Ceausescu's Jeeps - Jeepurile lui Ceasuescu

In 1965, statul roman a comandat o flota de Jeep Wagoneer argintii pentru folos oficial. Poze cu un exemplar din flota de "gipani" se poate gasi pe fototeca comunismului romanesc. Un exemplar a supravietuit in Oradea, si era recent de vanzare, parca la 16000 Euro... Alt exemplar era condus zilnic in Piatra Neamt pana cel putin 2003, cand am suprins masina intr-o poza de proasta calitate. Din pacate nu am mai vazut masina de atunci, probabil e REMATizata de mult.

Ma intreb daca culorile pe aceste Jeepuri l-a inspirat pe Ceausescu cand a comandat celbra sa flota de ARO-uri intr-o culoare foarte similara...


In 1965, the Communist Party ordered a fleet of silver-grey Jeep Wagoneers for official use. One such Jeep can be seen in hunting images on the excellent "Fototeca online a comunismului romanesc" website, which kindly provided the black and white photos. One other car survived near Oradea, and was recently for sale at the price of 16,000 Euro. Another was being driven in Piatra Neamt until at least 2003, when I captured a poor-quality shot of it. I have not seen it since but do not doubt it was part of that fleet.

I wonder whether these Jeep Wagoneers inspired Ceasuescu for his colour scheme on the custom-built AROs for his private use?...