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100th anniversary of Vladimir Lenin. October Revolution Day celebration, 1970 Izhevsk, USSR, 1970.

The cars are Moskvitch 412's. A few years later (1973) a plant was built in Izhevsk to build modified Moskvitchs - the IZH Combi. The arms dealers amongst us will recognise IZH - they also make Kalshnikovs (and the Planeta motorbike). The IZH car factory was converted to arms manufacture and is still in use today.

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15 hours ago, Remspoor said:

A  groovy chick plays her Rolling Stones record in her car.

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Note how the player is suspended by a bungee cord.

The car is a Farina Austin Westminster. Note the vast tiller-like steering wheel and generally poor ergonomics- from a time only he-men drove big cars. In comparison ergonomics of some of the competitors were much better.

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2 hours ago, lesapandre said:

The car is a Farina Austin Westminster. Note the vast tiller-like steering wheel and generally poor ergonomics- from a time only he-men drove big cars. In comparison ergonomics of some of the competitors were much better.

It is actually an A55 Cambridge. A99 Westie was column gear change only and the A110 Westie had either a wooden dash or metal with three dials two large and centre one being the clock. This car (the A55) has the ignition key located between the two dials.

 

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22 minutes ago, Remspoor said:

It is actually an A55 Cambridge. A99 Westie was column gear change only and the A110 Westie had either a wooden dash or metal with three dials two large and centre one being the clock. This car (the A55) has the ignition key located between the two dials.

 

You are right. I did not realise the two interiors were so similar. 

Odd place to put the ignition key - another BMC eccentricity.

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