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Title: Solved: 277. of All. - Delfin (ZAZ based)
Post by: Allemano on July 23, 2009, 07:11:43 AM
One point to the one who gives the right make and designation.
Title: Re: 277. of All.
Post by: Allemano on August 09, 2009, 05:53:21 AM
moved..
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Post by: hugo90 on August 12, 2009, 02:13:30 AM
The driving position almost looks central, and the wiper normally would indicate left hand drive.  Is it from a Soviet country/era?
Title: Re: 277. of All.
Post by: Allemano on August 12, 2009, 02:20:54 AM
Correct!
Title: Re: 277. of All.
Post by: pguillem on August 12, 2009, 11:11:31 AM
Nami 055b ?
Title: Re: 277. of All.
Post by: pguillem on August 13, 2009, 04:30:48 PM
I'd rather say Moskvitch 408/412 PT prototype "ВНИИТЭ-ПТ " (1964-1965), which was intended for a taxi.  But I never saw a convertible...
Title: Re: 277. of All.
Post by: Allemano on August 15, 2009, 09:21:32 AM
Neither nor —  at least that's what my source reports!
I need a name written in non-Cyrilliyc letters for this car....I only have one source on where this car is mentioned.
Title: Re: 277. of All.
Post by: pnegyesi on August 31, 2009, 05:25:24 AM
Made between 1956-1960?
Title: Re: 277. of All.
Post by: Allemano on August 31, 2009, 10:01:11 AM
am not sure, but think so! I'll check when I'm home again (on Saturday)
Title: Re: 277. of All.
Post by: Allemano on September 06, 2009, 07:42:17 AM
Pro-tein!



Sorry, don't know the year it was built..
Title: Re: 277. of All.
Post by: faksta on September 06, 2009, 04:40:20 PM
You mean that this car was built?
Title: Re: 277. of All.
Post by: Arunas on September 06, 2009, 04:48:04 PM
Is it NAMI-related?
Title: Re: 277. of All.
Post by: Allemano on September 06, 2009, 09:56:28 PM
Not that I'm aware of
Title: Re: 277. of All.
Post by: faksta on September 07, 2009, 03:58:32 AM
Is it an answer to both questions?
Title: Re: 277. of All.
Post by: Allemano on September 07, 2009, 11:01:48 AM
Oh sorry...

This is a real car, but do not know anything about how many were built.
Title: Re: 277. of All.
Post by: Arunas on September 07, 2009, 11:19:06 AM
Is it built as a prototype by any major manufacturer?
Title: Re: 277. of All.
Post by: Allemano on September 07, 2009, 11:22:04 AM
Maybe several cars were built, but I don't know. It was built by a pretty common make.
Title: Re: 277. of All.
Post by: Arunas on September 07, 2009, 11:24:11 AM
Is this make still manufacturing cars?
Title: Re: 277. of All.
Post by: pnegyesi on September 07, 2009, 11:26:32 AM
ZIL?
Title: Re: 277. of All.
Post by: Allemano on September 07, 2009, 12:10:43 PM
Not one of those
Title: Re: 277. of All.
Post by: Allemano on September 07, 2009, 12:11:41 PM
Is this make still manufacturing cars?

Obviousely.
Title: Re: 277. of All.
Post by: pnegyesi on September 07, 2009, 12:27:07 PM
GAZ?
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Post by: Allemano on September 07, 2009, 12:30:36 PM
Not GAZ...
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Post by: pnegyesi on September 07, 2009, 12:34:26 PM
Avtovaz? It'd be quite unbelievable
Title: Re: 277. of All.
Post by: Allemano on September 07, 2009, 12:36:37 PM
Not that!
Title: Re: 277. of All.
Post by: Arunas on September 07, 2009, 12:39:22 PM
Izh?
Title: Re: 277. of All.
Post by: Allemano on September 07, 2009, 12:40:54 PM
NO! ;D
Title: Re: 277. of All.
Post by: Arunas on September 07, 2009, 12:42:30 PM
Lada?
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Post by: pnegyesi on September 07, 2009, 12:43:50 PM
well, Avtovaz and Lada are the same, so how about Kamaz?
Title: Re: 277. of All.
Post by: Allemano on September 07, 2009, 12:45:33 PM
Even not Kamaz...
Title: Re: 277. of All.
Post by: Allemano on September 07, 2009, 12:45:57 PM
and not Lada
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Post by: Arunas on September 07, 2009, 12:46:19 PM
LuAZ?
Title: Re: 277. of All.
Post by: Allemano on September 07, 2009, 12:54:05 PM
No..

