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In addition to the Barracuda, we're fixing up one most maligned car in history!!!!!!!! 1.1L, EFI, 5 spd, transverse leaf, independant rear suspension.

Lets see who gets it first!
 

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No intention of running a Yugo build thread! I just posted it for a laugh. early yugo's really suck with carbs. This is basically a fiat engine and gearbox with bosch EFI. works rather well. body integrity is suspect.

We are: installing lower and heavier front springs and Red Koni performace struts. rear sway bar, stiffer rear transverse leaf spring. Roll bar and a good stereo. Probably upgrading seats too to something more suitable.

Should be fun. Paint? maaco special in the works. Should have somewhere less that 4K in the entirre build when done. GOOD yugos (oxymoron) are actually pulling repectable money. I should be able to break even on the sale (I hope anyway)

I'm going to teach my son to drive stick. He can always say he learned to drive in a Yugo! Maybe he should drive it to the prom? talk about style!
 
Really a yugo pulling money. who'd a thunk it.. lol
 
Old joke, know what they call a 4 door Yugo? A We go.
 
Why did all Yugo have rear window defrosters?
So your hands would be warm when you pushed them.
 
They are all Fiats....just built with cheaper labor. I saw one still rolling last week. There were stories of them leaving the lot with gaps in the front window seal that you could see light through...
 
I swear this is no lie. I went to oreiley's today to get some fuel pump fittings. There was a 2 door Yugo out front that some chick just got as a bday present. It was an 87. She was happy. So I suppose there is some truth to the in demand for yugos.. wow..
 
From Hagerty Insurance:

30 May 2014
You Paid What For A Yugo? The Priciest Examples Of Some Of The Worst Cars Ever
By: Rob Sass

The classic car market has been on a tear for several years now. Some cars that you would never imagine breaking the five grand barrier have done so, often handily, with the best examples of some of the worst cars ever regularly breaking the bank on eBay. Here are some of our favorites:

1. 1990 Yugo GV ($9,100): Nobody restores a Yugo, right? Ummmm … wrong. This one was restored to better-than-new condition with great paint and interior. When new, these communist-made transportation appliances with funny-smelling plastic interiors and negative numbers in every relevant safety measure sold for about three grand. This one brought almost three times that on eBay in August 2012.

2. 1985 Trabant convertible ($18,900): Yet another product of European communism, the smoky, two-stroke Trabant was made from a resin-impregnated, cloth-based composite material that was rumored to be based on discarded East German military uniforms. A sign of the backwardness of the former Soviet bloc, the juxtaposition of Trabants against 7-series BMWs after the wall came down was particularly comical. While it was an unusual “beach car” convertible variant, this was huge money for a terrible car. Sold on eBay in October 2012.

3. 1979 AMC Pacer ($12,433): Pacers had a brief moment in the collector car sun after the movie “Wayne’s World,” along with other “nerd cars” like the AMC Gremlin. This incredibly clean example with just 38,083 miles sold on eBay Motors in March 2014 for the huge sum of $12,433.

4. 1979 Ford Pinto ($4161): Saying that Pintos are “da bomb” is a terrible joke that we seem to have repeated. Known mainly today for their fuel tank positioning, which gave them explosive characteristics in rear-end collisions, they really weren’t bad to drive. But the attending bad publicity ensured that, along with Chevy’s ill-fated Vega, American compacts failed to stem the tide of Japanese imports. This disco-era Pinto wagon, complete with a factory porthole window, was just the thing for someone with a case of “Boogie Nights” nostalgia. Sold in November 2012 on eBay Motors.


some guys with money: [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJo2kLMb9Vk"]1986 Yugo AWD Twin V8's Goodguy's Indy 2014 - YouTube[/ame]

some other guys with NO money but who has more fun?????: [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYnJXvvm-qs"]Yugo vs Stepenice - ko ce vise izdrzati - Crazy video! - YouTube[/ame]
 
Back in the day we used to finance Yugos through a local Dodge dealer. After about a year, people would just leave them at the dealership. They would have a huge bill against them for warranty work that the company couldn't or wouldn't pay, and they would owe us (the finance company) more than they originally paid for the car because they'd been paying interest only for a year. We'd repossess them and sell them at the auction for pennies on the dollar, then sue the customer and/or the dealer for any losses that we incurred. Sad time for US car dealers.
 
Was behind an orange Yugo yesterday - I just laughed. The 3 kids tooling around in it were laughing at people's expressions to seeing a Yugo on the road. I got beside them at a light an gave them a big thumbs up - the kid in the back blew soda out his nose....
 
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