Wednesday, April 13, 2022

Kim has held onto a unique book for a long time, and found a bit of time to got though it and share some odd things... that were in a book that featured only what vehicles the USSR exported

Guy on the Riga moped may look cool (sandals notwithstanding), but tires with too little air in them and a headlight pointing downwards still indicates some carelessness about the job.


The SSh-Planeta-3 on the other hand is clever-ish, the front wheel being spun to give the illusion of movement while the rear wheel remains stationary, and the center stand hidden with grass.


a mean looking KrAZ-225L truck for - as the name 'Langholztransportenwagen' implies - hauling long pieces of lumber. The latter really shows Germany's curious affinity for turning whole sentences into single words.

Kim also said:

Years ago a friend of mine was the (very successful) importer of Lada cars to Denmark, and along the way he gave me some of the stuff he collected. One of those things was a 1970s book of all the vehicles the USSR presumably exported, from the smallest of children's bicycles to monster trucks only found in open pit mines, and literally everything in between. Buses, vans, sewage haulers, you-name-it....


thank you Kim!

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