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Puzzles, Games and Name That Car => Solved AutoPuzzles => 2010 => Topic started by: faksta on May 21, 2010, 04:14:06 PM

Title: F#123 - Solved - 1954 Moskvich 404 Sport
Post by: faksta on May 21, 2010, 04:14:06 PM

For one point, what car is this?

Title: Re: F#123
Post by: faksta on May 28, 2010, 02:58:18 PM

To the Experts.

Title: Re: F#123
Post by: woodinsight on June 05, 2010, 09:42:24 AM

A. Kuznetsov & V. Nenarokov's Zim V8 powered special sports dating from the late 1940s/early 1950s

Title: Re: F#123
Post by: faksta on June 05, 2010, 11:21:22 AM

You surely know where to look for it!

But it's not a car of Kuznetsov and Nenarokov (just for the sake of it, the vehicle you mentioned was built in 1957).

Title: Re: F#123
Post by: woodinsight on June 05, 2010, 12:58:33 PM

My source (1958) does not mention who actually built it.
I'll keep looking.........

Title: Re: F#123
Post by: faksta on June 05, 2010, 01:23:41 PM

The car has already existed back then and was already a successful one.

Title: Re: F#123
Post by: woodinsight on June 19, 2010, 08:05:43 AM

Moskvitch 404 Sport 1957?

Title: Re: F#123
Post by: faksta on June 21, 2010, 07:11:27 AM

Yes! Still the year for this car is 1954.

Sorry for a delay :)

Title: Re: F#123 - Solved - 1954 Moskvich 404 Sport
Post by: Arunas on June 21, 2010, 08:47:02 AM

Nice car  :)

Title: Re: F#123 - Solved - 1954 Moskvich 404 Sport
Post by: Carnut on December 06, 2011, 07:35:09 AM

Same car?
Rear-end looks a little shorter but it has the same number '15' in the same place!

Title: Re: F#123 - Solved - 1954 Moskvich 404 Sport
Post by: faksta on December 06, 2011, 08:03:53 AM

It is the same car indeed. It's not a period drawing, and to me it looks like it was based on another picture of this car, taken after its modification, but made to look like the 1954 version of the car - no cutouts instead of doors, no rollbar, different starting number. Only the rear end was left untouched - probably there was no quality picture of an early version at artist's disposal? The artist is, BTW, Alexander Zaharov - designer of Mart X-Streameast (search the forums) and Formula Rus single seater - this is one of his drawings for Za Ruljom magazine's rubric on classic Soviet cars.

Title: Re: F#123 - Solved - 1954 Moskvich 404 Sport
Post by: faksta on January 12, 2012, 06:21:14 AM

Here's the picture I was talking about.

Title: Re: F#123 - Solved - 1954 Moskvich 404 Sport
Post by: sixtee5cuda on April 17, 2016, 11:54:11 PM

More views:

Title: Re: F#123 - Solved - 1954 Moskvich 404 Sport
Post by: grobmotorix on February 03, 2017, 11:45:56 AM

No visible puzzle photo...

Another nice photo of this car:

Title: Re: F#123 - Solved - 1954 Moskvich 404 Sport
Post by: grobmotorix on February 03, 2017, 11:47:32 AM

And even one more!

Still no visible puzzle photo...

Title: Re: F#123 - Solved - 1954 Moskvich 404 Sport
Post by: faksta on September 01, 2017, 04:38:59 PM

A bit more of this car

Title: Re: F#123 - Solved - 1954 Moskvich 404 Sport
Post by: grobmotorix on September 01, 2017, 05:45:52 PM

 :)