Soviet-Era Garage And Its Hidden Treasures. Garage Finds

Soviet garage. Car ownership in the USSR. Garage finds in modern Russia.
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Soviet garage, Part 1: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nKTNoXd6aax_rKM My old video about garages and garage finds: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f6KlgaBtm52ea8U Hello, comrades! My name is Sergei. I was born in the USSR in 1971. Since 1999 I have lived in the USA. Ushanka Show channel was created to share stories as well as my own memories of everyday life in the USSR. My books about arriving in America are available on www.sputnikoff.com/shop (Russian or English versions) or on Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B08DJ7RNTC Please contact me at [e-mail] if you would like to purchase a signed copy of “American Diaries” Fan Mail: Ushanka Show P.O. Box 96 Berrien Springs MI 49103, USA You can support this project with tips by clicking a "heart" under this video, or: Via Patreon here: www.patreon.com/sputnikoff Viia PAYPAL: paypal.me/ushankashow Ushanka Show merchandise: teespring.com/stores/ushanka-show-shop If you are curious to try some of the Soviet-era candy and other foodstuffs, please use the link below. www.russiantable.com/imported-russian-chocolate-mishka-kosolapy__146-14.html?tracking=5a6933a9095f9 My FB: facebook.com/sergey.sputnikoff Twitter: twitter.com/ushankashow Instagram: instagram.com/ushanka_show/ Reddit: www.reddit.com/user/Sputnikoff

[@RogerThat787]

Yes Sir

[@joetrapp9187]

I was in the USSR with a student tour in 1991. We were at a flea market in Leningrad and spoke with two vendors who spoke perfect English. The first guy bragged about his new Moskovitch, which he described as the best car in the world. The second guy had an incredible party trick: he had memorized the United States. One guy in our group came from a small town in Minnesota, and the vendor told him street names of the town, places of interest, and his zip code. Perhaps he was KGB.

[@UshankaShow]

That's hilarious! Thanks for sharing!

[@joetrapp9187]

@Dennis Wilson That would be difficult choice. My East German relatives, who were mid-level communist officials, had a Wartburg, which they thought was a great car. To me, it was like someone took a late 70s, early 80s Volvo, somehow made it more boxy, and replaced the engine with something from a scooter.

[@MrJayrock620]

I can only imagine being someone that just spent 7 years of saving and waiting for a car in the 80’s only to have the iron curtain fall shortly after you purchase it.

[@ri-oj1ul]

I grew up in Moscow and there was a row of garages that we often passed on the way to either the bus stop or the metro, but they were never open... so as a child, I remember, really wanting to go into one because it was such a huge mystery.

[@RogerThat787]

Always love the car stories and how Soviet car culture relates to other car cultures around the world. Thank you for sharing Comrade. We all love your channel. Keep on keeping on and fighting the good fight!!

[@thedungeondelver]

This needs to be a crossover with some of the car resto channels here! :D

[@HarryFlashmanVC]

I owned an old Moskavitch in the 1990s, they were imported to the UK. Tough as old boots but very very old fashioned

[@guttermouths]

Outstanding! I'd like to see a video about Soviet Motorcycles too.

[@jamallabarge2665]

The Soviets were big on "ice racing" on bikes... studded tires.

[@kcraig51]

That really long car with the mahi-mahi fin was my favorite!

[@FiveStringCommando]

I found a company that sells old Soviet-era cars in the USA. It would be fun to restore one.

[@jamallabarge2665]

Only downside - spare parts. Other wise I agree. It would be cool as get out to bring a restored Soviet car to a classic car show.

[@FiveStringCommando]

@@jamallabarge2665 The same company claims that they can source parts. That said, I would probably want a rolling chassis (no engine or transmission) and add a modern American or Japanese drivetrain.

[@jamallabarge2665]

@@FiveStringCommando I was thinking the same. Maybe a Toyota or Honda drive train. Get the coolness of Soviet stuff with the ease of working on modern gear. Cleaner running too.

[@MetalTrabant]

@@FiveStringCommando In Hungary, there's a ZIS 110 on a Land Cruiser chassis. Sadly it has the Toyota interior as well, and ugly modern wheels, otherwise would be a cool sleeper.

[@daviscampbell9020]

What company is this ?

[@HarryFlashmanVC]

I am a hill farmer in the UK and we have two Lada Nivas which we use as farm 4x4s. They are extremely tough, cheap to run, easy to fix and they will embarrass most huge luxury 4x4s off road so they make excellent farm utility vehicles.

[@UshankaShow]

Hello, Richard! Is it possible to see photos/ videos of your Nivas?

