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Originally Posted by GTA  ID 435:
Guess this car. |
ID:435 is a Gaz Chaika M-13
This lookalike of the mid/late 50's Packard and Studebaker and was a level down from the Zil limousine. Both the Zil and the Chaika were unavailable for the common public to buy. They were simply off bounds. While the Zil was only made for the Presidents and State heads, the Chaika was used for the top level officers in position in the government, therefore mostly they were black in colour. The Chaika was made from the late 50's to the early 80's and was available as a limousine, a four door convertible and also as an ambulance. It used a 5.5litre V-8 with a three speed automatic gearbox.
I kind of like these shapes as it reminds me of the late 50's Studebakers and Packards, from where the Chaika got its designing cue.
These are now collectibles as very few were made.