From one of my other blogs, VreMax, where I reported on this car exhibition that I visited a year ago - in August of 2014.
Entering the exhibition.
GAZ GL-1, a sports car.
Truth to tell, I was a bit wary of this thing at the time, in terms of authenticity, as I mentioned on my other blog.
I thought it was obviously heavily restored and the line between restoration and replication was a bit blurred here.
And turns out I was completely right. It is in fact a replica built in 2010.
The original GAZ GL-1 car in its second version (as shown here) was completed on September 22, 1940 and became the fastest car in the Soviet Union.
It set an All-Union speed record of 161.9 kph. during its speed trials.
Then the GL-1 was destroyed in unclear circumstances.
According to one story it was cut up into pieces at the factory, while another version claims that it was destroyed during a WW2 bombing of the GAZ factory.
I thought it was obviously heavily restored and the line between restoration and replication was a bit blurred here.
And turns out I was completely right. It is in fact a replica built in 2010.
The original GAZ GL-1 car in its second version (as shown here) was completed on September 22, 1940 and became the fastest car in the Soviet Union.
It set an All-Union speed record of 161.9 kph. during its speed trials.
Then the GL-1 was destroyed in unclear circumstances.
According to one story it was cut up into pieces at the factory, while another version claims that it was destroyed during a WW2 bombing of the GAZ factory.
A 2010 replica of the GAZ GL-1 in my 2014 photos.
And the real thing in period photos.
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