Re: Russian Chaika [means seagull]

Posted by HH56 On 2009/3/15 9:37:50

Interesting with the divider window. When I first saw the black wagon, thought it was a hearse. Now the white looks more like an ambulance. Were these used for the leaders instead of limos at their dachas.

The tailgates were split on the 57 Studebaker and 57 Packard (also several other wagons of the time). Some of them had a little step or ladder that would flip out and over when the bottom half was opened so it was easier to get inside.

I just thought it interesting the Chaika taillight looked like the Packard top red half, bottom backup light half and the Studebaker oval in the middle. Overhang on the Chaika looks about half the others.