Champagne, Oysters.. and Cars on Lenin's Birthday

I am still behind with My Restaurants series, with lots of backlogged entries yet to be posted, but here is something relatively fresh for a change:

On Saturday, April 22, 2023 - to celebrate the greatest philosopher and improver of human condition V. I. Lenin's birthday - went for a stroll about town and had some fast food - a bowl of "California" shrimp poke washed down with a glass of Rose sparkling and then three oyster-bar oysters with a glass of white bubbly.

 

Cars, oysters and champagne... ALSO after a long hiatus chanced upon another car show here in Moscow and so here is a photo dump

 

It was something of a cars and coffee meet but specifically for low cars aka whatever you call them, stanced?.

So basically went to this place called Hlebozavod 9 and found a party there so joined in.

Arnold Odermatt - Karambolage

Amazing photography by Arnold Odermatt - Karambolage and Tailights

Springer Gallery

RÜCKLICHTER / BACKLIGHTS aka taillights

Website

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Spotted... GAZ-46

On the occasion of May 9 -- V-Day here in Russia....

... they are driving some curious vehicles today.

This one was spotted by me whilst in a line at a McDonald's drive-through.

It appears to be a GAZ-46 or some other such amphibious vehicle.

However the propeller appears to be removed.

Car Show Car Exhibits Part 7

Continuing with pictures from the historic car show at Moscow's VDNKh that I visited in March this year 2015 -- Cars of Our Back Yard -- USSR cars.

Not the first car-themed show I saw at the location -- in August last year we saw Car Industry of the USSR.

But that time I was lazy to make too many photos. This time however I made over 200!

So it is in parts.

Part 1 - the Moskvitch -- is here -- Part 1 Moskvitch Cars.

Part 2 -- ZAZ cars -- is here -- Part 2 Zaporozhets Cars.

Part 3 -- Moto -- is here -- Part 3 Old Russian Motorcycles, Mopeds, etc. 

Part 4 - Lada cars -- is here -- Part 4 Lada Cars. 

Part 5 - Volga cars -- hit this link -- the Volga automobile.

Part 6 - Pobeda cars -- Part 6 the Pobeda GAZ M-20 Automobile. 

And now please enjoy Part 7 - the last part - topical exhibits. 


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Back Yard Garage Exhibit featuring a ZAZ-965

It's a Zaporozhets, a mini-sized, air-cooled rear-engined car.

You can have a good look at this air-cooled engined. Look how easy it is to work with - plenty of access.

So who wants to take it apart put together back again?

On the road...

Funny...

Pobeda Cars at a Car Exhibition

Another car show at Moscow's VDNKh that I visited -- Cars of Our Back Yard -- USSR cars.

Not the first car-themed show I saw at the location -- in August last year we saw Car Industry of the USSR.

But that time I was lazy to make too many photos. This time however I made over 200!

So it is in parts.

Part 1 - the Moskvitch -- is here -- Part 1 Moskvitch Cars.

Part 2 -- ZAZ cars -- is here -- Part 2 Zaporozhets Cars.

Part 3 -- Moto -- is here -- Part 3 Old Russian Motorcycles, Mopeds, etc. 

Part 4 - Lada cars -- is here -- Part 4 Lada Cars. 

Part 5 - Volga cars -- hit this link -- the Volga automobile.

And now - Part 6 the Pobeda GAZ M-20 Automobile. 

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Pobeda М-20 "Second series"

Similarities were noted between the Pobeda and certain Western cars, both American and British. For example, Standard Vanguard was mentioned in this connection. Some even deduced that there was a bit of copying going on. Well, they deduced wrong. The Pobeda was developed throughout 1945 and entered production in 1946 whereas the aforementioned Standard Vanguard thing was announced in 1947. The same can be said about other Western Pobeda look-a-likes -- the Pobeda predates them all, so the reverse engineering was likely going in the other direction.

Pobeda GAZ M-20D "Third Series"

Second and third series together.

And this is for those of this blog's readers who have no Russian -- try to find familiar letters at least, will you. But this is Pobeda specs and a short description.

The Pobeda, in early Russian noir crime films.

The Case of the Motley Gang, 1958.

Same movie as above.

Case No. 306