ZAZ Cars

Another intermission presenting cars not spotted on the street per se but at a car exhibition / show. Re-blogging from my other blog and continuing verbatim... 


Another car show at Moscow's VDNKh -- Cars of Our Back Yard -- USSR cars.

Not the first car-themed show I saw at the location -- in August last year we saw Car Industry of the USSR.

But that time I was lazy to make too many photos. This time however I made over 200!

So it is in parts.

Part 1 - the Moskvitch -- is here -- Part 1 Moskvitch Cars.

And now I present Part 2 -- ZAZ cars - Zaporozhets.

All Zaporozhets, except the very last one called Tavria, were small rear-engined, rear wheel drive cars, air-cooled.

1960 ZAZ 965, 1960-69, the first Zaporozhets (Zaporozhets is a local version of the Cossack).

The organizers claim its 965 and the fascia certainly corresponds.

Unusual color, though.

1962 ZAZ 965A, 1962-69

For some reason they are missing the side moldings like on this one.

1966 ZAZ 966, 1966-72

This one sports a fake grille -- being a rear engined air-cooled car it hardly needs any in front.

1972 ZAZ 968А, 1972-94

Seen many of these in real life.

I also liked their rear lights which were round and in the Space Age style looking rather like jet or rocket muzzles but none of the cars at the exhibition was positioned in such a way so as to allow taking a picture of the rear. So, I leave this Avtoexport advert of the same car here.

The ornament on the boot front (yes, the boot is in front) was known as a "mustache".

1979 ZAZ 968M, 1979-94

This one looks very handsome. The last air cooled model -- the last true Zaporozhets.

The head rests are after-market jobs, they could be installed (and removed when necessary) like a saddle on top of the seat back. 

1987 ZAZ 1102 Tavria, 1987-2007

Well, ZAZ, another car marque gone forever. 

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