Harry P. Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 Remember, don't post any hints or answers here. PM me with year, make, and model. The answer: 1967-76 Moskvich 412
Harry P. Posted February 24, 2015 Author Posted February 24, 2015 Harry Harry Harry... isn't this 152 now? Yikes. I must be suffering from old-timer's disease... Thanks. And fixed.
Pete J. Posted February 25, 2015 Posted February 25, 2015 This is one of those cars that is rare because nobody likes them. Rare does not mean valuable either!
62rebel Posted February 25, 2015 Posted February 25, 2015 considering the builder and the customer base, they were fairly successful in their day. not as eye-stabbing as a Panhard Dyna; it actually looks kind of Rambler-ish.
Harry P. Posted February 27, 2015 Author Posted February 27, 2015 This week's car is a 1967-76 Moskvich 412. Who got it right: Earl Marischal Zandmann GeeBee Draggon 62rebel jaymcminn maltsr carsntrucks4you otherunicorn W-409 dw1603 Pete J matthijsgrit Ace-Garageguy Bernard Kron PowerPlant Matt Bacon
matthijsgrit Posted February 27, 2015 Posted February 27, 2015 Wouldn't have though so many people would get this right... Congrats 2 all!
sjordan2 Posted February 27, 2015 Posted February 27, 2015 Wouldn't have though som any people would get this right... Congrats 2 all! When Harry comes up with a car like this, your first instinct has to be"Russian!"
W-409 Posted February 27, 2015 Posted February 27, 2015 Living here in Finland, this one was easy! Only thing I had to do was just to check the model number from Google. I saw one of these last summer at a Street Racing event here in Finland. It was a true sleeper, completely original looking with mud flaps, stock interior, stock exhaust tip etc. But with a turbo engine, it was surprisingly fast:
Pete J. Posted February 28, 2015 Posted February 28, 2015 considering the builder and the customer base, they were fairly successful in their day. not as eye-stabbing as a Panhard Dyna; it actually looks kind of Rambler-ish. As I recall all of these genera of soviet cars had some basis on a Fiat 1500 series. So I guess we could call them Fiai's. That would be a Fix It Again Ivan!
matthijsgrit Posted February 28, 2015 Posted February 28, 2015 When Harry comes up with a car like this, your first instinct has to be"Russian!"I should have known, indeed!!!
Lucas van H Posted February 28, 2015 Posted February 28, 2015 This one looked familiar to me, but I couldn't find what it was. Closest thing I found was a Simca 1000 ?
Pete J. Posted February 28, 2015 Posted February 28, 2015 This one looked familiar to me, but I couldn't find what it was. Closest thing I found was a Simca 1000 There was one huge clue in the photo. There is what looks like a two tone BMW behind it with a CCCP sticker in the rear window. All I had to do was Google Soviet cars and that was that.
jaymcminn Posted March 1, 2015 Posted March 1, 2015 There was one huge clue in the photo. There is what looks like a two tone BMW behind it with a CCCP sticker in the rear window. All I had to do was Google Soviet cars and that was that. That and that it was parked next to a Lada.
DonW Posted March 1, 2015 Posted March 1, 2015 (edited) There was one huge clue in the photo. There is what looks like a two tone BMW behind it with a CCCP sticker in the rear window. All I had to do was Google Soviet cars and that was that.What looks like a two tone BMW is an NSU! There is a BMW next to it though. Edited March 1, 2015 by DonW
dw1603 Posted March 1, 2015 Posted March 1, 2015 (edited) What looks like a two tone BMW is an NSU! There is a BMW next to it though.Sorry, that two tone BMW is a Zaporozhets, so is the car next to it. Regards D W Edited March 1, 2015 by dw1603
Pete J. Posted March 1, 2015 Posted March 1, 2015 What looks like a two tone BMW is an NSU! There is a BMW next to it though. Sorry, that two tone BMW is a Zaporozhets, so is the car next to it. Regards D W
Ace-Garageguy Posted March 2, 2015 Posted March 2, 2015 Sorry, that two tone BMW is a Zaporozhets, so is the car next to it. Regards D W Yup. What gives it away (though it does have a strong resemblance to an NSU Prinz, also heavily influenced by the styling of the first Corvairs) is the scoops on the quarter panels and the round taillights.
Lucas van H Posted March 2, 2015 Posted March 2, 2015 There was one huge clue in the photo. There is what looks like a two tone BMW behind it with a CCCP sticker in the rear window. All I had to do was Google Soviet cars and that was that. Didn't notice that, too busy staring at the car figuring out what it possibly could be
Lovefordgalaxie Posted March 20, 2015 Posted March 20, 2015 As I recall all of these genera of soviet cars had some basis on a Fiat 1500 series. So I guess we could call them Fiai's. That would be a Fix It Again Ivan! No Moskvich has nothing of Fiat. Just good old prejudice here hum?
Lovefordgalaxie Posted March 20, 2015 Posted March 20, 2015 There was one huge clue in the photo. There is what looks like a two tone BMW behind it with a CCCP sticker in the rear window. All I had to do was Google Soviet cars and that was that. Wrong again. That's no BMW.
Pete J. Posted March 21, 2015 Posted March 21, 2015 (edited) No Moskvich has nothing of Fiat. Just good old prejudice here hum? Prejudice? No, just most of what I have read says that the small cars like this were reverse engineered from Fiat though I believe this one has a basis in Opel. Talk about picking a poor example to copy, though I suppose they could have chosen a Chevy Vega , Ford Pinto or just about anything from England in the 60's and had an equally bad example. With the possible exception of the Nissan/Datsun or Toyotas or 2000 series BMW's anything of that size was really not engineering that anyone should emulate. Edited March 21, 2015 by Pete J.
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