- Website
- http://gaz24.com/
- Description
- Born in 1988 in Georgia (not the US state, Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic). Residing in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia (the city which used to be known as the Russian Detroit) since 1994. Used to be a Ford guy for 9 years, now a happy Volvo owner. I'm specifically interested in homemade or just oddball cars, but also am fond of the old US iron.
![On Saturday, 18th of July, the parking lot in front of the GAZ Educational Center and Museum building in Nizhny Novgorod became the scene of a small car show dedicated […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/0092.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Car Show Report: GAZ-24 Volga’s 45th Anniversary")
![Must be another form of the famous CC Effect: start contributing to the CC, and all of a sudden the CCs swarm around you, ready to be photographed and posted, with […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/007-e1436731447139.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classics: Avia 20F and Raf 2203 Vans – Still Hard at Work In Russia")
![While Googling for some info in the W120 Mercedes (180/190) unique platform-frame chassis, I encountered these photos of a curious prototype, designated W122, and featuring a rather suspiciously familiar looking […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/1024_775749_1418312_3568_2368_2008DIG1489.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Design History: Packard’s Request, Almost Fulfilled By Mercedes-Benz")
![A note came from St. Petersburg (the one in Russia, not Florida). This car’s been recently saved from the crusher by its current umm… keeper. He believes it to be […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/895225424-e1417495100887.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: 1951 or 1952 Studebaker Champion – An Unauthorized Restyling")
![The car I saw recently is somewhat reminiscent of the Dongfanghong from my previous CC, in respect of being an adaptation of Western technology by a manufacturer from the Far […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/003.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: Daewoo Ace – From Russia With Brougham")
![To continue the topic of early Chinese car-building industry, recently visited by Paul, I saw it fitting to shed some light on another example of its achievements – the Dongfanghong […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/W020130611375451125607-e1411063609330.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Global: Dongfanghong BJ760 – The East Is Red, Thanks To Some Russian Help")
![Sorry, no fancy stories to tell; just want to share a photo I had a chance to take. That’s the Polish Nysa 522 van–based on the FSO Warszawa, which in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Nysa-e1392499516157.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: Nysa 522 – Still hard at work")
![Just following Mike’s great post on the obscure but strangely awesome Shamrock from Ireland, I received an e-mail from my friend which contained photos of another even more unusual […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/CC_ukrainian_custom-car_1-e1363644701499.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic Discovery: A One-Off Ukrainian T-Bird With A Giant Tail?")
![While the last of the GAZ-21 Volgas came off the assembly line more than forty years ago, in the summer of 1970, for some reason they are still around, and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/volga_gaz-21_cc_0-e1363203415953.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: Volga GAZ-21 – Coming Out Of Hibernation")
