Comments | tilia_tomentosa: Hey Dan, I saw a Volga car today!

tilia_tomentosa

Hey Dan, I saw a Volga car today!

Jan 12, 2010 18:45

I hadn't seen one for a loooooooong time!

So dan4behr , here is another exotic communist-era car for you. Made in the USSR. Definitely very old.

And I'm wondering if Tomaz - paterson_si in Slovenia and Maruan - borderliner in Romania have seen such cars.

EDIT: it looks like the GAZ-24 model.

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dan4behr January 12 2010, 16:53:56 UTC

Hey, thank you! These are fun to see!
That car is vaguely familiar to me. I'm going to venture a guess that it's a Volga, or possibly a Moskovitch?

dan4behr January 12 2010, 16:54:41 UTC

Oh, wait... Duh....
You said it was a Volga at the top of your post!!!

D'ohhhh!

tilia_tomentosa January 12 2010, 17:04:10 UTC

LOL

tilia_tomentosa January 12 2010, 22:43:56 UTC

P.S. It seems to be GAZ-24, the 1968-85 model.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GAZ-24

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tilia_tomentosa January 12 2010, 17:40:52 UTC

I'm happy when my car geeks are happy. :)

badrobot68 January 12 2010, 19:28:35 UTC

And it is a lovely green!

tilia_tomentosa January 12 2010, 22:27:35 UTC

Oh, yes, Green Car Day! lOL

gorkabear January 12 2010, 22:22:00 UTC

That's a wonderful car... It could be really collectible :)
Thanks for sharing this!!!

tilia_tomentosa January 12 2010, 22:43:04 UTC

It does look collectible, and is already becoming a rarity.

It seems to be GAZ-24, the 1968-85 model.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GAZ-24

And I have the feeling this one in my photos was made earlier than 1985. The dashboard and evrything on it looked ralther old-type.

tilia_tomentosa January 12 2010, 22:52:37 UTC

P.S. Oh yes, it looks exactly like the photos of the 1970-77 generation on wikipedia. Including the dashboard that I didn't manage to photograph - it was the same as the 1974 photo.

(LOL, I was so afraid that the owner would appear any moment and get angry).

gorkabear January 13 2010, 08:03:35 UTC

Oh, there's a trick, because I also do so. Say that you're interested in the car and make questions. 90% of the times you get such positive responses from the owners, it's worthy :)

paterson_si January 12 2010, 23:22:09 UTC

I remember seeing some of them when I was still a kid. And this is a rather well preserved example. I like it.

tilia_tomentosa January 12 2010, 23:37:10 UTC

It has some little dents here and there, but yes, it's remarkably well preserved - and it must have been around for a long time. Maybe even 25 years.

paterson_si January 13 2010, 00:22:05 UTC

Dents mend. :) Yes, a well kept car. It looks like a ship.