soviet hot rods, lada, Pobeda-Sport, 1934 GAZ A-Aero, Gaz-Torpedo, ussr
The USSR was criticized by the West for their failure to provide consumer comforts. The grocery stores were devoid of potato chips. The TVs were Black and White. Fashion was puritanical, but Detroit reserved a special disdain for Soviet cars and with good reason.
All they spoke about was the Lada.
The # 1 selling car during the 1970s with a 1.5L VAZ-2103 I4 engine from a Fiat design.
They sold by the millions, however the factories could never keep up with demand and I always joked that the USSR never had hot rods.
I knew nothing.
Nothing about the Volga V12 Coupe.
Or the Pobeda-Sport.
The Gaz-Torpedo.
The Babich Leningrad
The 1934 GAZ A-Aero.
And so many others.
Gone forever into rust.
As Neil Young sang, “Rust never sleeps.”