Russian junk photos

34 Gaz : .some 20 years back , I stripped a Popeda like the one you have .. The rear axle was kinda neat .. Early Ford banjo with open driveline & "modern" style bearings : excellent for an early Ford update The rest of the car was like a mix between GM & Ford : Dashboard , Grille , Parking-lights& Tail-lamps looked almost like the dezign was stolen from a `42-`48 Chevy, and the bumpers looked like they where from a Desoto . AND , the steering column was a nice piece ( Looks like a `40-`48 Ford piece.. sideshift that is )
Klaz
BTW .. The car I stripped for parts was a rust-bucket sitting roof down in a ditch .. Like a " save what you can " situation

 

Well, they're not 1:1 copies (except the Gaz 13, which is 1.1 Cadillac I think?), so they were exported a little by the name GAZ of course.
I know that Moskvitch exported cars to UK, with the right-sided steering wheel etc.

ZIS:



ZIM:


ZIL:



Here is shown GAZ models:

http://www.volga.ee/modules.php?name=Content&pa=list_pages_categories&cid=3

My current project is ´69 GAZ 24, I hope to make a little thread about it here in HAMB too, but everything on it's time This is my first serious project actually and of vourse I'm still a big amateur. I try to make it look a little bit good first and then it's gonna be it's time to show off.

 

Looks like a Checker cab with a '55-'56 Packard front clip and a custom grille - I was cutting pieces off a '55 the other day, I wouldn't be surprised if the headlight bezels and park light housings will swap one to the other from the GAZ to a Packard -

 

...she said we danced in Mississippi at an Alpha-Kappa dance.

 

In America you drive car. In Russia car drives you.

 

FWIW, FDR convinced Packard to send over the dies for the '41 senior series (after the war), as part of a friendship package or some such (right, like Stalin wanted friends...). Anyway, the ZIS IS an exact 'copy' (same dies, not really a copy, eh??) of a '41 Packard 180, save for small trim items.
BTW, this move effectively eliminated the senior series from postwar production for Packard, who then had to try to keep a reputation built on same with the junior series cars.
We know how well that worked for them, don't we??
Cosmo

 

the plate says it: MME -> My Man Engine
and concerning the various quotes with the picture where that obstacle can be seen.. a girl or something i think..any chance to get a look on the right sided rear fender stop light ?

 

Moskvitch 408 rear:



and 412 rear:



53riv - You mean the light on the c-pillar?

 

Yes Sir Klaz, Them Pobeda,s are loaded with old timey parts.

 

ÖHumm - the whole world revolves around me eh?