from up North and he just tells Customs they're for parts and > >> he's been allowed to bring every one of them in to the US > >> > >> Â > >> > >> <style type="text/css"></style> > >> <style type="text/css"></style> > >> > >> > >> ________________________________ > >> From: Dmitri Pronin <dmitri_pronin@> > >> To: [email protected] > >> Sent: Friday, September 23, 2011 6:57 AM > >> Subject: Re: [USSR-Cars] Hello from Seattle USA > >> > >> > >> ÂSelling an automatic Signet is a crime!!! :) You could have rebuilt > >> the engine to make it 1.8L or swapped it with 1.7-1.8L > >> > >> On 23.09.2011 3:20, todd wrote: > >> Â>I'm a Lada fan living in Seattle, I've owned a fairly nice Samara > >> that I got out of Canada and just recently sold my 1985 Lada Signet > >> also from Canada, That car basically a 2105, was a rare Automatic and > >> in amazing condition, I didn't really expect to sell it so soon except > >> I kept getting stopped and asked if I would sell it, also I wasn't a > >> fan of the Automatic transmission since it was bolted to the 1.3 Liter > >> engine making for a Very Slow car. I'm on both the UK and US Lada > >> forums and am currently looking for a 2104 2105 or even better yet a > >> 2107 hopefully with the 1.5 liter engine and a MANUAL transmission to > >> ship to the States. I've shipped several cars from the UK in general > >> but no Ladas as of yet, I keep waiting for one to come up For Sale, but > >> it needs to be at Least 25 years old for me to get it in to the states, > >> and there's not many 25 year old Lada Rivas coming up For Sale in the > >> UK...Now what a Really REALLY want is a Volga M24-10, the -10 > >> mainly because it has the more modern Mercedes like Interior! The > >> problem I'm finding in searching down a 25 year old M24-10 is that most > >> of them seem to be in Latvia, Estonia, places where shipping a car out > >> is much more of a Challenge than from the UK, from the UK there is the > >> option of Roll On Roll Off where they just drive the car on the ship, > >> strap it down, it arrives in the states, they drive it off and you come > >> and get it, Unfortunately from these other Eastern European Countries > >> they only offer Container shipping which is Wayyyyy More expensive and > >> I don't really want my can in a Container since I only want ONE car! So > >> This is my problem at the moment, 1. Find a Nice rust free Volga or > >> Lada that's 25 years old and 2. Find a way to get it to the west coast > >> of the US without it costing three times more than the car is worth > >> just to get it here > >> > > >> > > >> > > >
