The Lada that walked on water

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In this episode we see if we can get a mostly stock Lada to sail.
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[@ckl8a]

put an open diff and split the hand brake so you can lock each wheel separately and that thing will actually turn

[@hotasianstepsister3039]

Dual diff is perfect for this type of modds!

[@rafakordaczek3275]

exactly what I though. I was wondering why they welded diff - it's not like that would make a difference on the water, with little to no load on the tires.

[@wtfiswiththosehandles]

@@rafakordaczek3275 Most of the time they use same cars for many projects, this one had diff welded way back.

[@SerPurple51]

@@wtfiswiththosehandles yup they typically torture a car until they can't anymore 🤣

[@Highstranger951]

Came here to say the same

[@robertcoldham6849]

With your skills fit a propeller to the rear axle via another diff

[@crazzzymick1]

It bit of the subject but the county side is beautiful ya should try some fishing in the amazing car no boat

[@healey100austin]

Next,lads to the moon.Далее, лада на Луну.

[@turps0]

I like where this is going!! 😆

[@jhonrodriguez213]

next proyect a steam powered lada, or a full electric lada, a jet powered lada, and finally a warpdrive lada to travel tru spacetime

[@ianhames2465]

Needed 4wd

[@TonyLing]

What does that "thagg" word he uses mean?

[@leviwalker7761]

Russian paddleboat!

[@UmmmmmmmWhat]

These prototype Sherps definitely saw some improvements before making it into production. 😆

[@White000Crow]

Back when they called them Sharts

[@tigerxra8515]

13:18 That guy on the right almost went for a swim too 😂

[@stevejobs7153]

"The boys are experiencing some wheel spine" 😭

[@-Jethro-]

“We’ve done everything properly.” LOL 😂

[@edifyguy]

That made me laugh hard too

[@kevinclear4007]

Breaks in first 10 seconds....rebar to the rescue? Lol

[@edifyguy]

@@kevinclear4007 Wellllllll

[@xochitlbergthold6765]

Thank you, Vlad, for once again demonstrating the clear technical superiority and unmatched flexibility of Ladas over all competng vehicles. You have sent a Lada to space (Shorty on the weather balloon), you have proven Lada's seaworthiness, swampworthiness, iceworthiness, snowworthiness and of course its utter superiority on land. When will we see a Lada submarine? Or a Lada torpedo? Or maybe a Lada that swings from trees? How about a dune-buggy Lada? Or a hang-glider Lada? This one might be a bit tricky, but how about a unicycle Lada? Here's one more wonderful idea: How about a Lada Scud Missile? Keep up the excellent work; we love it!

[@hg60justice]

to get it on land you need about an 8:1 rear gear to make up for those tires.

[@AlienLivesMatter]

a manual transmission mounted to the back of a torque converter autobox might almost make that possible

[@FATHERSOFBASS]

Ifffff you put tires that go beyond the roof of the car you will be able to run into a wall and flip over and drive upside down? Try it

[@towerofresonance4877]

Remember that toy back in the nineties? I forget what it was called, remote control car that could flip over and still keep driving....

[@filip_gamer7705]

@@towerofresonance4877 fliperona is caled on balkan

[@Jaujau326]

Engine won’t run upside down

[@filip_gamer7705]

@@Jaujau326 that's right

[@tahahaider5836]

@@Jaujau326 then place engine on bearing

[@MagentaRV]

1. Belly pan for engine (just weld the hood to the bottom?) 2. Front wheels don't really steer as they don't turn; shorten those spacers - or weld the suspension higher as it was still bending too much and in the clearance space, add some rudders for steering. 3. Keep having fun like you do!

[@AlienLivesMatter]

Welding the differential might have been a mistake... Separate brake controls for left/right drive wheels would let the operator steer by choosing which wheel gets more power. like a tractor

[@NathansMoparGarage]

Awesome. Red Green did this with a Honda.

[@spencerc4054]

I’d like you to make a car that is capable of driving upside down, which has complications of its own - regarding lubrication but it certainly would be a crazy thing to see… like those RC cars from when I was a kid that would drive upside down

[@-A-Hybrid-Skunk-Productions-]

That was such an awesome video Team Garage 54. I loved it. I had a huge blast watching it. Thanks sooooo much for sharing this video with us, it was awesome. You folks have an epic day and Happy Summer to you. See you next video. Byes for now.

[@BinneReitsma]

God I love this channel so much, You guys do what I thought I wanted to do when I was 10 - 16 years old but never did.

[@thestreets5206]

You guys are living legends , I could drink a few beers with you guys anytime 👍👍👍

[@TomBonham-l3z]

I think you need to use a front wheel drive car for ease of steering and some extra flotation under the front of the vehicle.

