Dacia 1300 LS, 1978, 252km...

Pe forumul Dacia Club un user, Dan, mare pasionat si colectinar de Dacii vechi, a reusit sa gaseasca un model Dacia 1300 LS 1978, cu numai 252 km la bord.

Modelul LS era mai putin exclusivist decat vechiul 1301 dar cu dotari sumplimetnare fata de 1300 si 1300L, instalație radio din fabrică, scaune față supraînălțate, circuit de frână dublu, oglinzi retrovizoare exterioare, oglindă interioară cu poziție zi/noapte, parasolar pasager cu oglindă, torpedou iluminat, brichetă electrică, instalație spălare parbriz electrică.

In 1978, se pare ca un prahovean a achizitionat aceasta masina, a condus-o pana acasa, si a inchis-o intr-un garaj timp de 32 ani. Motivele probabil vor ramane un mister, insa inclin sa cred ca nu era "politic" sa aiba aceasta masina noua si cu dotari de lux. Peste trei decenii mai tarziu, a fost pusa de vanzare pe autovit.ro pentru cateva zile. Nu a fost inmatriculata, inca purtand numerele de rodaj care a sosise acasa in 1978.

Pe forumul Dacia au fost multe spuse despre cat ar valora asa ceva. Din puncul meu de vedere este impresionant faptul ca e modelul LS, rar de tot astazi, si absolut inedit kilometrajul. In Anglia masini similare se duc pentru mii si mii de lire, chiar pentru modele banale precum Ford Cortina. Asta chiar daca au probleme pentru ca au stat atat de mult. Desigur, Anglia are complet alta cultura pentru masini vechi: sunt inregistrate peste 550,000 vehicule istorice din care peste jumatate sunt in stare de functionare. Romania are vreo mie inscrise.

Nu este singura Dacie veche cu kilometri foarte putini... Exista modele 1300 sub 20,000 km; 1100 e la fabrica Dacia are rodaj de fabrica; in Ungaria, se vinde 1310 cu 390km, iar in muzeul Renault existe exemplare din anii 80 nerulate. In plus, nu o e masina cu care se poate circula. Daca circula, isi pierde valoarea si unicatul. E strict bibelou de muzeu. O Dacie din primele serii, restaurata perfect cum le face Dan, e in multe privinte o alegere superioara.

Totusi, mi se pare o descoperire de-a drept spectaculouasa. Oricine poate restaura o rabla de Dacie pre 1972 si, cu destul efort, o face frumoasa din nou. Asa ceva, din pacate, cu toate bubele ei si in ciuda ca nu e "frantuzoaica" (un snobism mai catolic decat Papa si din pacate romanesc in parerea mea), nu va mai exista niciodata. Sper din toata inima sa fie prezervata cum i se cuvine.







On the Dacia Club forum, a user, Dan, big fan and collector of old Dacias, has managed to find a 1978 LS model with just 252km on the clock.

The 1300 LS was less exclusive than the top-of-the-range 1301 but had more extras than the 1300 and 1300L models, including: factory radio, bigger front seats, double bake circuit, two wing mirrors, night-day rear-view mirror, mirror on the passenger sun visor, illuminated glovebox, electric cigarette lighter, and electric windscreen washer.

It seems as if in 1978, a resident of Prahova county bought it new and drove it home, then left it parked in a sealed garage where it would be discovered over three decades later and put up for sale. Difficult to fathom why it was kept so hidden: my hunch is that dodgy money bought it and it needed to be kept a secret... At any rate, it would see the light of day 32 years on, never yet having been registered and still on its cardboard 1978 trade plates.

On the Dacia forum, much has been talked about how much something like this should be worth. My humble opinion is that not only is it a very rare LS, it has incredibly low mileage and is probably unique from this point of view. In the UK, similar timewarp cars go for thousands of pounds - even bog-standard Cortinas. Of course, Romania isn't the UK in terms of classic cars: 550000 historic vehicles are registered with over half being on the road. Romania has about a thousand on its books.

It's not as if such a low-mileage Dacia is unique, either. There are a handful of 1300s with less than 20k on the clock; the factory 1100 has delivery mileage; in Hungary you can buy a 1310 which has done 390km; and the Renault museum has stored a handful of unused Eighties models. You can't drive it otherwise it will lose all its uniqueness: this is strictly a museum piece. And in terms of desirability, a very early 1300 with French parts, perfectly restored, will probably always be nicer.

Still, I think this is a wonderful discovery. Any old fool can restore an early Seventies Dacia and make it gleam again. Something like this, however, despite the obvious faults of having been standing for so long, and despte not being the earliest of models (an OTT piece of more-Catholic-than-the-Pope snobbery, in my opinion), you won't find again. I sincerely hope someone preserves this example as it is.