many of those guesses were close at least by the sound of the make's name...
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Post by: pnegyesi on September 07, 2009, 01:01:31 PM
ZAZ?
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Post by: Allemano on September 07, 2009, 01:09:52 PM
Yeeees! :)
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Post by: Allemano on September 07, 2009, 01:10:40 PM
but guess it's still some work to do..
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Post by: faksta on September 07, 2009, 02:12:38 PM
Was Eduard Molchanov involved in its styling? Quite his style.
Title: Re: 277. of All.
Post by: Allemano on September 08, 2009, 10:06:07 AM
I don't know anyting except make and designation.
Title: Re: 277. of All.
Post by: Allemano on November 20, 2009, 04:43:20 PM
I give you a hint. The eponym lives in the water but it isn't a fish.... ;)
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Post by: Arunas on November 20, 2009, 04:56:24 PM
Dolphin?
Title: Re: 277. of All.
Post by: Allemano on November 20, 2009, 04:59:42 PM
Yes, you're almost there, but this is not a British or USAmerican car....

Yours till your next post.


(I don't know if this is the real and only name of this vehicle, but it's what my source reports)
Title: Re: 277. of All.
Post by: Arunas on November 20, 2009, 05:05:58 PM
So, is it as ZAZ Delfin (ЗАЗ дельфин)?
Title: Re: 277. of All.
Post by: Allemano on November 20, 2009, 05:10:52 PM
YES! I have this as ZAZ Delfin "Strandauto", but I guess at least the last part of the name is not authentic...
If someone has a more reliable designation I'll update the subject's title.
Title: Re: Solved: 277. of All. - ZAZ Delfin "Strandauto" (beachcar)
Post by: Ray B. on November 21, 2009, 03:26:08 AM
Strandauto is German. In Russian, google gives us Пляж автомобиля
Title: Re: Solved: 277. of All. - ZAZ Delfin "Strandauto" (beachcar)
Post by: Allemano on November 21, 2009, 03:34:07 AM
Strandauto is German. In Russian, google gives us Пляж автомобиля
I know that "Strandauto" is German.  :eyebrow:
I found that car on a Hungarian source. Don't know why they name it that way.
Should I replace it with Cyrillic letters?  :idea:
Title: Re: Solved: 277. of All. - ZAZ Delfin "Strandauto" (beachcar)
Post by: Ray B. on November 21, 2009, 03:58:54 AM

I know that "Strandauto" is German.  :eyebrow:

No kidding?
So, Strandauto meaning something like beach buggy, I guess it's not part of the name. Why don't you stick to just ZAZ Delphin?
Title: Re: Solved: 277. of All. - ZAZ Delfin "Strandauto" (beachcar)
Post by: Allemano on November 21, 2009, 04:18:00 AM
It was (like I've mentioned before) part of the name on that source where I've found it.
Maybe or probably incorrect and unusual for a Russian car, but what if it was made for a GDR apparatchik and was baptized exactly with that name?
As long as I've got no other designation I leave it like that, but nevertheless thanks for your advice...

BTW: "Delfin" written with "f" is German as well.. (http://www.mysmilie.de/midi-smileys/frech/1/0029.gif) (http://www.mysmilie.de/smilies/frech/)
And "Delphin" with "ph" isn't Russian either.



