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Homely/Bizarre Soviet-Era Vehicles: They Waited TEN Years for THIS?
Reaganite Republican ^ | 01 July 2014 | Reaganite Republican

Posted on 07/01/2014 3:33:49 AM PDT by Reaganite Republican


Ah, the fruits of socialism: if only we'd allow Dear Leader 
unbridled power, I just know he could make everything better...





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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; History; Politics
KEYWORDS: industry; socialism; statism; ussr
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1 posted on 07/01/2014 3:33:49 AM PDT by Reaganite Republican
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To: AdvisorB; ken5050; sten; paythefiddler; gattaca; bayliving; SeminoleCounty; chesley; Vendome; ...

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2 posted on 07/01/2014 3:34:38 AM PDT by Reaganite Republican
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Hard to pick a winner. It’s like they designed a car from what they had in the parts bin.


3 posted on 07/01/2014 3:38:39 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (zerogottago)
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To: Reaganite Republican

It’s just another mid-year, built on Friday, ‘union’ supported General Motors - Moscow plant vehicle!


4 posted on 07/01/2014 3:49:39 AM PDT by Terry L Smith
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To: Reaganite Republican

That Moskovicj 408 would be a flat awesome hot rod done up as a Pro street/Gasser.


5 posted on 07/01/2014 3:51:12 AM PDT by Norm Lenhart (How's that 'lesser evil' workin' out for ya?)
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To: Reaganite Republican
That ZAZ 689 looks like they copied a Škoda 100. Of course, Škoda's nowadays are pretty nice cars.
6 posted on 07/01/2014 3:56:39 AM PDT by AnAmericanAbroad (It's all bread and circuses for the future prey of the Morlocks.)
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To: AnAmericanAbroad

Skoda 100 probably better than the Soviet copy even back then, I would think

And Tatra certainly outdid anything the Russians ever put on the road


7 posted on 07/01/2014 4:04:00 AM PDT by Reaganite Republican
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To: Norm Lenhart

That 408 is actually a nice looking car. Wikipedia says it was a concept car 1964 aluminum body, removable hardtop and electronic fuel injection. Don’t know anything about it. It could have been pretty hot for its day. Some of the others are weird, but we had the Pontiac Aztek, almost everything AMC made, and a few other slightly off cars and trucks.

The ZiL 4906 or 49061 is amphibious.


8 posted on 07/01/2014 4:15:30 AM PDT by NYFriend
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To: Reaganite Republican

Looks like an adaptation for extreme cold conditions.


9 posted on 07/01/2014 4:17:04 AM PDT by aardwolf46
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To: NYFriend

My dad had a 408 sedan back to earlier 1980s, wife’s grand daddy kept an 2141 (liftback version of 2142 pictured at link) from late 1980s into earlier 2000s.


10 posted on 07/01/2014 4:28:27 AM PDT by wetphoenix
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To: AnAmericanAbroad

My wife is Czech. Her mother and father had to put down 15,000 krone and wait 5 years for a Skoda. They abandoned everything they owned and fled in 1968 to Germany.

She fumes every day about Obama because she’s seen it all before.


11 posted on 07/01/2014 4:30:52 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: Reaganite Republican

I didn’t know Yugo made trucks also.


12 posted on 07/01/2014 4:32:35 AM PDT by McGruff (It's not the crime, it's the cover-up they said.)
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To: Gaffer

Mine Czech too, Gaffer


13 posted on 07/01/2014 4:46:44 AM PDT by Reaganite Republican
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To: Reaganite Republican

thats the toxic avengers truck...lol


14 posted on 07/01/2014 4:54:34 AM PDT by Irishguy
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To: Reaganite Republican

So it’s official: The Aztec was designed by a former Soviet automobile engineer.


15 posted on 07/01/2014 5:04:58 AM PDT by logi_cal869
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To: logi_cal869

Yeah maybe heh heh


16 posted on 07/01/2014 5:21:31 AM PDT by Reaganite Republican
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To: Reaganite Republican
The episode of BBC Top Gear where they test drive a number of old Soviet vehicles is hilarious.


17 posted on 07/01/2014 5:21:47 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

You say that like its a bad thing.


18 posted on 07/01/2014 5:21:55 AM PDT by envisio (Its on like Donkey Kong!)
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19 posted on 07/01/2014 5:32:36 AM PDT by Blogatron (If the truth hurts, read The New York Times.)
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Beat hard with an ugly stick: IZH 2125

Both of the IZH 2125s could have been sold by AMC.

20 posted on 07/01/2014 5:37:12 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (The IRS: either criminally irresponsible in backup procedures or criminally responsible of coverup.)
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