Name: RUSSIAN MOTOR VEHICLES - SOVIET LIMOUSINES 1930-2003
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RUSSIAN MOTOR VEHICLES - SOVIET LIMOUSINES 1930-2003

by Maurice A. Kelly

Published by Veloce Publishing. 1st. 2011

Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper. A book concerning Russian Limousines, and the Chinese models that were initially derived from them. Investigating the whole story of why the Soviet Communist Party required such a bourgeois product, and how production was subsequently achieved. Black boards, silver title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. 126 pages.

Tiny nick to front edge of spine towards base. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly creased at edges.

ISBN: 9781845843007
Stock no. 1320159

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CARS
RUSSIA

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1. Introduction
2. The Putilov factory and the Leningrad L-1 limousine
3. The AMO Works/Zavod im Stalina/Zavod im Likacheva
The Limousine Models Produced at the Zavod im Stalina from 1936 to 1941
Limousines and their Derivatives from the Zavod im Stalina (ZIS) in the postwar era
4. The Gorky Automobile Works
The Gorky automobile factory
Limousine models manufactured at the Gorky automobile factory
5. Chinese Limousine models made with Russian aid
Chinese limousines related to the Russian technology that was made available in the 1950s
The Hong QI (Hung Ch'i) Red Flag limousine series
Other Limousines made in the People's Republic of China
1) Limousines made in Beijing (North City)
2) Limousines made in Shang-Hai Shi ('City above the sea')
3) Prototype touring limousines made at the Tianjin (Tientsin) Automobile Repair Works
6. Conclusion
Appendix A: specifications of limousine models
Appendix B: Production Figures for the Hong Qi limousine and its variants
Appendix C: Notes on '5-star' logos
Bibliography