Another one strange device.
One point for its name.
One point for its builder.
Prove it's not impossible ;)
Wow!
The man at the wheel looks dark coloured. Is ist from Africa?
Is it from USSR?
Yes, USSR.
Is this powered by a motorcycle engine?
State carriage? (http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g106/pan1968/Gifs/ange.gif)
Quote from: pnegyesi on March 24, 2010, 06:19:18 AM
Is this powered by a motorcycle engine?
Yeah!
Quote from: Allemano on March 24, 2010, 06:25:05 AM
State carriage? (http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g106/pan1968/Gifs/ange.gif)
No.
Just to make sure: is this picture comes from the web?
Quote from: pnegyesi on March 24, 2010, 12:53:32 PM
Just to make sure: is this picture comes from the web?
unfortunately :shakehead: ...
Quote from: Arunas on March 24, 2010, 11:51:33 AM
Quote from: Allemano on March 24, 2010, 06:25:05 AM
State carriage? (http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g106/pan1968/Gifs/ange.gif)
No.
It was a joke! :hyper: Only recognized the mini flags.
From a Russian magazine, cca 1965?
Quote from: pnegyesi on March 24, 2010, 02:49:17 PM
From a Russian magazine, cca 1965?
This particular picture comes not from the magazine, but I have found its name in a magazine from the very late 60s.
Clue time:
#1 - A great Russian pianist has the same surname as the builder of this car,
#2 - The name of the car. See the attached picture.
#3 - I decided to give a point for the one who can correctly name the engine of this vehicle.
Richter
Three points for a single puzzle. C'mon!
Clue time #2:
#1 - Google would help quickly
#2 - See the attached picture + this name was also used for the model of very well known sportscar manufacturer.
#3 - Make a guess :)
Dolomite?
Virage?
Quote from: Ray B. on May 13, 2010, 12:55:59 PM
Virage?
Yes! Quite so. The car is named Вираж-2 (Virazh-2), so I believe this answer is the closest possible. The first point is gone.
Was it powered by an Izh motorcycle engine?
Quote from: pnegyesi on May 13, 2010, 01:20:59 PM
Was it powered by an Izh motorcycle engine?
Very good guess, but not Izh.
Dnepr?
I believe this builder also built a motorcycle based copy/tribute of the AVANTI in the early sixties ........ A picture is shown in the Lowey industrial design book I have a home.
Quote from: mymokke on May 19, 2010, 02:25:16 PM
I believe this builder also built a motorcycle based copy/tribute of the AVANTI in the early sixties ........ A picture is shown in the Lowey industrial design book I have a home.
I don't have such information since what I have is very very limited. However, I'd like to discuss.
Quote from: mymokke on May 19, 2010, 02:25:16 PM
I believe this builder also built a motorcycle based copy/tribute of the AVANTI in the early sixties ........ A picture is shown in the Lowey industrial design book I have a home.
It's the first thing I thought of when I saw this puzzle but I hadn't checked.
It's amazingly close, and surely the same builder. Whether it's the same car and he remodeled it somehow, whether he's obsessed by this design...
Loewy doesn't give any detail in the book, though.
Quote from: Ray B. on May 19, 2010, 03:53:09 PM
Quote from: mymokke on May 19, 2010, 02:25:16 PM
I believe this builder also built a motorcycle based copy/tribute of the AVANTI in the early sixties ........ A picture is shown in the Lowey industrial design book I have a home.
It's the first thing I thought of when I saw this puzzle but I hadn't checked.
It's amazingly close, and surely the same builder. Whether it's the same car and he remodeled it somehow, whether he's obsessed by this design...
Loewy doesn't give any detail in the book, though.
OH MY!! :o :o :o Amazing! See the differences between the car in the puzzle and in your picture? This can be Virage-1, but I have never heard, read or seen any pictures of it. But the years makes me tthink it is something else probably (and most likely) by the same builder.
Quote from: Arunas on May 19, 2010, 04:11:14 PM
Quote from: Ray B. on May 19, 2010, 03:53:09 PM
Quote from: mymokke on May 19, 2010, 02:25:16 PM
I believe this builder also built a motorcycle based copy/tribute of the AVANTI in the early sixties ........ A picture is shown in the Lowey industrial design book I have a home.
It's the first thing I thought of when I saw this puzzle but I hadn't checked.
It's amazingly close, and surely the same builder. Whether it's the same car and he remodeled it somehow, whether he's obsessed by this design...
Loewy doesn't give any detail in the book, though.
OH MY!! :o :o :o Amazing! See the differences between the car in the puzzle and in your picture? This can be Virage-1, but I have never heard, read or seen any pictures of it. But the years makes me tthink it is something else probably (and most likely) by the same builder.
After looking at both pictures side by side, it looks like the puzzle car is a newer build. there is a difference in the door cuts and the roof line. The front end is lighter as well giving the car a more modern profile. Still it looks to be built by the same hand.
:popcorn:
wouldn't be fair to send this to the solveds... ;)
Virazh-2 (Вираж-2) Cyclecar from USSR 1969 by V. Sokolov (В. Соколов). Engines Panonia
Delicious irony. 8)
Quote from: Oguerrerob on July 30, 2010, 10:54:29 AM
Virazh-2 (Вираж-2) Cyclecar from USSR 1969 by V. Sokolov (В. Соколов). Engines Panonia
Finally, I can move it Solved section. Two points for you.
Quote from: Ray B. on May 19, 2010, 03:53:09 PM
Quote from: mymokke on May 19, 2010, 02:25:16 PM
I believe this builder also built a motorcycle based copy/tribute of the AVANTI in the early sixties ........ A picture is shown in the Lowey industrial design book I have a home.
It's the first thing I thought of when I saw this puzzle but I hadn't checked.
It's amazingly close, and surely the same builder. Whether it's the same car and he remodeled it somehow, whether he's obsessed by this design...
Loewy doesn't give any detail in the book, though.
I found the same pic in a '73 magazine where is written that Raymond Loewy himself took it on a trip to Moscow that May (1973), where He saw this scratch-built Avanti replicar. It was built by a joung Soviet fellow out of 2 motorcycles coupled in parallel with pieces of junk.
Probably not so easy, as if these two motorcycles were simply coupled side-by-side, they should have been a bit too long, but they surely weren't.