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| Comments: 45 (Read/Post) Favorites: 2 (View) |
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on: 12-05-2003
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Description:
1973 ZAZ 966, better known as the Zaporozhets. Russian car built from 1960 until approximately 1991, virtually unchanged. Powered by a V4 originally used as a starter to Soviet tanks, these were well-known for having engine internals made of bake-lite. Needless to say, long-term reliability was less than stellar. As was everything else about it. |
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| #1 |
12-05-2003 @ 06:47:52 PM |
| Posted By : Lemming |
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Another fine piece of socialist engineering, I see.
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12-05-2003 @ 06:51:16 PM |
| Posted By : Skid |
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Note the MIG-inspired scoops on the rear quarter panel. They were mostly cosmetic. That's right, some crazy Soviet thought that sticking scoops on the back of a box would make it look sporty.
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| #11 |
12-06-2003 @ 07:39:24 PM |
| Posted By : Low-Tech Redneck |
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Bake-a-lite internals? Dear lord, just when I thought Soviet engineering couldn't possibly do somthing that boneheaded----
For those who don't know, bakalite was one of the earliest forms of plastic from the early 50's, you can still find old radios and circut boards made out of the stuff, it's characteristicaly brownish-black in color
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| #12 |
12-06-2003 @ 08:20:47 PM |
| Posted By : Low-Tech Redneck |
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#11, Dear lord I was wrong, I looked it up, Bakelite was originaly invented in 1910! And it's less a plastic and more of a resin, a mix of carbolic acid and formeldahyde. It was used UNTILL the advent of better plastics like styrene in the 1950's
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| #14 |
12-06-2003 @ 08:25:28 PM |
| Posted By : Skid |
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I believe it was specifically the main bearings that were made of bakelite.
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| #15 |
12-06-2003 @ 08:29:32 PM |
| Posted By : Low-Tech Redneck |
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#14, Makes sense, bakelite is heat-resistant, so it was used extensively in radios, circutboards and car electrical compnents, but still, would it have been that hard to use steel?
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| #16 |
4-09-2004 @ 04:31:36 PM |
| Posted By : Officer Dick |
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I saw a video of one of these with 4WD, and 4 wheel stearing. They could nearly drive it sideways. I'll post the link as soon as I find it.
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6-09-2004 @ 11:34:24 PM |
| Posted By : MxCx |
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Ive seen that too. Craziest freaking thing ever.
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6-09-2004 @ 11:35:26 PM |
| Posted By : RyCe_MuNkIe |
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I have the video, but i dont remember where i got it from, but it's one awesome little car.
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