26.06.2005
Story of the exhibit
In 1990 the Järva-Jaani collective farm traded this car for a GAZ-53. The engine and body were overhauled and painted in Tallinn; the rest of the repairs were done at the collective farm. In 1991 the farm gave the vehicle to the Järva-Jaani House of Culture. In 2000 the Järva-Jaani Rural Municipality, which runs the House of Culture, donated it to the Järva-Jaani Fire Brigade Society.
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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