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microgoat · 10-05-2005, 07:59 PM

but this thing was amazingly capable. I drove it down a "road" (really a named riverbed full of tree roots and rocks between two marginally better roads) that a friend wouldn't take his Cherokee down, and over a seven-foot snowbank twice.

not bad for a $50 car and four hours with a Sawzall. it started every time I turned the key, and I sold it for five times what I paid for it.

Yugos got a bad rap here in the US, but if you keep the oil clean and give 'em a timing belt every 30k they'll run forever. this one had 140k on the clock when I sold it.

radishkid · 10-05-2005, 08:01 PM

Wow. I just invented a word for you. Hippie-Hick. The dusty turn table in your other post now makes sense.

radishkid · 10-05-2005, 08:05 PM

It's cool in it's own pathetic way

I was always a fan of Lada's myself...

cvecmaxx · 10-05-2005, 08:09 PM

were going to chop my friends 50 dollar car this weekend, its a 87 blazer, were going to cut the rear off, and bolt the old back window to what is left of the cab.

i need to find my self a 50 dollad car....the trouble i could get into....

microgoat · 10-05-2005, 08:10 PM

would it help if I told you there was Grateful Dead album on the turntable?

radishkid · 10-05-2005, 08:12 PM

No. Please stop. It hurts.

CSR · 10-05-2005, 08:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by microgoat

Yugos got a bad rap here in the US, but if you keep the oil clean and give 'em a timing belt every 30k they'll run forever. this one had 140k on the clock when I sold it.

My brother bought one at a Police auction for a few hundred bucks. It was the sporty model, GVX I think. It was his daily driver for years. He wasn't easy on it, needle in the red numbers almost every shift. He put over 80,000 miles on it before the clutch went out.

microgoat · 10-05-2005, 08:19 PM

she can dance a Cajun rhythm, jump like a Willys in four wheel drive...

badhoopty · 10-05-2005, 08:23 PM

my cousins best friend had a yugo that his parents bought for him to bash on in the 'yard'. (in the country) we were like 12... they even built a little dirt circle track back there. so cool. the thing was all gutted out and if i recal had some sort of rollbar in it.

we put that thing on its side probably 3-4 times the day i was there... that kid probably drives a race-car for a living nowadays.

SVEN · 10-05-2005, 09:26 PM

"laugh at my old basher... "

Hahahaha

Where do you guys find cars for $50? I am almost that desperate to get one.

FrankyRizzo · 10-05-2005, 10:10 PM

Would that be a Yugup?

Yugo Pickup? I haven't had that much fun since we used to buy 510's for $200 and sawzall them. Now I actually wished I had a couple back.

slugzracing · 10-05-2005, 10:55 PM

I would love to get my hands on a yugo and stuff a Ford 2.3L turbo under the hood, can you say haul 4$$

microgoat · 10-06-2005, 05:30 AM

a better swap is a Fiat 1500, bolts right in and will outrun 5.0 Mustangs with a little work (an early Yugo 1100 head gets the compression up to 11:1 and they rev to almost 9k with the stock valvesprings). 150 hp in a 1500 lb car is a whole lot of fun. the great thing about owning a Yugo is once you have one and word gets around, people start giving 'em to you. another great thing is 25 mpg at 100 mph

slugzracing · 10-06-2005, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by microgoat

another great thing is 25 mpg at 100 mph

Holy crap! They go that fast?!

microgoat · 10-06-2005, 05:36 PM

stock, they go about 110-112 if you fold the mirrors back. with a 2-inch exhaust you can get 'em up near 120. with the Fiat 1500, 130 is possible, but real scary (it's still a 90 inch wheelbase and a very lifty shape)

believe it or not, i once did 200 miles in 2 hours in one of these, stock except for the 2-inch exhaust. had to stop for fuel after 2 hours (8 gallon tank).

most of the ones you see on used-car lots have been timed with the vacuum advance hooked up, which makes em run slow as a crack baby in calculus class. it doesn't take much to make 'em really entertaining. the trick is finding one that's not rusty. the youngest ones are 15 years old now.

