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General Category => 3DHS => Topic started by: BT on May 11, 2012, 03:14:27 AM

Title: Soviet Car Ads
Post by: BT on May 11, 2012, 03:14:27 AM

http://www.retronaut.co/2011/10/vintage-soviet-cars-1960s-1970s/ (http://www.retronaut.co/2011/10/vintage-soviet-cars-1960s-1970s/)

Title: Re: Soviet Car Ads
Post by: Xavier_Onassis on May 11, 2012, 11:01:18 AM

The designs look like copies of American Fords, Chevies and Chrysler products.

I think that last one with the rear engine must be a Moskvitch or perhaps a Zaporets. 3A3 is "zas" 3 is a Z in Cyrillic.

Title: Re: Soviet Car Ads
Post by: Xavier_Onassis on May 11, 2012, 12:04:16 PM

There are a lot of amusing photos on this site.

I found this one particularly curious:

http://www.retronaut.co/2010/02/tweety-pies-skeleton/ (http://www.retronaut.co/2010/02/tweety-pies-skeleton/)

Title: Re: Soviet Car Ads
Post by: BT on May 11, 2012, 04:51:04 PM

yeah i can lose hours at that site

Title: Re: Soviet Car Ads
Post by: Plane on May 11, 2012, 11:55:29 PM

http://www.topgear.com/uk/videos/communist-cars-1 (http://www.topgear.com/uk/videos/communist-cars-1)


British car enthusiast unenthused with Soviet horespower.

Title: Re: Soviet Car Ads
Post by: Xavier_Onassis on May 12, 2012, 06:15:05 PM

I could not get that one to run.

Some of the most wimpy vehicles ever made were American iron. I had a 1982 Buick Regal that squeezed all of 85 HP out of a 3.8 liter V-6.

It blew a head gasket at 59,000 miles, which was better than average for that model, they told me.

It was probably marginally better than a Moskvich, though.