=========================Zoran, tell us what's going on here.
http://modelist-konstruktor.com/razrabotki/lodka-motoczikl-avtomobil
I likethe gold coloured one on this page, take a look at the Grandson of Bond engine location.
http://avtopogliad.com.ua/car-and-men/49/eduard-rudik-zrobiv-19-mashin
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Hello Ludwig, [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Simply - in bad-old USSR during fifties-sixties people liked to have cars, but they were too expensive and even when somebody had money – must wait too long on one! Necessity is mother of invention! So, [/FONT]Доктор технических наук профессора А. Г. Игнатова [FONT=Arial, sans-serif]– Dr. Tech. Sci. Prof. A. G. Igniatov made his own “[/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]automobile”[/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif] using engine and other components of Scooter Tula 200 cc! Year was 1966 and name “[/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Robot[/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]”! Construction is like small boat: wooden frame and plywood over that! Sketches and photos explain a lot, but if you interested in some particular detail – ask, and I would try to answer. I do not know Russian, but it is similar to Serbian and I could understand a lot! Beside, our Cyrillic alphabets are similar! There were a lot of such constructions, made everywhere, from Moscow to Siberia!
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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]In period from 1963-1966 I had correspondence with a fellow from Kaluga, USSR and he send me a few of “Modellist-Konstructor” magazines with many DIY projects, something as American popular technique-science magazines, modest in quality but richer in ideas! Some other I saw in “Russian home” as was called it, but was forbidden for us! [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Beside such “[/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]automobiles[/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]” I saw many variants of “[/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]velomobiles[/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]” (didn't know for that phrase and fact that people build them everywhere)... People wonted simple, practical and cheap transport for entire year! Somewhere I had photos of similar “[/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]automobile[/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]” built by another Professor, but with 4 wheels![/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]The second web-site is about some Edward Rudik that built 19 small automobiles in his life! Pay attention on old and new photos of him and his cars! He is trying to establish serial production, but I am not sure if he have success in that! Here you could see video-clip with his project of strange configuration, similar to discussed “[/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]sociable layout[/FONT][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]”:[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]http://avtopogliad.com.ua/electromobiles/112/eduard-rudik-pochinaye-virobnictvo-elektromobiliv-za-5-tisyach-dolariv[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]After it, there could be seen a few more![/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Ciao,[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Zoran[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Zoran[/FONT]