ILoveRCRockCrawlin · 10-06-2005, 07:26 PM

aww man i would love to have one

10-05-2005, 07:59 PM	#1
microgoat I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cleveland, OH Posts: 8,009	laugh at my old basher... but this thing was amazingly capable. I drove it down a "road" (really a named riverbed full of tree roots and rocks between two marginally better roads) that a friend wouldn't take his Cherokee down, and over a seven-foot snowbank twice. not bad for a $50 car and four hours with a Sawzall. it started every time I turned the key, and I sold it for five times what I paid for it. Yugos got a bad rap here in the US, but if you keep the oil clean and give 'em a timing belt every 30k they'll run forever. this one had 140k on the clock when I sold it. Attached Images

10-05-2005, 08:05 PM	#3
radishkid Quarry Creeper Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: In the saddle... Posts: 473	It's cool in it's own pathetic way I was always a fan of Lada's myself... Attached Images

10-05-2005, 08:01 PM	#2
radishkid Quarry Creeper Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: In the saddle... Posts: 473	Wow. I just invented a word for you. Hippie-Hick. The dusty turn table in your other post now makes sense.

10-05-2005, 08:09 PM	#4
cvecmaxx Pebble Pounder Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: minocqua Posts: 165	were going to chop my friends 50 dollar car this weekend, its a 87 blazer, were going to cut the rear off, and bolt the old back window to what is left of the cab. i need to find my self a 50 dollad car....the trouble i could get into....

10-05-2005, 08:10 PM	#5
microgoat I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cleveland, OH Posts: 8,009	would it help if I told you there was Grateful Dead album on the turntable?

10-05-2005, 08:12 PM	#6
radishkid Quarry Creeper Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: In the saddle... Posts: 473	No. Please stop. It hurts.

10-05-2005, 08:19 PM	#8
microgoat I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cleveland, OH Posts: 8,009	she can dance a Cajun rhythm, jump like a Willys in four wheel drive...

10-05-2005, 08:23 PM	#9
badhoopty Moderator Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: chicago Posts: 2,814	my cousins best friend had a yugo that his parents bought for him to bash on in the 'yard'. (in the country) we were like 12... they even built a little dirt circle track back there. so cool. the thing was all gutted out and if i recal had some sort of rollbar in it. we put that thing on its side probably 3-4 times the day i was there... that kid probably drives a race-car for a living nowadays.

10-05-2005, 09:26 PM	#10
SVEN I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Burnsville Posts: 3,096	"laugh at my old basher... " Hahahaha Where do you guys find cars for $50? I am almost that desperate to get one.

10-05-2005, 10:10 PM	#11
FrankyRizzo I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Vegas Posts: 7,172	Would that be a Yugup? Yugo Pickup? I haven't had that much fun since we used to buy 510's for $200 and sawzall them. Now I actually wished I had a couple back.

10-05-2005, 10:55 PM	#12
slugzracing I wanna be Dave Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Hiding from Goodall Posts: 2,518	I would love to get my hands on a yugo and stuff a Ford 2.3L turbo under the hood, can you say haul 4$$

10-06-2005, 05:30 AM	#13
microgoat I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cleveland, OH Posts: 8,009	a better swap is a Fiat 1500, bolts right in and will outrun 5.0 Mustangs with a little work (an early Yugo 1100 head gets the compression up to 11:1 and they rev to almost 9k with the stock valvesprings). 150 hp in a 1500 lb car is a whole lot of fun. the great thing about owning a Yugo is once you have one and word gets around, people start giving 'em to you. another great thing is 25 mpg at 100 mph

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10-06-2005, 05:36 PM	#15
microgoat I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cleveland, OH Posts: 8,009	stock, they go about 110-112 if you fold the mirrors back. with a 2-inch exhaust you can get 'em up near 120. with the Fiat 1500, 130 is possible, but real scary (it's still a 90 inch wheelbase and a very lifty shape) believe it or not, i once did 200 miles in 2 hours in one of these, stock except for the 2-inch exhaust. had to stop for fuel after 2 hours (8 gallon tank). most of the ones you see on used-car lots have been timed with the vacuum advance hooked up, which makes em run slow as a crack baby in calculus class. it doesn't take much to make 'em really entertaining. the trick is finding one that's not rusty. the youngest ones are 15 years old now.

10-06-2005, 07:26 PM	#16
ILoveRCRockCrawlin RCC Addict Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Central NY Posts: 1,980	aww man i would love to have one

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