In Linnamäe, 24.07.2008
Story of the exhibit
The car was bought new in 1995 for the South-West Telephone Network of Eesti Telefon, covering Pärnu and Viljandi counties. It was the only vehicle of this type used by Eesti Telefon; according to some sources it was at first the service car of the network's director. In 1997, after internal restructuring, the vehicle went to Hiiumaa, where it was used by Udo Veevo, head of a local department. After leaving Eesti Telefon, U. Veevo bought the car in 2001, and around the same time it was repainted. After Udo Veevo's death in 2002, the car passed to his son Enn Veevo, who used it for a few more years. For the last couple of years it stood unused in Kärdla, and in spring 2008 E. Veevo decided to donate it to the Järva-Jaani Old Tech Park.
About the model
Manufacturer
Volga Automobile Plant
Волжский автомобильный завод · Samara region, USSR/Russia
The history of the Volga Automobile Plant dates from 1966, when the governing bodies of the USSR decided to build an entirely new car plant and town in what was then the Kuibyshev region, near the Zhiguli mountains. The new town was named Togliatti in honour of Palmiro Togliatti, former general…
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