Story of the exhibit

The vehicle was probably originally a flatbed that was converted into a van at Nuia EPT during (yet another) major overhaul. For a long time the van was used as a shop vehicle in Põlva County; in recent years it stood unused near Räpina. The previous owner tried to sell it on osta.ee, without success. In early April 2008 a rescue campaign on the Auto-Moto forum raised the 4000 kroons needed to buy it for the Old Tech Park. As far as is known, this is the last complete UAZ van with the old-type front end (built 1958–1966) surviving in Estonia!