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1979 - The great Zaporozhetsek revision - 3

By26 horsepowerJan 27, 20246 min read

In the July 1977, January 1978 and November 1979 issues of Autó-Motor, a three-part article about the same car, the Zaporozsec 968A ZK-91-08, was published by the owner, Otto Nagy. The author of the articles reports about the use and usability of the car from the first drive-in to the car's almost two years of age, sometimes in a funny, sometimes in a more serious, but definitely instructive way. [...]

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1964 - Car wash between factories.

By26 horsepowerJan 22, 20244 min read

Coffee-lady Casino with coffee machine. Budapest X. 1958 Albertirsai Road Fair, National Agricultural Exhibition and Fair. Image source.

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1950 - From the letterbox of the "Car"

By26 horsepowerJan 19, 20246 min read

"The Stakhanovist movement is expanding in our country, and the Stakhanovists are increasingly understanding the great tasks that await them in building socialism and defending peace... While our heroic Korean comrades...

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1975 - Ford Capri II Ghia test 2.

By26 horsepowerJan 16, 20249 min read

In 1975, a giga-length and in-depth test was published in Auto-Motor of the second-generation Capri, which debuted in 1974. Tibor Almássy, the lucky journalist, was able to drive the car for almost 6,500 km over a month...

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