Pimp That Tank

This vehicle started life as a Russian “BRDM”, translated literally means “Combat Reconnaissance Patrol Vehicle”, an armored scout car made in Russia.
There were plenty of these vehicles in Arabic countries like Iraq or Iran and Syria.
But this is no regular military vehicle. It was bought by a Moscow entrepreneur and then heavily pimped "Russian style".

An amphibian vehicle powered by a 5.5 ltr V8 diesel engine with four wheels and four more smaller wheels that can be lowered at the push of a button should the terrain become rough. It has of course a multi speaker sound system, GPS navigation, TV, DVD and a periscope to see clearly what’s going on when you are swimming across the nearest lake and sonar to navigate underwater. Oh night vision system has also been installed for those dark night drives.

The car is fully registred and road legal so the owner can drive across the normal roads, then go to the lake for some fishing or water skiing, and then visit a Moscow casino on the way home.

Pedal Power

Check out this children’s pedal car “Moskvich”, made in the USSR by the State Standard. It was firstly manufactured in 1989 and totally restored in 2011 in accordance with the original model. Now the car works silently and wheels rotate smoothly. All old and idle parts (lights, bumpers, suspension, etc.) are replaced by new ones.

The GL-1

The GL-1 was the first Soviet factory sportscar ever produced, which set speed records before the World War. Unfortunately all the copies of the car and its records were destroyed, and until recently the automobile existed only in archive photos.

The project GL-1 was built in 1938 from a serial model GAZ M-1. An open two seater body was put onto the standard frame along with most of the parts of the M-1, but the total weight was reduced. The “M” engine was forced, the valve diameter was widened and the machine gained 15 horsepower to a whopping 65 horses. A test driver from the GAZ factory recorded 147 km/hr runs out of this car.

The second generation GL-1 was introduced in 1940 with a 3.2 ltr engine and two carburettors. The power was raised to 100 horsepower. Externally a more steamline cabin was designed. The new version was much faster and the new top speed record was set at 161.84 km/hr, which at that time seemed a triumph.

In 1941 the work on the third generation started, unfortunately very soon the country would cease to care about speed records and all the prototypes and road variants were destroyed and most likely melted.

In 2006 Alexander Bushuyev’s body manufacturer decided to reconstruct the legendary car, basing it on an original GAZ M-1 chassis and the numerous pictures of that time.

This beauty is what he came up with.....

Ghost Rider Lada

This is the one of the most widely distributed models of Lada (Vaz-2105), produced in the Soviet Union and during the early years of post-soviet Russia (1980-1992). It still can be found on Russian roads, and some of them are good enough to be tuned.
For example this one, on the pictures below, resembles in some way the vehicle from the “Ghost Rider” movie. Question is, would you drive it ?

Russian Resto Job

The Moskvitch-403 is a transition variant between the 407th and 408th. It’s like a new filling in the old body. Hanging pedals, rather than a hole in the floor, a hydraulic clutch and new steering wheel! This model was produced from 1963 to 1965. In total, a little bit more than 105 thousand cars were assembled. And here is one of those rarities that managed to live till nowadays. Its lucky owner got it from his old relative for free. He restored it over six years and now it looks absolutely stunning.