Abandoned Lada in Yambol

 This is becoming an increasing occurrence with Lada's being abandoned on the street of Yambol. It is now common to see the old Lada cars being swamped with weeds as the vehicle is no longer being moved. A collector's item nowadays.

A Lada Becomes a Larder in Yambol

 Having a Lada being abandoned on the roadside for many years in Yambol, and yes I took a picture of this same car a few years ago, it now has become a larder albeit storing non-food items.

A Lada Police Car Parked up in Yambol

A white Lada Police Car was seen parked up. Not too sure it would be very effective in a police car chase. I was there when it was driven away with the engine and faulty exhaust causing a great din. Don't even think it was roadworthy with the noise it expelled.

A Speeding Comet Decorated Lada In Yambol

This parked up white Lada took my eye as I walked by today. A speeding comet was the art on the side of the passenger side door. Not too sure whether the Lada can travel at comet speed. It seems a young driver owns this car which is a common first car for many youngsters here.

Block 44 In Yambol

Back onto the series of apartment blocks in Yambol it is block number 44 this time around. t is here because a former resident of 20 years ago requested the insert into this blog. Dimitar misses his Father's smile and the faithful Lada whilst he used to live there, which he says were the best years of his life! Notice the red carpets hanging out in the glassed balcony, they'll be dry in no time with this sun.

The Old Yambol Police Car Again

This old Yambol police car has been seen before and a year later still going strong. The Lada conversion obviously gets serviced often this time parked in the Diana complex north of the centre. The rust doesn 't seem to have got much worse since the last time I saw it.

A Snow Hidden Yambol Lada

After another bout of snow, I walked up the road for a loaf of bread from my local shop. It was with great comfort that I realised my own Lada wasn't the only one that had been hidden from sight due to the amount of snow that had fallen. In fact all you can see of this car is the 'Lada 2104' motif. I have a sneaking suspicion that this Lada has a roof rack

A Lada Boot Full Of Yambol Homegrown Vegetables

A Lada boot full of homegrown vegetables is not a common sight in Yambol. Most carry their daily produce by hand, as the growing areas are close if not next to their homes. This instance however, the vegetables needed to be transported from some factory grounds where they were grown to home some 3 kilometres away to be barbequed and stored in the freezer for winter food. Notice the gas system in the Lada, half the price of petrol costs.

(Can you guess who's Lada and produce it is?)

A Broken Down Lada In Yambol

The Ladas of Yambol are a dying breed. Every ten cars you saw in Yambol a few years ago eight might well have been Ladas and it would take you quite a while to find ten cars! Now the volume of traffic and the amount of modern western European cars imported it quite a turn around. So when I see a broken down Lada I feel quite sorry for it. This particular Lada will be fixed very cheaply and last longer than many other makes of cars that increasing continue to pollute Yambol.

A Classic Moskovitch - With Racing Stripes?

I generally don't like cars, but they are a fact of life in this modern world. What I do find interesting are the old Ladas and Moskovitch cars imported from Russia. Many of these cars are 20, 30 or even 40 years or older and still running, just. they are the workhorses on Bulgarian roads and outclass all other modern vehicles in personality. This classic Moskovitch has racing stripes or is the tape there to hold the bonnet together? Whatever the reason, this car is still working and runs although there is a brick behind th back wheel so the handbrake doesn't work. The number plate is brand new so it got through the 'tough' ministry of transport test somehow.

Lada Shop

I see this sight quite often as a Lada is the shop selling various fruit and vegetables including preserved gherkins and conserve on the bonnet a set of weighing scales to the left with rakia for sale just behind that. The owner wasn't trading for the last couple of weeks as it was too cold, but better weather over the last two days has brought him out again. This is set up in the middle of a set of apartment blocks. A free market is ever I saw one.

A Lada Police Car - Is it Road Worthy?

It was late afternoon as I caught sight of a Lada police car passing me, so I managed to get a photograph of the vehicle. It was gone in a flash and I didn't really get a good look at it until I got home this evening. It makes me wonder if these cars get through their road test each year. The car must be about 20 years old, but it obviously won't be used in car chases - very rare in Yambol anyway - but just for carrying around road signs, cones and other bulk equipment in the back. I feel that the days of sights like this are numbered now.

Yambol Lada Estate Police Car

Contrary to being told by a policeman many months ago that there are no Lada police cars anymore I caught site on one today on this sunny but much colder December afternoon. It was parked in the police headquarters car park. Why would they tell me that there weren't any more? Well at least this time I wasn't reported and taken in for questioning for taking pictures. By the way I personally think that this is a fine looking police car and a one for the archives.

Operation Lada in Yambol

A normal sight on a cold morning in Yambol where a Lada owner is performing operations. We have to recognise the person by either the car he is lent over or by the trousers and boots. Like I say this is a very common sight myself included in this group of Lada operations. Notice the door wide open on the road side, this is common as well.

Land Rover Police Car

As menitoned before, there are no Lada Police cars in Yambol anymore. As I passed the Police station car park today I see a Land Rover Police car. It may be an old model 'County' Land Rover but this is an up and coming police force now it seems.

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Lada Rear Indicator Lights

This just caught the eye in Yambol this morning. A well worn Lada emblem and rear indicator lights. This Lada car is at least 20 years old and still retains the charactor.



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