Sorry PJ, it wasn't called the Maliutka; Fedor is right - it was built by Leonid Katkov and doesn't appear to have had a name.
You might find others mentioned as the builder on the 'Net but they're all wrong: Katkov built it!.
1 point for Fedor. Well done.
Hi Norman, you can copy-paste my message here. If you still have it.
Here's the information from a reliable source, unlike most of those on the World Wide Web!:
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This puzzle picture comes from my archival video about Babich's car which I uploaded here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNbSTK6PzHA. It was later reposted by my friend Geoff Hacker on his forgotteniberglass.com and then soon after it was placed in many other websites without any link to AllCarIndex
The truth is, that this car nothing to do with Babich and his 'Leningrad' car. As you see, same video shows three Soviet self-made cars. My Russian language skills are very weak... But! From what I understand being said:
All action here happens on the streets of Leningrad (now - St. Petersburg)... They are all hand-made by enthusiasts....
The puzzle car is shown from close-up and the voice says that "in his car, a motorcycle engine uses master Leonid Katkov".
The three-wheeler vehicle also uses same (motorcycle) engine. It was made by Nikolai Guskov who was turner(!?, if I understand correctly...) of first trolleybus park.
Third car was made by Viktor Vasiljchenko. The voice says something about top speed, but I can't fully understand it (~60-65 km/h??).
I hope this info helps and clears confusion of misleading info given my non-trustworthy websites of copy-pasters.
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