The story goes as such. The car was bought from Cimos in Koper, Slovenia in 1991 just before the breakup of Yugoslavia. It spent its first 30 years and 120k km in a village near the Serbia-Croatia border. The owner used it to get to and from work at a petrol station. The car was later bought by a relative of the owner after he passed. Two years later, I bought the car. It needed quite a bit of work. Luckily, most of the work was minor (like faded plastics, worn steering wheel and the such). I also had the valve cover gasket replaced, installed new spark plugs and wires, a new LHM reservoir, rebuilt the pressure regulator and rebuilt the rear suspension. To finish it off, the height corrector was adjusted. Now the only things left on the list are a new indicator stalk, a carburetor rebuild and a set of original wheel trims (like the BX GT and Digit had) to finish it off. I use this car as a daily driver. It also sees quite a bit of motorway use (where it is driven at the speed limit (130 km/h)), and I must say it eats up miles like a modern car! It also rolled over 136k km recently, where it sits now. I look forward to the next 100k!
That is all there is to say for now. I expect to go on many more adventures with this car. I think a former Yugoslavia road trip may be fun to do!
PS:
I just wanted to thank everyone who commented and helped me with diagnosing and fixing issues. This restoration project wouldn't have been possible without all of you kind folk!
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