[@garyhardwick8489]

You need to make a LADA hovercraft! You guys always make me smile with your crazy antics.....😄

[@ryangreenley4818]

This really needs to happen with a Niva, the 4wd should help a lot.

[@jwserge]

Or a FWD

[@rayceeya8659]

The load on those wheel bearings is terrifying.

[@eventeresting1142]

Solid pipes instead of shocks for suspension PLEASE 🥺❤️

[@turps0]

Awe man, the alignment 😂 let’s drive it in the lake! You guys are awesome 👏😎

[@Soulvex]

I'd love for you to reverse everything. Turn right to go left, Clutch pedal = gas, gas = clutch, 1st gear = 4th gear, 4th gear = 1st gear ect ect.

[@thebanjoman1963]

I think a more appropriate background music for this would would be.. The "Theme From Gilligans Island" 😁

[@dawidgrupu9978]

Maybe you guys should make a lada boat, welding the doors, making it buoyant and you could use a propeller on the driveshaft instead of the diff (and make the propeller steer)

[@truckerdaddy-akajohninqueb4793]

I could tell at 8:30 we were going to have a catastrophic failure

[@sebastianbogusz9187]

Guys can you do an engine swap with double ural motorcycle engines connected like 4 cylinder boxer? Will IT pull? Or even be stringer than a stock lada engine?

[@systemsrenegade9888]

YOU could remove the radiator once it's in the water and just allow the water pump to pump straight for the water source as long as it's fresh water.

[@volvo09]

This was awesome! It floated great. What a loyal car.

[@janlassen6101]

That Freddy-T-shirt looks really good.

[@shawnstoudt7130]

Still would like to see that V12 engine In a monster truck though But thank you for taking that advice With monster truck tires Garage 54

[@dindongdindong8565]

One the greatest channel in KZbin 👌

[@HDXFH]

A hovercraft lada is next lol

[@SLAutoRepair]

Before the arm broke, I thought the wheel bearing was separating when it started leaning at a weird angle. The real mvp is those oem wheel wheel bearings. There’s definitely enough pressure to separate a wheel bearing there

[@rupe53]

wheel bearings are tougher than you think, so I was expecting a broken spindle

[@SLAutoRepair]

I’ve had them separate with less

[@robinpage2730]

I'm convinced that the Lada is the most toughest, most versatile, and powerful car ever built. You can do anything to it and it'll still run.

[@Pavlos_Charalambous]

As a child I used to do these to my toy cars 🤣 putting wheels from the bigger to the smaller ones thinking if it was real it would float As it turns out my 11 years old self was right!!! 😁

[@vga6509]

Next, hovercraft Lada, why not.

[@Chris_Garman]

It's a Larp. A Lada trying to be a Sherp.

[@MrTPoops]

Yo

[@HDXFH]

Whistlindiesel style lol

[@chemicalvamp]

Need some pontoons under the floor 🙃

[@johnjobber2219]

Good thing they have Dana 60’s

[@tomtheplummer7322]

Rolling’, roll in’, roll in’ on the river. 🎶😆

[@Herbertti3]

If you can develop a mechanism for it to spin the wheels inviditually and opposite directions it will be full on controllable on water.

[@DjFr1nge]

like using an open diff and independent braking on the rear, plus putting rear tires on backwards so they can act as paddles....since it's not 4wd

[@nigelman9506]

@@DjFr1nge I agree with you, those tyre threads are made for removing water on a wet roads, turning them around would give it more forward thrust, the diff should be unlocked with independent braking and different gear ratio, 4 wheel drive would be better as your not dragging 2 great big anchors, raise the suspension so that no water enters the cab and the steering pivot points should be extended into the tyre rim, not much wrong then

[@Tumbleweed_Tx]

this reminds me of a crazy Russki machine called the Cheburetor, which I saw in the early days of youtube. The background music was by a Russian artist called Chaif, the song was Volny Veter... .great stuff!

[@nathaingalt8623]

Kamakazi fire eliminating Lada. Ever see that movie Demolition Man? Like the safety system there, but this one dumps foam. Drive into an area with fire (forest, building, parking lot) pull the lever and blow up in foam

[@moefuggerr2970]

Need a fishing pole.

[@albertdehn8381]

Thanks for sharing 👍😀

[@brenyngreen]

Monster truck territory..... why not take a 4x4 truck frame take off Body and put it under a Lata and lift it 10 inches but big tires and make a Monster Lata

[@mac24seven]

Garage 54 needs ONE high powered motor, a turbo Lada or something that has enough power to make their cool experiments much better. Just swap it into their project cars.

[@the_car_guy5915]

That's cool, but... What if you were to drive a supercharger or something directly off of the driveshaft?