[@HarryFlashmanVC]

@@UshankaShow sure.. I'll dig them out and drop them over on pateron, am on vacation at the moment in Spain though so will be a couple of weeks 😁

[@UshankaShow]

Sweet!

[@denpobedy7881]

love those Volgas and Pobedas. I didn't relize how far an owner might travel to the garage.

[@nekrasoff2644]

The photo on which Viktor Tsoi is captured is the idol of my youth .. Now sometimes I also listen to his songs ..

[@rufusray]

Love this topic , thanks duke!

[@UshankaShow]

My pleasure!

[@HHH-so9ro]

Soviet cars often damage down and were always parked on the side of the road with an engine cover open.

[@corsa701]

I life in the City where the BMW-327 was build... Those thing cose today about 120.000€ in good condition!

[@smpstech]

Interesting note regarding that BMW. In the early days of the US MLM missions, they mention in the reports that the Soviets often used old captured German sports cars to chase them down as the Soviet cars couldn't keep up with the American cars the MLM officers were running around the east German countryside in.

[@Hosstache]

I love the Volga look!!!

[@jamallabarge2665]

My concern with importing Soviet cars is finding spare parts. In the US a lot of "old" cars use the same seals/bearings etc that are used in newer cars or industrial machinery. Soviet vehicles may have used Soviet bearings and seals, with no western equivalent. It's fun to look at imported Eastern Bloc equipment... but spares have to be considered.

[@jamallabarge2665]

Might be a little easier to get spares for that old BMW than for a Soviet car. The US would borrow automotive technology from Germany, and the Germans manufactured US brands in Germany. Engineers love their "off of the shelf" solutions.

[@Initial_Gopnik]

Honestly, because most of the soviet cars have a longitudinal layout, you would be able to swap the drivetrain out pretty easily, id say a 1.6 or 1.8 liter miata engine would fit perfectly in something like a lada, it would have quite a bit more power making it usable on our roadways and parts would be cheap and readily available, anything with a 4 cyl and FWD could probably take a honda d or b series with its trans.

[@friendsforever78396]

My neighbour still has 1975 lada,still using it...

[@Hosstache]

Now I know how Garage 54 got its name!!!! Thanks!!!

[@oliverpetroski4205]

Interesting video. Weird thing about the garages. I honestly thought that the owners of those garages would be living like in the building/house in the same street. I still like the Moskvich 412 with metal bumpers. (check the movie "Balkan Spy" 1984😉) There used to be some soviet era cars in my country. The Volga station wagons however were used as a hearse😬 so everytime I see one I automaticaly assume its a hearse. But lately they have been reduced, their owners traded them for used small cars. Some Lada Riva and Zhiguli rarely can be seen, even more rare UAZ Gazika. Plenty of Lada Niva however since they are still being made.

[@MetalTrabant]

Oh, I know the situation where you had to take the bus to use your car... my grandma's garage was on the other side of the town than her apartment, that's why there was very little mileage in our Trabant (and because of an eye problem, she didn't like driving at old age anyway). She put around 40000 km's in it in 20 years, I did the same in about 8.

[@neilwalsh4058]

Thanks for an brilliant video as I adore old Soviet / Eastern Bloc cars. There were quite a few available in UK when I was growing up. They were already outdated with lowly trim levels , but sold well new as they were good value for money and pretty tough. When they became 6 or 7 years old they become pretty worthless and you could pick some great bargain runabouts up for next to nothing. I bought a Lada (VAZ 2101) from a neighbour for £60 in 1986 and a Skoda Estelle Rapide 130 Coupe for £65. The Lada was only 1200cc , but a brilliant car, in a lurid orange / brown colour , chrome wheel caps and a black vinyl interior. Skoda not too good, leaked oil and water constantly. Sold both for 5 times what I paid for them , Lada to a guy who wanted cheap runaround and Skoda to an enthusiast. Would love to have either back now but prices have gone crazy if you can actually find one for sale.

[@dmgill83]

That car you had a picture of with the fin it's also quite valuable. It is a pre-war Czechoslovakian (I think) car...I can't remember the name of it. Jay Leno had one on his garage show.

[@UshankaShow]

I think it's TATRA

[@dmgill83]

@@UshankaShow yes, that's it

[@rossbryan6102]

RATHER AMUSING, THE BLACK LICENSE PLATE STORY!! THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA HAD BLACK LICENSE PLATES MANY YEARS, AND ARE QUITE SOUGHT AFTER SO AS TO HAVE A PERIOD PERFECT RESTORATION!

