Re: Another AC idea.

Posted by HH56 On 2012/6/5 18:06:22

Without photograph one can only assume that he held one of the first Russian air conditioners in his hands.

Oh, lets hope not but you're probably right. Not much else would take up half the trunk. As rare as they were here, I'd almost bet it would have been one of a kind there. Would certainly be interesting to see if there were any major differences in the Soviet version.

If the story is true, would imagine it was just treated as an old car by ordinary citizens? If not done by a regular owner, then does kind of make one wonder about the qualifications of people working on the car not knowing or throwing something like that away -- or the journalist maybe embellishing the tale.