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Lexus Champion
Joined: Feb 2008
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From: Stuttgart
If you want a really beautiful Russian car, check out the Gaz / Volga 24. Quite classy, considering it was designed and engineered in a Communist country!
It is also interesting to note that the Gaz 24 was apparently the "dream car" of every Soviet citizen at its time - yet it also saw heavy service with party members and taxicab drivers alike!
Even the cops used them!
Somewhat large picture: http://avto-russia.ru/autos/gaz/phot..._1280x1024.jpg
It is also interesting to note that the Gaz 24 was apparently the "dream car" of every Soviet citizen at its time - yet it also saw heavy service with party members and taxicab drivers alike!
Even the cops used them!
Somewhat large picture: http://avto-russia.ru/autos/gaz/phot..._1280x1024.jpg
Lead Lap
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 456
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From: northern ca
It has beautiful proportions... but look at that (absence of) gap - you would not be able to drive this thing around the block.
Here's an SUV with some presence:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VOULfira3o
Here's an SUV with some presence:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VOULfira3o
Out of Warranty
Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 14,925
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From: Houston, Republic of Texas
Cab looks exactly like a '52 Chevy pickup, right down to the door handles - except for the overhead-mounted wipers. The bed is more contemporary, but with the strong wheel arches and deep flares, both front and rear appear to be original creations.
The US military owned a bunch of these old Chevys in the early '50's and I drove one purchased by the University as surplus in the mid sixties. I made deliveries as part of my campus job, and I loved that faded old AF Blue truck. The old stove-bolt six backed by a three-speed on the column - a cracked plastic steering wheel, rubber floormats and unlovely but indestructible flat brown vinyl upholstery made it the automotive equivalent of an immortal. There simply wasn't enough content there for something to go wrong. 6 volt electrics, hydraulic (unboosted) brakes, manual steering, clutch, and gearbox, big, slow-turning engine. Kingpins in front, semi-elliptical leaf springs out back - never a smooth ride, but it never broke. Two headlights, two taillights, and if you opted for them, turn signals, armrests, a radio and a heater. Otherwise, transportation doesn't get any simpler than this.
There were probably a lot of these C-10's with the American forces in Europe, and that might explain that cab. It probably isn't quite original - the split windshield is a bit too flat . . . but it must have been the inspiration for this truck. If that's the Russian interpretation of a C-10, I've got to admit I like it!
The US military owned a bunch of these old Chevys in the early '50's and I drove one purchased by the University as surplus in the mid sixties. I made deliveries as part of my campus job, and I loved that faded old AF Blue truck. The old stove-bolt six backed by a three-speed on the column - a cracked plastic steering wheel, rubber floormats and unlovely but indestructible flat brown vinyl upholstery made it the automotive equivalent of an immortal. There simply wasn't enough content there for something to go wrong. 6 volt electrics, hydraulic (unboosted) brakes, manual steering, clutch, and gearbox, big, slow-turning engine. Kingpins in front, semi-elliptical leaf springs out back - never a smooth ride, but it never broke. Two headlights, two taillights, and if you opted for them, turn signals, armrests, a radio and a heater. Otherwise, transportation doesn't get any simpler than this.
There were probably a lot of these C-10's with the American forces in Europe, and that might explain that cab. It probably isn't quite original - the split windshield is a bit too flat . . . but it must have been the inspiration for this truck. If that's the Russian interpretation of a C-10, I've got to admit I like it!