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Running the SVX a close second in my affections is the "Batmobile" - a GAZ-13 'Chaika' limousine from Back In The USSR. This little (read: "BIG") beauty has sort-of been in my possession since 1991. "Sort-of", because the original 1976 vehicle was bought back then; in 1998 it was supplemented by a 1959 example. Since then the two have been combined in a major restoration project which is just about finished, the result being more of the '59 than the '76 - fortunately the model ran from 1959 to 1980 with practically no changes! The bad news is: after 13 years of ownership, sweat and tears my personal situation dictated that it was time for the Batmobile to move on; consequently it passed from my ownership in March 2004. The good news is that it now resides at the
in Sparkford, Somerset, England - where considerably more people can enjoy it than when it was in my hands, so all's well that ends. To learn more about it, please click on the photograph below left; to view a gallery of GAZ Prototypes and One-Offs please press the large horn-button, below right. | ||
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