Volga I understood but GAZ? Turns out to be Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod, translated as Gorky Automobile Plant. Anyway it was supposedly as a joint venture in 1932 with those arch-capitalists, Ford. Sleeping with the enemy? Now they have deals with GM and VW so perhaps sleeping with anyone?
Shoreboy57- excellent research. Stalin privataized-stole- the plant. There is also ZIL- they did the Packards,- ZIS, ZAZ, ZIM . (no ZAT) Also KIM, Russo-Balt, Nami, Yag,
Gerald, the Trekka was a work run about, my other car was a 350 Monaro. No contest really. The Trekka was a little bit reliable, uncomfortable and a constant humiliation. But it did get more than 5 mpg, and it didn't get constant attention from the traffic cops. Those was the bonus points.
Bruce.
AMCO72 wrote:Bruce, you are lucky you didnt get a truck load of milk-powder as a bonus.
So, what did you think of the Trekka. Do you, like a number of people, have fond memories of it, or did you trade it in for the latest Cortina at the first opportunity?
Bruce.....I like your description of the Trekka as .....'a little bit reliable'. Perhaps you meant UNreliable. And a humiliation to whom? Usually when a male is humiliated by the car he drives, it is because his daughter is....... 'not going to ride in that THING'..... Or maybe your workmates were giving you stick about it. Anyway you had a Muscle car, so you could go and tell them to 'stick it'.
Bruce -I like the..a little bit reliable. C class car better than B class public transport or A class walking. Did you have the bumper sticker that every Trekka had....My other car is a 350 Monaro ......?
Дорогой Брюс, я также согласен с Вашей философией. Вы считаете что Джеральд Gerald поймет нас? Дэйл не поймет это разговор. А сейчас идем выгуливать собак.
Yes, Long live Советсий Союз and their muscle car -V8 GAZ!
Bruce......such language, and this being a family forum!!!!!!!......I used to just dismiss Trekkas/Skodas etc without giving them a second thought. Now I think I quite like them, and I am going to ring my mate John right now and see if he still has the Felicia for sale. Now that is a machine that will strike fear into the hearts of all you Muscle Car boys.... a few bags of left-over milk powder in the boot should keep the back down......might be able to do a 1.14 lap of HD!!!!
Yeh Dale......with these long hot evenings and nothing to do but write rubbish on TRS, but I do know that the 'real' enthusiasts on here will NOT be looking at this site, and we are not compromising other sites, so that is ok. Markson, go to the top of the class.
[quote="John McKechnie"]Дорогой Брюс, я также согласен с Вашей философией. Вы считаете что Джеральд Gerald поймет нас? Дэйл не поймет это разговор. А сейчас идем выгуливать собак.
Tovarich Bruce-you are right.Dog is a mans best friend. Just been doing some laps of Wakaraka- us on the bikes and the 2 dogs running.They beat us. Gerald--Did a convertible top on one of these Skoda- pronounced Schkoda- Felicia recently.Even have a Russian-what else-video that has 20 of these BRAND NEW, in red, blue and white..Can you sleep tonight thinking of it.?
The parents of a friend had a new Skoda Sabre in 1969. I thought it was a smart looking car.All the other class mates looked down on it for the fact it wasnt Brit, Aus, Yank,French,German-(VWs were always hot) If someone could get their mums Mini, it was great.My mum had a Renault R10 and I loved that car.There was prejudice at that time to these non mainstream cars. Skoda Machinery has a long history .Or simply was it -Trekka was made in NZ and we were ashamed of it. It was not racey like a DeJoux
I couldn't imagine a couple of fence post's, a bale of hay and a ewe in lamb, in the back of a DeJoux One of the best cars I ever owned and drove was a Renualt 25 and my current driver is a VOLVO S60 T5, which as matter of interest broke 18 British land speed records, back in the year 2000 . Markson
markson wrote:I couldn't imagine a couple of fence post's, a bale of hay and a ewe in lamb, in the back of a DeJoux . Markson
With Trekka's no more, perhaps the Laser has taken its place. Waiting fro the sheep jokes as this weeks story goes global: "Four men, 10 sheep and one very small car. It’s not the start of a joke. It’s what police in New Zealand found Wednesday when a routine patrol turned decidedly woolly. An officer was driving along about 1 a.m. local time Wednesday in Havelock North when he noticed something odd about a 1994 Ford Laser hatchback as it labored along under the power of its 1.3-liter engine, police spokesman Guy Callahan said. “He would have done a double take and said, ‘What the hell?’” Callahan said. “The officer basically pulled the vehicle over and discovered it was full up with men and sheep. … It’s quite a small vehicle.” The 10 hog-tied sheep had allegedly just been stolen from a farm. Three of the men were charged with theft of stock and cruel treatment of an animal".
John, I think we should keep this thread 'pure'........dedicated to our beloved Trekka, and other comunist cars when they fit into the story.
Actually, thinking about it, wasnt the Packard one of the American makes that was 'copied' by the Russians. Wasnt it turned into the Zil or Zis or Zit, or some other equally awful device?
Please proceed with your story, but beware, the thread pirates are watching.
