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Panther_99FS
July 30th, 2010, 20:00
http://www.flickr.com/photos/watashi/2765309697/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wgrabar/2615801380/
cheezyflier
July 30th, 2010, 20:31
gorgeous car! :applause:
dominique
July 30th, 2010, 20:48
That was actually a T-34 stripped of its gun with some chrome trimmings added
Wing_Z
July 30th, 2010, 21:47
They had a camera...
Daveroo
July 31st, 2010, 08:39
the front fenders/headlights look like packard units..or maybe lincoln primier..but look at a 56 packard carribean front end..looks the same headlight bucket..the rear fender treatment looks familure as well
Naismith
July 31st, 2010, 11:09
The Japanese used to take western designs, copy them, miniaturize them and improve upon them so much so that we ditch our own and take up theirs. The Russians take Western design, make them bigger, noiser, more polluting and uglier. But even then we have a fondness for them. lol
It's a funny old world.
stuartcox
July 31st, 2010, 11:15
....and the TU 144 looked like Concorde? :jump:
Ken Stallings
July 31st, 2010, 11:28
Oh wow! What a blast from the past.

Back in the early eighties, I was studying for my Political Science degree. I specialize in Soviet government and international relations. Well, we spent such an inordinate amount of that time studying that car to gain implied meaning.

Back in the old days of "Kremlinology," when fragments of information, such as standing positions at the May Day Parade, was considered a gold mine of information on how that government operated!

Ken