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Donald
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What a fantastic car! When I went to the USSR in 87, I was amazed by the variety of vehicles. I think the one I wanted most was a Zaphorozet - looked so cool.
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What a fantastic car! When I went to the USSR in 87, I was amazed by the variety of vehicles. I think the one I wanted most was a Zaphorozet - looked so cool.
Regards
John Robertson
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Evgeny S said:
God!! I remember these in the UK, a friend had one, the heater was so powerful it melted the soles on my new shoes!!!!!! My first car was an NSU Prinz 4, which looked very like the Zaphorozet, it was a rear engined 600cc twin. At 65mph+ it sounded like a demented chain saw! 😀
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Zorkiiglaza
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Long time member of USSR
Long time member of USSR
I guess you could call me a long time (silent) member of this club.
I own a 1997 UAZ microautbus 2606- 9 passenger 4WD.
I have a Soviet 2 roomflat outside of Almaty Kazakstan furnished with Soviet and other Eastern block furniture and furnishings.
In one month's time I will return there for another 2 months of "fun"
also how can I celebrate my 55th birthday without Russians, shashlik, and alchohol? (But make mine beer- I have had too much vodka in the past 13 years)
Last summer we actually found our own "Oleg" to repair the UAZ.
I learned about carburators, ignition systems, brake, and the clutch.
Hopefully it will be running fine again.
Why I own it is a Japanese jeep would cost the same as 10 UAZ jeeps.
Repairs are simple and there are still mechanics to fix them.
I have done motorcycle survey at 2400 meters on a Ural motorcycle!
But what I really like is being able to use cheap mass transit, walk to a store to buy food, and not be tied to driving everywhere just to go shopping.
My wife got the fever last fall and we both bought Ukranian bicycles.-- Of course one of my pedals broke after the first day and I had to do some adjustments. Its a simple 1 speed bike. People in our village use them for everything including hauling a 20 kilo bag of potatoes.
Maybe I should run a summer camp for all of you guys that feel that you are missing out on the "good life"
People could use their Soviet cameras to photograph what is left of the FSU in Central Asia.
But no, I am looking forward to excavating two Iron Age pit houses we discovered last November (at a depth of 1.2 meter) just before the ground froze.
I have learned to tinker- to be a "Soviet Man" you had to know how to tinker or to have your own tinkerer.
I found out to lug my Kiev 6 camera system and lenses around I need something like the UAZ to carry everything.
Riding around in a Moskvich is alot of fun.
but I have had my eye on Luaz for years- the aircooled 4wd minijeep-supposedly a real headache!
Keep the dream going!
Long time member of USSR
I guess you could call me a long time (silent) member of this club.
I own a 1997 UAZ microautbus 2606- 9 passenger 4WD.
I have a Soviet 2 roomflat outside of Almaty Kazakstan furnished with Soviet and other Eastern block furniture and furnishings.
In one month's time I will return there for another 2 months of "fun"
also how can I celebrate my 55th birthday without Russians, shashlik, and alchohol? (But make mine beer- I have had too much vodka in the past 13 years)
Last summer we actually found our own "Oleg" to repair the UAZ.
I learned about carburators, ignition systems, brake, and the clutch.
Hopefully it will be running fine again.
Why I own it is a Japanese jeep would cost the same as 10 UAZ jeeps.
Repairs are simple and there are still mechanics to fix them.
I have done motorcycle survey at 2400 meters on a Ural motorcycle!
But what I really like is being able to use cheap mass transit, walk to a store to buy food, and not be tied to driving everywhere just to go shopping.
My wife got the fever last fall and we both bought Ukranian bicycles.-- Of course one of my pedals broke after the first day and I had to do some adjustments. Its a simple 1 speed bike. People in our village use them for everything including hauling a 20 kilo bag of potatoes.
Maybe I should run a summer camp for all of you guys that feel that you are missing out on the "good life"
People could use their Soviet cameras to photograph what is left of the FSU in Central Asia.
But no, I am looking forward to excavating two Iron Age pit houses we discovered last November (at a depth of 1.2 meter) just before the ground froze.
I have learned to tinker- to be a "Soviet Man" you had to know how to tinker or to have your own tinkerer.
I found out to lug my Kiev 6 camera system and lenses around I need something like the UAZ to carry everything.
Riding around in a Moskvich is alot of fun.
but I have had my eye on Luaz for years- the aircooled 4wd minijeep-supposedly a real headache!
Keep the dream going!
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Evgeny S
KMZ rules!
Donald,
If you'll visit Moscow now, you'll see Fords, Nissans, Toyotas, Bentleys, Lexuses and even Lamborginis and Maybachs. USSR cars, such as Moskvich and Zaporozhets are withdrawn from Moscow streets. They are the past. Probably deep in the province you'll see the remains of the USSR automotive industry.
John, I have a scanned copy of the article from UK magazine about the Moskvich cars, which were impoted in UK late 1960es - early 1970es. They were very good cars at that time, with 75 hp engine and very well built. One guy from USSRegister told me, that when they with Julian visited one farmer to buy his Moskvich, which was staying unused and neglected for 10 years or so, they thought they have to use the car evacuator to move Moskvich to the new place. But the previous owner said that there is no problem, and Moskvich will go on its own wheels. He put some gas in Moskvich's tank and in its carburator, placed new accumulator and turn on the starter.... after several idle turns the engine started. As a result, Julian and that guy have kept the money they had to spent on the car evacuation service and went to the guy's garage on Moskvich itself 🙂
If you'll visit Moscow now, you'll see Fords, Nissans, Toyotas, Bentleys, Lexuses and even Lamborginis and Maybachs. USSR cars, such as Moskvich and Zaporozhets are withdrawn from Moscow streets. They are the past. Probably deep in the province you'll see the remains of the USSR automotive industry.
John, I have a scanned copy of the article from UK magazine about the Moskvich cars, which were impoted in UK late 1960es - early 1970es. They were very good cars at that time, with 75 hp engine and very well built. One guy from USSRegister told me, that when they with Julian visited one farmer to buy his Moskvich, which was staying unused and neglected for 10 years or so, they thought they have to use the car evacuator to move Moskvich to the new place. But the previous owner said that there is no problem, and Moskvich will go on its own wheels. He put some gas in Moskvich's tank and in its carburator, placed new accumulator and turn on the starter.... after several idle turns the engine started. As a result, Julian and that guy have kept the money they had to spent on the car evacuation service and went to the guy's garage on Moskvich itself 🙂
Jocko
Off With The Pixies
Zorkiiglaza said:
I imagine many members from the east must find such enthusiasm hard to understand.
I can only speak for myself; I was born in 1963 and grew up in a world where the Soviet Union was the great, mysterious other, that "undiscovered country" which in one form or another has always seized the imagination. My interest had nothing to do with political sympathy, but simply with the romance of the unknown, a tendency to doubt the general consensus and the wonder of that vast expanse on the map. What happened there? What was it like? What marvels lurked unseen? It was a place of apparently wild contradictions, where fantasy filled the gaps - like the strange, distant lands of medieval mappa mundi.
At 15, on my bedroom wall, I had a map of eastern Europe and a poster of Kate Bush, both fertile subjects for adolescent conjecture 🙂 "The Romance of the Soviet Union" may sound absurd, but it existed, and, I suspect, lies at the heart of our love for Russian cameras, Russian cars and so on.
I enclose a picture of Kate Bush, for members in those unfortunate lands yet unfamiliar with this extraordinary artist (who happily is still going strong)!
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