1986 Shanghai SH 760 B

1986 Shanghai SH 760 B in Clive James - Postcard from Shanghai, Documentary, 1990

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin:

Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

Author	Message
chicomarx ◊ 2009-05-26 02:38	Clive: "For a pitifully small amount of foreign currency, you could catch a cab to town, or wherever the cab stopped when the engine fell out. My own cab ran quite well, if you didn't mind a tendency to catch fire in second gear. The steering wheel had only a spiritual connection with the car. It didn't matter, because there were hardly any other cars to hit."
bref ◊ 2009-05-26 06:53	Shanghai SH760. Don't know when squared headlight appeared. 68? 74?
Ingo ◊ 2009-05-26 22:01	It was in production in this style still around 1986/87. Once I owned a sales brochure from the very first Shanghai Santana -they send it to me by post after my request!- in the background you could see the assembly line of the SH760.
nzcarnerd ◊ 2009-05-27 10:34	The centre of the body looks like a Mercedes ponton.
Ingo ◊ 2009-05-27 20:26	Yes, it was always said during the years, that they used a Ponton-Mercedes for copying. No official relations to the Mercedes Benz-company.
Raul1983 ◊ 2017-05-04 18:12	This is the facelift model introduced in 1986. Known as SH 760 B. Plastic grille replaced the chrome one. -- Last edit: 2017-05-04 18:23:28