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Whaddyacallit #39 - SOLVED! - 1961 Dniepr Kadi-2

Started by Ray B., February 11, 2008, 03:56:01 PM

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Carnut

#25
January 13, 2014, 06:36:42 PM
Neither Simca nor Chevy connections..
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Bill Murray

#26
January 13, 2014, 06:38:04 PM
argentina?
Cheers
Bill

Carnut

#27
January 13, 2014, 06:38:30 PM
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kwgibbs

#28
January 13, 2014, 06:58:45 PM
soviet?

Carnut

#29
January 14, 2014, 11:46:50 AM
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kwgibbs

#30
January 14, 2014, 01:24:38 PM
according to my source,it was the Khadi-2 1961,built by students?

Carnut

#31
January 15, 2014, 05:07:32 AM
Quote from: kwgibbs on January 14, 2014, 01:24:38 PM
according to my source,it was the Khadi-2 1961,built by students?

That's correct, yes.
For the point I'd like to know which students though, so I'll lock it for you to look into.
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kwgibbs

#32
January 15, 2014, 08:48:34 AM
I did find more info,(LSA)-Laboratory of high speed automobiles?

Carnut

#33
January 15, 2014, 09:36:13 AM Last Edit: January 15, 2014, 09:43:43 AM by Carnut
Quote from: kwgibbs on January 15, 2014, 08:48:34 AM
I did find more info,(LSA)-Laboratory of high speed automobiles?

That's correct, yes.
The Laboratory of High-Speed Automobiles (LSA-KhADI) was founded in 1953 by racing driver Vladimir Nikitin with the purpose of creating the fastest cars in the world.  The original idea has been continued by students of Nikitin down the years.
The first car to be created by the students was the puzzle car, KhADI-2, in 1961.  Its body was made of glassfibre, apparently the first time the material had been used for a car body in the USSR (though I'm sure I've seen plenty of 1950s home-built Soviet cars that look like they're made of glassfibre...).
I believe they are now up to KhADI-34; some of the others have been featured here on AP before but this one has not been puzzled.  It would be nice to see some other pictures of it; but I can't believe it was ever one of the fastest cars in the world...!

Here's the original puzzle picture before slight re-touching:

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Otto Puzzell

#34
January 15, 2014, 10:17:16 AM
You wanna be the man, you gotta Name That Car!

Carnut

#36
January 15, 2014, 11:45:57 AM
Quote from: Otto Puzzell on January 15, 2014, 10:17:16 AM
Is this the same?

http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=3760.15

Indeed it is.. Again!  Hence I've merged it ... Again!
It keeps appearing with a slightly different name each time.
And the website about the LSA doesn't mention the word 'Dniepr' at all so I don't know where that fits in.
I'm sure one of our Russian members can straighten it out?
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Carnut

#37
January 05, 2016, 07:57:02 AM
A rare rear view:

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Arunas

#38
January 05, 2016, 12:30:08 PM
A couple more..
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