Moskvitch 412 Night Time

Here are some night time shots of a Moskvitch 412.

Looks like a street racer, superficially at least.

And she is already the fifth Moskvitch 412 on this blog, and the third with square headlights.

No. 29

Spring Sighting - Moskvitch 412

Here is a Moskvitch 412; the No. 3 sighting of a Moskvitch 412 since start of blog.

The Moskvitch 412 was a small family car produced in Moscow during 1967-75.

Production ended  in 1975 so this car can't be less than 42 years.

The rectangular headlights make it a post 1969 version, pre-1969 versions had either two or quad round headlights (which were sometime tanned and quite popular).

In the bumper you can see a hole for a crank starter.

Museum 1956-85 Moskvitch Cars

This is from one of my other blogs, VreMax, where I reported on this car exhibition that I visited a year ago - in August of 2014. 

This entry is about the Moskvitch cars I saw there, and I continue verbatim from the other blog.

Cannibalising my own earlier post on a car exhibition -- basically raiding it for pictures of the Moskvitch to use in this post which will be in my Moskvitch Cars series.

In chronological order, top to bottom

Moskvitch - Second Generation 1956-65

Moskvitch 402 FR RWD

Moskvitch 402 with a Moskvitch 401-422 "Woodie" in front of it.

Moskvitch 402, two tone

Moskvitch 410, a FR AWD version of the Moskvitch 402

Moskvitch 411, a FR AWD Wagon version of the Moskvitch 402.

Moskvitch Third Generation 1965-86

Moskvitch 412

Moskvitch Izh 412 Rally car. I believe it was also known as Moskvitch Elite 1500

Moskvitch 2137 Wagon Rally car

This car is in the 2012 (?) Silk Way Rally livery, however it did not officially take part in the rally but just went along for the entire length of it out of competition.

This car is also notable as the last of Soviet cars to still feature taillight fins to accommodate gate opening, until the model was discontinued in 1985.