"Moskvich" is a legend of the Soviet automobile industry. Previously, there were queues behind these machines in the USSR and even in the capitalist West. Yes, there was a time, long before the appearance of the Zhiguli, when more than half of the produced Muscovites were exported. And the models, it must be said, were modern, reliable, and in demand. They participated in the rally, which aroused the interest of the capitalists.
And then the Volga Automobile Plant appeared and all financial flows turned in its direction. AZLK became the second number, but they did not want to allocate money for new models. But the enterprise had a design bureau, and what a one! How many interesting and modern models they made, but almost all of them remained in the form of prototypes. The only serious achievement of AZLK at that time was Moskvich-2141.
Did you know that a strange car was created on the chassis of a front-wheel drive model in the mid-90s. It was a seven-door, had something in common with a pickup truck and a van. It was intended for special services, both civilian and serious. For example, the author of the Ivan Zenkevich PRO Cars channel will tell you about a model for transporting especially dangerous criminals. The car, it should be noted, turned out to be really interesting. If you want details, watch the video!
The K-46 truck crane on the ZIL-164 chassis is a triumph of Soviet builders
Soviet truck cranes did not have an impressive boom reach, but were still valued at construction sites. Of course - they made manual work tens, or even hundreds of times easier...
