Tag Archives: Niva

Instant Collection – Seven Lada Nivas for sale

So you’ve always wanted your own collection of Lada Nivas? Well you might be in luck. Here is an ad for seven of them. Looks like there is a Riva station wagon in there too being used as a parts … Continue reading

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Lada Heat Machine – Wild heater equipped Lada Niva

Check out this fantastic Lada Niva custom equipped with hydraulics and a massive heat source. It showed up for sale on Kijiji. It is rare enough to see a Niva as early as a 1980 model never mind one with … Continue reading

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Lada Niva Six Wheeler

A user on the Lada USA Forums found this very neat six wheeler Lada Niva. They report that while it has six wheelers only four of the wheels are driven. In the same yard was a very rare pickup variant.

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Lego Lada Niva

This a really neat Lego build of a Lada Niva. While the outside isn’t perfectly accurate the suspension surely makes up for that. It has a motor, steering and suspension. Be sure to check out the videos of it too. … Continue reading

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Canadian Lada Niva Pickup

The SUV style Lada Niva while not common is certainly around in Canada but the pickup version is quite rare. I saw this orange truck years ago in a Walmart parking lot and then again outside of Calgary’s Lada destination … Continue reading

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Spare Lada Niva sold

I had found myself owning a spare Lada Niva. I didn’t need it as my 1995 one was better in every way – it had fuel injection, the body was much more solid even the seats where better but it … Continue reading

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New dash panel with a dash of class for the Niva

Very low (none) budget make over for the Lada Niva’s interior Continue reading

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Tires and Wheels for the Niva

My Niva had BWA alloy wheels on it which I liked the look of but are not the strongest for offroading and the front rims kept rusting to the spindle. The tires where toast as well. But my 1991 had a new set of tires and 16″ steel rims which where a little rusty. Continue reading

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Rear seat into the ’95 Niva

Well starting to make use of my parts from the 1985 Niva already. The rear seat bolted right in from the ’85 into the ’95. The seat belts where different but I was able to make use of the ’85 buckle in the middle and keep the ’95 belt on the side. Continue reading

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Another Niva (and part of a third)

My long distance journey for acquiring a Lada Niva and a pile of parts. Continue reading

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