RUSSIAN MOTOR VEHICLES - SOVIET LIMOUSINES 1930-2003
Written by Maurice A. Kelly
Published by Veloce Publishing
in 2011
ISBN: 9781845843007
RUSSIAN MOTOR VEHICLES - SOVIET LIMOUSINES 1930-2003
Written by Maurice A. Kelly.
Stock no. 1320159
1st.
2011.
Hardback.
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. ISBN: 9781845843007. Tiny nick to front edge of spine towards base. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly creased at edges.
Front cover
Contents
- 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