1973 Volkswagen K70 [Typ 48]
1973 Volkswagen K70 [Typ 48] in ТАСС уполномочен заявить... (TASS Is Authorized to Declare...), Mini-Series, 1984 Ep. 02
Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin: 
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Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene
Comments about this vehicle
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◊ 2011-04-04 11:54 |
  Many thanks! It's a 1973 MY in leuchtorange.  The 3rd K 70, which was running in the USSR, we know today.- the white 1972-one, which was owned by a Captain of the Sovietish Merchant Marine between 1975 and 1991 in Tallin (after 2000 wrecked by my Estionian friend). This was a private import. - the car on the INTOURIST-leaflet "Tavelling with the own car in the USSR" for West German tourists I just have checked the VW-export-statistics and have seen, that 4 K 70 were totally officially imported (1 in 1971, 2 in 1972 and 1 in 1973). |
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◊ 2011-04-04 13:45 |
@ingo: Is there no indication that has been modified to meet Soviet road regulation? |
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◊ 2011-04-05 00:55 |
One more shot ![[Image: vlcsnap-2011-04-03-23h54m23s94.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/0ib/vlcsnap-2011-04-03-23h54m23s94.jpg) for fans .gif ";)") |
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◊ 2011-04-05 13:36 |
The interior seems to be "schiefergrau", no headrests, which were an optional extra back then (except in Sweden). Double round front lamps and rubbers one the bumper, so L-version. @rljuna2: no, there were no specific "made for USSR" details back then, AFAIK at none Western make at all. At least only Mercedes Benz and Volvo have exported more than just a handful of cars there in the 70ies and 80ies. These Benzes and Volvo for sure were only thought for the Nomenklatura... I cannot identify the parts on the bumper. Could be an extra horn. The badge in the grille is not original either. But not unknown anyways. There are some K 70-owners, who mount a "Volkswagen"-badge on the grille (they prefer the aluminium made of the 1974 Passat, Golf or Scirocco, not the later plastic junk). Otherwise there are some K 70-freaks, which hate that and which are ripping off any VW-logo of all parts, they can see (mudflaps, oil-cap, grille, etc. These is the NSU-based fan-group, which hate everything from Volkswagen, and who also deny to drive any VW or Audi as an all-day car. The K 70 is indeed a fully accepted NSU and welcome on every NSU-meeting (since the Danmark-meeting in 1987 it had an own class on International NSU-events) -- Last edit: 2011-04-05 13:37:00 |
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◊ 2011-04-21 19:20 |
A big surprise today: my Dutch friend sent me a scan of this Intourist-brochure - the K 70 on the front page, a goldmetallic 1972-version, hadn't a Sovietish plate, it was a pre-1977 Polish registration  And the brochure is in English, I thought it was German. And the third part of the surprise: my friend has two of these leaflets .gif ":)") I just have to find something suitable for swapping... |
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◊ 2011-04-21 19:21 |
The scan you can show us.  |
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◊ 2011-04-21 19:25 |
You got mail right now Sorry, I'm too stupid to mount a pdf-document here. You are more competent. |
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◊ 2011-04-21 19:34 |
Thank you very much! =Edit: (pic lost)= Like I wrote once I had long time ago one Intourist brochure, but I see it was older and in Russian. On the covers were Moskvitch 412 and white Zhiguli (but with quite sympathetic women next to them). -- Last edit: 2012-10-01 22:51:21 |
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◊ 2011-04-21 19:39 |
Thanks for the scan! Yes, you can find this older version sometimes on eBay (but not right now). It was in different languages as English and German, too. The version for DDR-citizens was really boring, no pics, just an authoritative text. Why should be more? From them the USSR couldn't expect any usable currency. |
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◊ 2011-04-21 19:45 |
I'm curious is this really a tourist in K70 (and pic was made specially for this brochure) or was it cut out from some other source. In the 1970's for the individual holidays to Soviet Union (Crimea) traveled mostly members of nomenclature. -- Last edit: 2011-04-21 19:47:12 |
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◊ 2011-07-01 21:10 |
Intourist made annother version, also for Western tourists. Never seen before: Link to "cgi.ebay.de" |
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◊ 2011-10-28 22:09 |
Hrrmmphh: Link to "www.ebay.de"  |
