East European Cars In Sl

[carboy2011]

Does anyone know if the following makes of cars are still running in Sri Lanka,i know they were imorted in the 1960's onwards and due to many factors (durability,breakdown,parts etc) became obscure ,I have seen the Lloyd Alexander and Fiat running in late 80's and early 90's but never after that

would be great to know if other AL members remember seeing them at one point in time or if they are still running somewhere in SL

well here goes the list

Moskwitch

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moskvitch

Lloyd Alexander

http://en.wikipedia....oyd_(automobile)

Trabant

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trabant

Fiat 126 (sold here in 1990 as FSM 650)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_126

[VVTi]

My neighbour had a maroon colour Moskvitch SW that he dropped a Gemini diesel eingine in. Still runs I think.

[terrabytetango]

I see a large old 31 sri car which I'm sure is eastern euro, around the Rajagiriya area. Can't help but think it's a Moskvitch as well, but I've never gotten close enough to it and I can't find it on google either.

[carboy2011]

any chance of you taking a pic of it?

My neighbour had a maroon colour Moskvitch SW that he dropped a Gemini diesel eingine in. Still runs I think.

[Sylvi]

Members,

there were few Lloyd Alexander cars in Ceylon 1950 till 1960 end that was a car with 4 seats. I do not know what happened to them they were like Austin A30.

Sylvi Wijesinghe.

[Sylvi]

Members,

This is not according to the topic but I thought will post for the information of A/L Members.

The Hungarian buses in CTB by the name of Ikarus.But those buses failed in srilanka due to poor maintenance and not availability of engine spares.

Sylvi Wijesinghe.

[MasterDon]

There are supposed to be a few of those boxy Ladas here as well,not sure what happened to them...maybe Sylvi with his eternal wisdom can enlighten us

[fatjoe]

I seen quite a number of Fiat 126 around. I tot they were made in ital just like d others until u shed light on it. Even couple of days ago I saw one in IDH junction. Dats in Gothatuwa Rajagiriya. A black one. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Eastern_European_car,_unknown_model,_seen_in_Sofia,_Bulgaria_September_2005.jpg this looks like a LADA which is another variant of FIAT made in Russia i guess. I've seen lot of these around.

[terrabytetango]

There are supposed to be a few of those boxy Ladas here as well,not sure what happened to them...maybe Sylvi with his eternal wisdom can enlighten us

There's a maroon unregd/SORN Lada on the Madiwela/Kotte road. And on the night of the Colombo Night Race practices there was an 18- blue Lada wagon complete with sponsor stickers and race numbers parked near my car, on the grassy knoll opposite the Green.

Any idea if these ever made it here?

[SeanD]

A guy i know from school's mother used to drive a blue Lada wagon (possibly the same one spotted at the races, I assume it must have been sold). So at least a few of them still survive.

[Sampath Gunasekera]

There are supposed to be a few of those boxy Ladas here as well,not sure what happened to them...maybe Sylvi with his eternal wisdom can enlighten us

Yes, I can remeber in late 80s Lada Samara was imported from Russia and advertised on newspapers.

[matroska]

Regarding the Trabant, Wikipedia says : "... Used Trabants would often fetch a higher price than new ones, as the former were available immediately, while the latter required the infamous long wait." sounds a lot like the Viva Elite these days.