@faksta or other puzzlers which are able to google in cyrillic words: would it possible to do a little more research?
Title: Re: Solved: 277. of All. - ZAZ Delfin "Strandauto" (beachcar)
Post by: Arunas on November 21, 2009, 04:43:05 AM
It was (like I've mentioned before) part of the name on that source where I've found it.
Maybe or probably incorrect and unusual for a Russian car, but what if it was made for a GDR apparatchik and was baptized with exactly that name?
As long as I've got no other designation for it I leave it like that, but nevertheless thanks for your advice...

BTW: "Delfin" written with "f" is German as well.. (http://www.mysmilie.de/midi-smileys/frech/1/0029.gif) (http://www.mysmilie.de/smilies/frech/)
And "Delphin" with "ph" isn't Russian either.



@faksta or other puzzlers which are able to google in cyrillic words: would it possible to do a little more research?

I have never seen this car in any period Russian magazine...
Title: Re: Solved: 277. of All. - ZAZ Delfin "Strandauto" (beachcar)
Post by: Allemano on November 21, 2009, 05:21:10 AM
the original pic:
(and for our Hungarian puzzlers: I'll PM the source if you would try to bring this obscure car a bit more to light.)
Title: Re: Solved: 277. of All. - ZAZ (based) Delfin "Strandauto"
Post by: faksta on November 21, 2009, 10:21:49 AM
I'm trying my best, but nothing can be found yet. The numberplates are Soviet, not GDR, so I suppose the car is also Soviet. 'ЛБА' letters should mean that the car was registered in Tadjikistan (part of USSR then). I'll try to find more, because I'm very curious also. Is it from the book?

By the way, 'Пляж автомобиля', as Google translated 'Strandauto', means 'Beach of the car' - quite a doubtful translation :D
Title: Re: Solved: 277. of All. - Delfin (ZAZ based)
Post by: Allemano on November 21, 2009, 10:29:38 AM
No I've got it from a Hungarian forum.
Title: Re: Solved: 277. of All. - ZAZ (based) Delfin "Strandauto"
Post by: Ray B. on November 21, 2009, 11:58:42 AM

By the way, 'Пляж автомобиля', as Google translated 'Strandauto', means 'Beach of the car' - quite a doubtful translation :D
I never said it should be trusted. Google translations (as Babel Fish or such) are about as right as Brad Pitt's italian accent in "Inglorious Bastards"
Title: Re: Solved: 277. of All. - ZAZ (based) Delfin "Strandauto"
Post by: faksta on November 21, 2009, 12:26:14 PM

By the way, 'Пляж автомобиля', as Google translated 'Strandauto', means 'Beach of the car' - quite a doubtful translation :D
I never said it should be trusted. Google translations (as Babel Fish or such) are about as right as Brad Pitt's italian accent in "Inglorious Bastards"

I understood you, just couldn't stand and not to note that  ::)
Title: Re: Solved: 277. of All. - ZAZ (based) Delfin "Strandauto"
Post by: faksta on November 23, 2009, 01:44:56 PM
Found it. The article about this car was in #8-1972 of Modelist-Konstruktor magazine (USSR). The name was simply 'Delfin'. Here are the pages in Russian, I will translate the information, but will need some time :)
Title: Re: Solved: 277. of All. - ZAZ (based) Delfin "Strandauto"
Post by: Allemano on November 23, 2009, 01:54:02 PM
Wow great, though it is only a colored 'rendering' of the very same picture.


so, I simply have to change the name to 'Delfin' or should I add something referring to the make?
Title: Re: Solved: 277. of All. - ZAZ (based) Delfin "Strandauto"
Post by: faksta on November 23, 2009, 01:59:51 PM
Simply Delfin, as it was a self-constructed car and it had no make.
Title: Re: Solved: 277. of All. - ZAZ (based) Delfin "Strandauto"
Post by: Arunas on November 23, 2009, 02:31:20 PM
:[ Just found it in my little library too... I'll try to get those pictures in a bit better quality if needed, soon...