Saturday, November 15, 2014

a hood ornament I've never seen before, very cool!

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  1. It's MAZ 200 built by Minskiy Auto Zavod (Minsk Auto Factory) in USSR's Belarus Soviet Socialist Republic (now it's a country Belarus) in 1951-1966. The truck design was influenced by US Diamond and Mack trucks and the engine was derived from GMC 2 tact diesel. The animal is a European Bison (Bison bonasus) called "Zubr" in Russian. There was also a clone of this truck made in Yaroslavl (YaAZ 200) which had a bear as a hood ornament. However, these small figures proved to be too fragile and soon were replaced by ornaments on both sides of the hood.

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    1. wow, you know a lot about this stuff! Thanks!

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  2. That European Bison from a Soviet factory would not look out of place in Wall Street.

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  3. Os Russos tinham, por vias tortas, admiração por ícones Americanos, e demonstravam isso pelas tentativas de copiar e superar as criações do Oeste, geralmente fazendo-as maiores para compensar a menor qualidade técnica. Tinha uma piada em quê alguém pergunta para outra pessoa: "O que e maior que o Americano, mas não e tão bom?" Ao que o outro responde: "E Russo!".

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    1. The Russians had, in a twisted way, admiration for American icons, and demonstrated this by their attempts to copy and surpass the creations of the West, often making them bigger to make up for lesser technical quality. There was a joke where someone asks someone else: "What's bigger than the Americano, but not as good?" To which the other responds: "It's Russian!"

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