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Even though we like our little Lada a lot, we know that in the end we need to create some space around the house, so our Lada 1200S is for sale.

On this blog you can see the Lada-bid-o-meter for the current asking price. We wrote this blog so you can see what state the vehicle is, and all the work that got into it to get it so far.

The name of this blog blablalada derived from a Dutch TV commercial "Lada, een auto zonder bla bla", which can be translated as "Lada a car without pretenses".


Specifications
Lada 1200 / AutoVAZ 21013
Year: 1988
Milage: 25.878 km
First owner vehicle from 1988 - 2017


Lada-bid-o-meter
Asking price: € 4.100,-

Email: marco@otoparts.nl






LADA for sale / te koop / à vendre / zu verkaufen / in vendita / na sprzedaż


This specific vehicle "Lada 1200" is an export version of the 2101. According to Wikipedia: "21013 (1977–1988) — similar to VAZ-21011, 1,198 cc (73.1 cu in) engine, exported as the Lada 1200 with an upgraded version (incorporating the exterior and dashboard changes introduced with the VAZ-21011) called Lada 1200S."

Deze Lada 2101 is te koop, foto (2017) van de aankoop van 1ste eigenaar


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Colour: 127
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