[@TonyLing]

0:16 Off to Odessa it is then

[@bradleyberdahl6148]

Очень интересно, молодец, брат. У нас очень похожая погода в Северной Дакоте,... Мы говорим холодно, как задница колодца!!!!! LOL!!!!

[@doubleozero007]

I think it would work better if it was 4wd

[@edifyguy]

It would.

[@dimitar4y]

"It won't go anywhere but straight" Ooooh... Make a lada go straight but then try to add steering by differentially running the tyres like tank treads.

[@Leon-Jordan]

Can you make a clutch out of really strong magnets?

[@Homme_Pur]

those poor bearings

[@user-pwfus]

This is kind of foolish since this has been done many times before even with monster trucks which is crazy however you could have made it into a Lada car/boat that would have been cool.

[@xristoskoutsos9270]

Have the tires get an engine and maybe a proper monster Lada build series tall the cab over the tires the classic garage 54 weld everything together technique😃😃

[@tomtheplummer7322]

Why are the tires all different sizes? Typical Russian quality control? 😆

[@frankperez7885]

Whistling diesel has tried it with their truck putting big tires and floating on the Atlantic Ocean it works but very slowly

[@justaaussie]

I'm at 4:28 into the video and I see non hub centric wheels 👌 I foresee snapped wheel Studds LoL I'll wait and See

[@Caintuckiee]

Next time cut the roof off so you don’t drown if it turns over… Also, does anybody know what brand of tires those are ?

[@garypaisley]

With stock tires, snorkels and a periscope you could drive it under water..?

[@davekauffman8727]

Love your channel Vlad, the things you do to cars are crazy. BMI Russian has it's hands full, but they do a great job translating. I'm glad that you didn't go too far out into the lake, that suspension was under a lot of stress, I was fearful that another link might go and you would need a rowboat to come get you. Try building yourself a copy of the unstoppable Sherp, those Russian rigs easily go through any of the mud pits that America has offered.

[@basoncivicsi]

WhistlinDiesel did this with a big diesel truck. Check it out!

[@Random_guy_2024]

What happened if you combined electronic and hydraulic power steering

[@sweet65mustang]

C'mon. Get a solid axle under the front of that thing and make it real. Transfer case and 4wd

[@scottinWV]

Would have been awesome on something like a 4WD Subaru or similar.

[@treeguyable]

I want to work at garage 54 when I grow up. Son, no one should have that much fun.

[@scottinWV]

The rear tires will do slightly better turned around. The act more like paddles that way/

[@hotasianstepsister3039]

I think that this set up perfectly fit with the monster lada! The one with the truck engine swaped!

[@joshuarisker5525]

I would not be going under that lada you would be squished if them welds fail or or threads break

[@ladanivadriver1578]

Look up lada 1922 / niva marsh much better thing lol

[@OFFICAL-FULL-SENDER]

Awesome

[@Skyryder47]

OK, so that worked. Mow try it on a 4x4 and see if you can make it go where you want it too.

[@SavageBunny1]

It's not snowing in Russia!! That's blasphemy!!

[@maxpower4781]

Whistling diesel laugh's at your experiment check out his in the ocean

[@angusmacgyver3673]

if the lada was 4-wheel drive, with the front dif welded like the rear, would it be able to steer on the water when you turn the steering wheel with the tires that are on it in this video??

[@baltazard133T]

I just don't see how that thing didn't suck in tons of water not having a snorkel on the intake 🤦🤦

[@danstone8783]

Whistlin'Diesel did this with a truck and actually went out into the ocean.

[@joshuarisker5525]

This is the Russian version of whistlindiesel's monster max in Florida lol

[@truckerdaddy-akajohninqueb4793]

You never ceased to amaze us 😃 Awesome Please remember our friends in the Ukraine and hope that the war will stop

[@Holy_Moley]

Need to do this again, but make the vehicle water tight like a boat, and need an all-wheel-drive vehicle.

[@calvarycustoms6681]

Easy with the f-bombs, or we’ll un-sub.

[@rcard23yb]

In the northern hemisphere summer is almost over. I dont know in russia🙄

[@WayneMiller1110]

Now you're just copying whistling diesel

[@Mostafa-vs8bd]

Hi Attach some wood board to back wheel for better propellant force

[@m3sca1]

should have left the diff and steered with brakes

[@ashtehlion4796]

They made a friend for that Hummer on tiny wheels they created a while ago

[@paulseymour6963]

It sinks. No worries about your car but you borrowed the wheels.

[@fangthewarrior]

It's almost as though Ladas were made to tolerate these shenanigans xD

[@iTzDanK93]

Jesus Lada, I've heard it can turn gasoline to wine

[@garryli2030]

Yoo stalker 2 dlc should add this car as fast travel tools to cross through the zone.