Soviet Foreigh Police Cars
Before I thought there were no foreign cars during Soviet Era in Russia, especially in police - all were Ladas and Moskvich (Russian car makes) but it seems that there were some. Even American ones.
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Hey how the hell did they get that 1969 Ford Fairlane Station Wagon?
Yes, that would be an interesting story.
Probably through Vietnam. We sent a whole lot over there.
The Fairlane was one of Fords better acomplishments. I almost bought a 69 rachero which has the same front end but a pickup truck back.
You should have bought it. They are rare. More so than the El Camino.
“foreigh” ???
You topped yourself with this one. kinda shame, isn’t it? I suggest proofreading before posting…
Speaking of foreign cars, it always surprised me that in Tarkovsky’s Stalker, Stalker drives a Land Rover. Maybe because it was filmed in Estonia?
i dont think so
as far as i remember in Tarkovsky’s Stalker they had a russian car that looked sorta like a land rover
I think he was driving an Aro in that movie. That’s a romanian made 4×4 car and that was quite common in the communist block.
It’s an honest-to-god Land Rover. I checked my DVD and you can see the oval Land Rover emblem on the rear left around 21:08 into the movie (after the group gets into the car and turns a corner).
pretty nice photoshop huh?
Maybe those cars are imported to the former USSR for the small ruling elite of the CPSU. I guess those cops are one of the elites so they did have access to purchase foreign made cars. I also know that the Moscow Police Department in post-Soviet era had or used to have Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptors for their police fleets.
That’s not a Fairlane. It’s a full sized Galaxy wagon. The Fairlane was smaller.
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Maybe those cars are imported to the former USSR for the small ruling elite of the CPSU. I guess those cops are one of the elites so they did have access to purchase foreign made cars. I also know that the Moscow Police Department in post-Soviet era had or used to have Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptors for their police fleets.
I am guessing that some rich people or communist party officials imported these cars for themselves and they got confiscated by the Soviet goverment for unpaid taxes or due to criminal or corruption cases these people lost in court.
Very interesting to see that they used the BMW E9 saloon also. The M30 ‘big six’ engines in these cars were notorious for their cracked cylinder heads, and I wonder if they had access to spare parts for the BMWs?
Thanks for posting these interesting pictures!
-Dan Erik from Norway-