So a few people have asked how the lada valiant is progressing and the honest truth is very slowly. The car overall is far from what is call a rust bucket but there is an issue with the torsion bar cross member that is going to black flag this car off the road until it gets fixed.
The guy who sold me this car is a fabo member and he did mention the cross member is a bit shaky but didn't think it would need to be replaced. I think it needs to be replaced to be safe. He felt bad but I don't blame him at all because this kind of **** should almost be expected when working with cars as old as these cars are. Those who know who I got this car from can note that he did mention it and he's still my favorite seller because this isn't his fault. I'm looking forward to the repair because I have only dug this deep into a car once before because the other car was wrecked (not by me) and I replaced the entire front inner structure, so I'm not afraid of this job.
I think something happened to this cross member probably when the car was new because that is unusual for rot like that to be so localized, no where else on the car is anything like it.
So I'm going to continue painting the engine compartment and replace the torsion bar cross member when time allows, I still have to get it cut out of a parts car.
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