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Name that ????
« on: July 05, 2007, 02:55:59 PM »
Not sure if this is already known or not, but I thought it was obscure enough...!


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Re: Name that ????
« Reply #1 on: July 10, 2007, 10:30:06 AM »
This one is a bit too obscure perhaps.  Here is all I have on the "car that could swim".

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http://englishrussia.com/?p=1034

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It history goes back to Soviet times, the communist sixties.

It was a car that was designed and built by special Soviet car company.

It had many advanced features at that time. It had some features never being implemented in Russian cars before: the clearance could be adjusted from with dashboard buttons, like on some modern SUVs, it had a button to start an engine, instead of a key, the dashboard indicated the current gear selected etc, it had heating of rear and front windows, and the main thing - it could run float on water as well as on regular roads.

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Re: Name that ????
« Reply #2 on: July 10, 2007, 12:48:41 PM »
GAZ?
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Re: Name that ????
« Reply #3 on: July 10, 2007, 03:03:38 PM »
"Special Soviet Car Company" isn't very helpful.  :)  I'm not sure actually.  I thought someone might recognize it.  Maybe its just a one-off.
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Re: Name that ????
« Reply #4 on: July 10, 2007, 03:14:53 PM »
Oh, OK.  I thought it was just a standard puzzle that you already knew the answer to...Did you try Fishki.net? It is blocked here at work.
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Re: Name that ????
« Reply #5 on: July 11, 2007, 01:04:28 PM »
Quote from: GRAYWOLF on July 10, 2007, 03:14:53 PM
Oh, OK.  I thought it was just a standard puzzle that you already knew the answer to...Did you try Fishki.net? It is blocked here at work.

I didn't see anything there...that I could read. :)

But I did find this interesting, unrelated photo of Russian creativity:

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Re: Name that ????
« Reply #6 on: July 11, 2007, 01:13:48 PM »
Quote from: Ming on July 11, 2007, 01:04:28 PM
I didn't see anything there...that I could read. :)

But I did find this interesting, unrelated photo of Russian creativity:


Makes me wonder what those wheels came off of originally.

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Re: Name that ????
« Reply #7 on: July 11, 2007, 06:09:52 PM »
Russian military surplus, perhaps?
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Re: Name that ????
« Reply #8 on: July 13, 2007, 07:28:12 PM »
More shots:








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Re: Name that ????
« Reply #9 on: July 21, 2007, 07:40:53 AM »
If one Googles the place or origin, plus what it appears to be made from, the answer can be quickly found...
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Re: Name that ????
« Reply #10 on: March 24, 2008, 03:47:45 PM »
Found this on EnglishRussia.com, more pics and history but no clue about it's name: http://englishrussia.com/?p=1034#more-1034
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Re: Name that ????
« Reply #11 on: November 24, 2008, 04:18:45 PM »
It's because it didn't have any name  ;D The car wa smade in 1970s by some Soviet engineer and is a one-off. Features the engine from Tula motoroller, which is placed behind the driver.
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Re: Name that ????
« Reply #12 on: November 24, 2008, 04:35:30 PM »
Hi faksta :) I see we're getting more and more ucp members here :D
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Re: Name that ????
« Reply #13 on: November 24, 2008, 04:57:21 PM »
Hi! Guessing what your nickname at UCP is...  :P  Ah..nevermind, I've checked your profile :)) Haven't seen you for a long time..
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Re: Name that ????
« Reply #14 on: August 23, 2009, 11:44:09 PM »
Well, this one won't get any more solved than it is, I suppose. What about moving it to Solved?
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Re: Name that ????
« Reply #15 on: August 24, 2009, 04:59:23 AM »
Whynot.
Faksta should get the point, if it hasn't been granted yet. What name do you both suggest?
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Re: Name that ????
« Reply #16 on: August 24, 2009, 07:24:12 AM »
I think I have some information about it somewhere, can't promise, but I'll try to search if anyone would be intererested...
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Re: Name that ????
« Reply #17 on: August 24, 2009, 07:29:57 AM »
Really?
I found an incredible list of amphibious cars, and each time I come here to compare them with this, but can't find one that matches.
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Re: Name that ????
« Reply #18 on: August 24, 2009, 07:33:29 AM »
Quote from: Paul Jaray on August 24, 2009, 07:29:57 AM
Really?

Can't promise.. This may take some time to search and confirm or denie...
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Re: Name that ????
« Reply #19 on: August 24, 2009, 07:53:56 AM »
In an old Russian magazine I have found a short article together with several other pictures of small experimental cars. The author of these cars is a Frenchman so I highly doubt if I should continue...
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Re: Name that ????
« Reply #20 on: October 12, 2009, 05:53:01 AM »
Again, isn't it time to declare it solved? As a "Russian amphibious car" or something...
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