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    Still another What Car is This thread.

    I just remembered I took some photos of an old beast when travelling overseas. Anyone know what this is?
    And ten points for guessing where.
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    Going by the other cars in the background, I'm thinking the pic was taken somewhere in the former Soviet Union. Which makes me think that the car is one of the old Soviet limos like the Zil...but I have no idea.

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      Originally posted by Marco_VESS View Post
      Going by the other cars in the background, I'm thinking the pic was taken somewhere in the former Soviet Union. Which makes me think that the car is one of the old Soviet limos like the Zil...but I have no idea.
      Yep, an ex-Soviet country.
      Dunno if it was an old Zil, but it was huuuge ....

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        #4
        Looking more closely at the number plate - Azerbaijan?

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          #5
          Originally posted by Marco_VESS View Post
          Looking more closely at the number plate - Azerbaijan?
          Yep, Baku, Azerbijan.

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            #6
            Which begs the obvious question - how did you find yourself there? (and was it good?)

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              #7
              Desoto Hurricane???

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                #8
                it's a GAZ. GAZ-12 "ZIM"

                http://www.autogallery.org.ru/gaz12.htm
                Turns out, far too much has been written about great men and not nearly enough about morons


                Originally posted by seedyrom
                my neighbours called the cops...... not because of the sound of me working in the garage was too loud, but because i taped a cardboard box to my back, covered my self in vaseline and pretended i was a snail on their lawn

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                  Originally posted by Marco_VESS View Post
                  Which begs the obvious question - how did you find yourself there? (and was it good?)
                  Part of the job - I was doing a 747 frieghter run from Kuala Lumpur to Chennai to Baku, a night or two there, then up to Luxenbourg for Cargolux.
                  It's an interesting place, a blend of old Russian-style and also Turkish.
                  Down on the waterfront was a ratty old hydrofoil, but they wouldn't let me take photos of it.
                  Njet!!!

                  It's the original oil town of the start of last century, they still have plenty there. Also if you look on Google Earth, up to the north on the coastline is one of those big ground-effect Ekranoplans.

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                    #10
                    oh and bill, let me know if you ever see a Zil over there going cheap :p
                    Turns out, far too much has been written about great men and not nearly enough about morons


                    Originally posted by seedyrom
                    my neighbours called the cops...... not because of the sound of me working in the garage was too loud, but because i taped a cardboard box to my back, covered my self in vaseline and pretended i was a snail on their lawn

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                      Originally posted by Secoh View Post
                      it's a GAZ. GAZ-12 "ZIM"

                      http://www.autogallery.org.ru/gaz12.htm
                      Good work Jimbo.

                      You win ....... jack shit really.
                      But thanks anyway.

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                        #12
                        The whole Soviet car industry is one huge mystery to me - just been doing some quick reading on Wikipedia and the history of it is pretty interesting. Surprising how much Western help the Soviets got with their cars.

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                          I came across a later GAZ at the Haynes motor museum near Yeoval, england. I'd love one of these things for a cruiser!
                          Turns out, far too much has been written about great men and not nearly enough about morons


                          Originally posted by seedyrom
                          my neighbours called the cops...... not because of the sound of me working in the garage was too loud, but because i taped a cardboard box to my back, covered my self in vaseline and pretended i was a snail on their lawn

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                            #14
                            a Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod !

                            ..and here's the rail version

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                              #15
                              Originally posted by Secoh View Post
                              I came across a later GAZ at the Haynes motor museum near Yeoval, england. I'd love one of these things for a cruiser!
                              Heh, even I'd give the thumbs-up for an LS1 fitting into one of those.
                              Very cool

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