[@HHH-so9ro]

The most luxurious and coolest Soviet car is the ZIL-41047, a presidential car and also for dignitaries in the Soviet Communist Party.

[@epiculo2]

In the pictures two American cars appear: one Chevrolet, and on Ford used for ceremonies. Their licence come from 1970s, i'm really curiouos how they got to USSR.

[@UshankaShow]

Foreign embassies selling their old cars was one of the way to obtain those Fords and Chevys

[@epiculo2]

@@UshankaShow Interesting, i didn't know. Many talked about Custom officers and Russians living abroad that were allowed to purchase these cars.

[@Blackadder75]

@@epiculo2 sometimes a hero of the soviet union (like a kosmonaut or a champion athlete ) got a western car as a reward, but I don't know if that happened regularly or only a few times.

[@epiculo2]

@@Blackadder75 Very wew times, anyway such cases could have been less than a dozen at all.

[@anindrapratama]

oot but sometimes old trains have higher chance of survival by being turned into sheds, i wonder if being a railfan was a thing in the USSR?

[@JonathanLopezUT]

3:09, damn Sergei, you were cut!

[@paulblichmann2791]

2:39 Wow that could be an American just need fresh white paint coat on that picket fence.

[@Estoooopid]

Can you make a video on the best soviet car engine ever made.

[@deanromania6748]

Could you make a video about the Soviet license plates?

[@UshankaShow]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJ-tgHxtfadsn7c

[@deanromania6748]

​@@UshankaShow Thanks, I just stumbled across it. I'll make sure to watch it!

[@Ronilac]

19:12 50 000 rub it is ca. 540 usd

[@HHH-so9ro]

Are Soviet cars 100% nationally made or in partnership with global factories as Ford, General Motors and Dodge?

[@UshankaShow]

VAZ Zhiguli was Italian FIAT-124

[@williamrekow7513]

Zaporozhets was a copy of NSU Prinz. One of the Zil trucks is a copy of an International KB series. Lots of the early soviet tractors are related to the Farmall F series.

[@sjlopez87]

I am not sure if this has been covered in past videos. How was the transition between collective property to private property after the fall of the USSR?

[@martynasr.6718]

There was privatisation process.

[@AlexandruNicolin]

In the Socialist Republic or Romania the license plates with small numbers were usually reserved for the Militia and Securitate (secret police) officers.

[@mccrackenphillip]

Was that KINO Viktor Tosi's car or was it rented?

[@UshankaShow]

That ZIL limo was provided during Viktor's concerts in Moscow, I believe. Viktor owned a Moskwitch

[@RogerThat787]

When did you first drive and who taught you?

[@williamrekow7513]

What is AZPK 2141? I see a manual for one in one of your photos.

[@Snufkin812]

It is Moskvich 2141. (AZLK is the abbreviation used to call Moskvich in the USSR at the time.) As a hatchback produced from 1985 to 2003, it was loved as the most modern car in the Soviet Union at the time of its release.

[@williamrekow7513]

@@Snufkin812 I guess I'm a bigger Fan of Zaporozhets and Niva... As well as Zil 130.

[@Snufkin812]

@@williamrekow7513 me too. I love most cars from the USSR before the 90's! They have a classic design that is simple and nice.

[@JonathanLopezUT]

because if there are roads then the enemy will pass through them and it will go straight into the heart of russia What movie is that from?

[@noname-cp8ki]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pqPcpnWaeLpsmJI +there are ENG sub... sadly for non russian viewer subtext of movie is very hard to feel and because of that if you go watch those movies i recommend read some paragraphs about it in wikipedia before watch - to be in context...

[@am4793]

Having lived in Sweden and Norway, the socialism of free healthcare and free university education at the point of delivery is nothing like communism. Socialist countries have mixed economies where people can own private businesses and property. Both capitalists and communists have a problem with socialism.

[@edward9674]

Off topic question but what do you think would need to happen to end russian chauvinism?

[@UshankaShow]

How did Spaniards and Britts get rid of their imperialist mentality?

[@edward9674]

@@UshankaShow No idea about spaniards. But brits still seem to have this problem in terms of mentality. Is it even possible to get rid of it barring full scale occupation like when the allies sat in Germany for a few decades?

[@HarryFlashmanVC]

@@edward9674 'the Brits still have this problem'... er... no... we don't.

[@justdustino1371]

It would've been more efficient for the USSR to push a de-urbanization program and build millions of small houses out of wood and brick, and offer them to citizens on a lease. They could have spread the industry out and made base model autos available on demand, with consumer credit available to allow financing. The coolest US car of the 1970s was the Oldsmobile Cutlass.