Anyone who wants to fly back to the 1980s in the seat of a softly sprung Dacia now has the opportunity. Featured on our site several times Oldtimer Automobil Kft. his team proved once again that there are still plenty of finds waiting to be discovered, which are treasured by fans, hidden in the depths of Hungarian garages and barns.
Now they have found a Dacia from 1984, which is not as popular as the Ladas of the time, but that’s why its price is lower. And they also bring the nostalgia factor, especially if there was such a machine in the family at the time.
According to the Facebook post, “we found a first-owner Dacia 1310 in excellent condition in a country garage.” Its former owner took great care of the car, never used it in winter, they only went on long trips with it to Mátra and Transylvania. The car, which has traveled 68,900 kilometers, has its Merkur papers and two sets of keys, and has survived the last forty years with its original paintwork and rust-free floor plate in good condition.
Dacia 1300/1310
A family car produced in Romania from 1969 to 2004, in a series of 1,959,730 units, it is a licensed model of Renault 12. At the time of production, Dacia took the Renault 12 as a basis both technically and in terms of design, and despite its technical flaws and rotting bodywork, it was liked by many motorists due to its comfort. Dacia presented the 1979 Bucharest Motor Show Dacia 1310which was a renovated version of the 1300.
It was built with four-cylinder engines with two valves per cylinder, which changed only in their displacement over the decades, which gave them a few extra horsepower. The first versions had a 1.2-liter engine with 48 horsepower, but the more modern versions of the series could also have a 1.6-liter 72-horsepower engine, with which the top speed was 150 km/h.
The price of a Dacia 1310 in 1984 was HUF 134,000, the 10-40 percent advance paid over the years before delivery did not earn interest, but the purchase price could rise.
Source: www.vezess.hu
