Soviet racing cars! And maybe other Soviet cars, too.

[Collimatrix]

GAZ-GL1, fastest car in USSR in late 1930s. Was made in 1938.

 

1938 model

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I like the looks of that one.

 

What sorts of racing were popular in the USSR?

[CrashbotUS]

Racing to be first in bread line   

We had one of these when I was a kid. 

 

Behold the 1971 Moskvich. My dad was always tinkering with it to make it faster. I just remember is sounded like a lawnmower. 

 

 

[LoooSeR]

YaG-12. 1932

 

 

 

 

 

Ya-5 "Kodzhu" - first soviet diesel truck. Was made in 1933, serial production was planned, but plant was re-orientated to planes.

 

[LoooSeR]

Racing ZiL 112/4 with plastic body, 1957.

 

 

Some models reached 230 km/h max speed.

[LoooSeR]

ZiL-4102 - 1988, the last "Chlenovoz" (joke name for cars made for high-ranked politicians and officials, "Chlen" in russian can meen "Member" and in other context - "Dick", while "voz" point at a fact that this vehicle carry those Dicks Party Members).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[LoooSeR]

UAZ 300 (1949) - prototype of afterwar truck.

 

 

NATI-ZiS - a 1930s prototype of bus for Crimea and Caucasus resorts.

 

 

NATI-VM (GAZ-VM), 1936.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[LoooSeR]

NAMI-013, experimental car from 1950.

 

 

 

[LoooSeR]

NAMI LuAZ "Proto" (1989) - prototype of a car, created during competition.

 

 

 

MAZ 2000 "Perestroika".

 

 

 

 

[LoooSeR]

ZAS MAB MKIM - prototype of the car designed for the transportation of meat products, made by specialist from meat-producing/packing Mikoyan plant in Moscow.

 

 

Krasniy Putilovets (Red Putilovets) L-1, 1933, 6 made. A copy of American Buick.

 

 

 

 

IZh ZIMA-1 prototype, first project of IZh plant.

 

 

KamAZ-E6410 - experimental trucks by KamAZ, 2 models - "offroad" and 'classis'. 1983.

 

[Meplat]

Wasn't there an offroad version of that Moskovitch 402?

[LoooSeR]

There was a Moskvich-410, based on 402, in production from 1957 to 1962. 

 

 

 

GAZ M-72. Was in production from ~1956 to 1958, with 4677 cars made.

 

 

 

 

[LoooSeR]

GAZ-23 Volga 

[Meplat]

There was a Moskvich-410, based on 402, in production from 1957 to 1962. 

 

 

 

 

 

GAZ M-72. Was in production from ~1956 to 1958, with 4677 cars made.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ahh, too bad the production figures are so small.

Both are very very neat cars.

[SuperComrade]

I've always liked the Bukhanka's looks, I would like to own a classic one

[LoooSeR]

Would you like to have one of those?

 

 

 

Or...

 

[SuperComrade]

The second one looks very nice, but I prefer the no-frills look of the original

[LoooSeR]

UAZ-3172 testing footage.

[LoooSeR]

[LoooSeR]

Well, i only can giggle at this, there is no way i will take this thing seriously...

http://ex-roadmedia.ru/news/1261-proekt-avtodoma-na-baze-bukhanki?_utl_t=fb

 

Bukhanka-House, 

[LoooSeR]

D-735, based on KrAZ-255B, vehicle for cleaning airports runways.

 

 

 

 

[LoooSeR]

Several models of KrAZ-260 on the testing run, 1970s.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[LoooSeR]

ZiL-4102, 1988, prototypes.