Really Hot Car

[gabeti]

http://www.2sportscars.com/hot-car.html

Would you drive it?

 

[ig-88]

Well, at least you never have to worry about the windows fogging up.

 

[biog]

Looks like the car John Candy and Steve Martin were driving in Planes,Trains and Automobiles after the fire.

 

[Edifice]

The ultimate convertible.

 

[DistantVoyeur]

Think I saw it parked on a side-street in Buffalo....wait, they may have added more. Looked leaner there.....
Oh.... it has tires now, wow!

 

[Edifice]

In Soviet Russia, car drives you.

 

[Hard Idle]

Looks like Russian. Holy Dinah!

Good guess, but I think you're wrong on the car itself.

No doubt the picture is from Eastern Europe. The blue car in the driveway is an early 70's GAZ Volga 24: http://www.volga-gaz.ru/about/images/24/24-2.jpg while the orange car passing by is either a late AZK Moskvitch or a Polski Fiat.

Getting back to the custom wreck in question, the frame is that of a car derived form the Fiat 124, which includes the original Soviet Lada. The frame, steering wheel and instrument shroud is identical to the early 70's models ( with the round headlights) of this platform.

But I don't think it's a Lada, I think it's an authentic Fiat - if you compare the C-pillars, you'll notice that Lada has the ornamental black plastic vents acorss the entire C-pillar, as shown:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Lada_1200.jpg/300px-Lada_1200.jpg

Whereas the car in this thread has a smaller insert within the pillar. Only one variant had this exact trim - the Fiat 124 T Special:http://www.locomobilia.com/images/lit_brochure_fiat_1973_7077_xl.jpg
(may need to right-click Show Picture if it doesn't load)

One of these days, somebody is going to light a cigarette close to that car at the wrong moment...