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Solved - NEH 4865: Laika Double Sedan - 1969
« on: September 12, 2016, 06:58:29 AM »
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Re: NEH 4865
« Reply #1 on: September 12, 2016, 07:56:05 PM »
This is the Laika (Лайка) minicar from 1969

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Re: NEH 4865
« Reply #2 on: September 13, 2016, 04:19:49 AM »
This is the Laika (Лайка) minicar from 1969

Yes indeed.
Apparently it was the Laika Double Sedan, with a lifting top which could be removed completely to make a convertible.
I'm not fully sure why it was called the Double Sedan, but I understand it had 2 boots (trunks), one in the front and one at the rear; the engine seems to have been in the passenger compartment!  I don't know if the car was ever actually built though..

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Re: Solved - NEH 4865: Laika Double Sedan - 1969*
« Reply #3 on: September 13, 2016, 04:31:21 AM »
Name of a dog!!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: Solved - NEH 4865: Laika Double Sedan - 1969*
« Reply #4 on: September 13, 2016, 05:08:19 AM »
Name of a dog!!!!!!!!!!!

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