Author Topic: Solved: GTE 491 - GAZ-M20 based special by the Soviet Armed Forces, 1956  (Read 3031 times)

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Re: GTE 491
« Reply #50 on: September 02, 2023, 01:01:32 AM »
Is the base car brand for this car still active today?

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Re: GTE 491
« Reply #51 on: September 02, 2023, 01:20:49 AM »
Is the base car brand for this car still active today?
Yes

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Re: GTE 491
« Reply #52 on: September 02, 2023, 01:24:26 AM »
One of your previous guesses came close - produced by the same company, but under a different marque/brand.

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Re: GTE 491
« Reply #53 on: September 02, 2023, 09:20:52 AM »
Was it AvtoVaz?

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Re: GTE 491
« Reply #54 on: September 02, 2023, 11:01:36 AM »
Was it AvtoVaz?
No, this car predates VAZ.

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Re: GTE 491
« Reply #55 on: September 02, 2023, 11:59:45 AM »
Was this brand from the 1970s?

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Re: GTE 491
« Reply #56 on: September 02, 2023, 12:07:40 PM »
Was this brand from the 1970s?
The puzzle car was built in the 1950s.

The car that it was based on was produced in the 1950s by a particular factory/company. One of the marques/brands that you mentioned was built by the same factory/company.
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Re: GTE 491
« Reply #57 on: September 02, 2023, 08:09:19 PM »
Gaz Pobeda?

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Re: GTE 491
« Reply #58 on: September 02, 2023, 08:24:18 PM »
Gaz Pobeda?
Yes, that's the base. LOCKED for you to identify the builder, etc.

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Re: LOCKED: GTE 491
« Reply #59 on: September 02, 2023, 08:39:38 PM »
Was the builder,Andrew Lipgart?

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Re: LOCKED: GTE 491
« Reply #60 on: September 02, 2023, 08:45:58 PM »

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Re: LOCKED: GTE 491
« Reply #61 on: September 02, 2023, 09:03:13 PM »
Kirillov?

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Re: LOCKED: GTE 491
« Reply #62 on: September 02, 2023, 09:22:06 PM »

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Re: LOCKED: GTE 491
« Reply #63 on: September 03, 2023, 01:06:53 AM »
Vladimar Aryamov?

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Re: LOCKED: GTE 491
« Reply #64 on: September 03, 2023, 01:21:15 AM »
Vladimar Aryamov?
No

Sorry, but UNLOCKED.

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Re: GTE 491
« Reply #65 on: September 03, 2023, 01:27:21 AM »
I can only find designers ,but no builder rather odd.

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Re: GTE 491
« Reply #66 on: September 10, 2023, 07:18:47 PM »
Open to all.

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Re: GTE 491
« Reply #67 on: September 11, 2023, 02:53:04 AM »
A. A. Smolin?

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Re: GTE 491
« Reply #68 on: September 11, 2023, 03:26:25 AM »

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Re: GTE 491
« Reply #69 on: September 11, 2023, 04:29:47 AM »
Fedor Cherenkov?

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Re: GTE 491
« Reply #70 on: September 11, 2023, 05:16:11 AM »
Vyacheslav Mosolov?

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Re: GTE 491
« Reply #71 on: September 11, 2023, 09:16:54 AM »

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Re: GTE 491
« Reply #72 on: September 11, 2023, 09:17:30 AM »

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Re: GTE 491
« Reply #73 on: September 11, 2023, 10:11:04 AM »
Valery Kharlamov?

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Re: GTE 491
« Reply #74 on: September 11, 2023, 11:31:43 AM »