Bucuresti 1965

O noua selectie de imagini, via fortepan.hu . Bucurestiul inca arata cochet si elegant, incepuse dezrusificarea, plus o oarecare deschidere catre occident... Cu un an inainte incepus importul la greu de Renault si Fiat, si deja sunt o prezenta semnificativa pe strazi. Erau si o bruma de alte masini vestice, o interbelica sau doua, si cativa masini in trecere (de remarcat Volgile din URSS cu numere consecutive)... Din pacate pozele nu au surprins ceva chiar palpitant dpdv automobilistic, doar o lume mult pierduta... Adaugam 2-3 poze bonus si de pe litoral.

A fresh selection of images via fortepan.hu. Bucharest still looked elegant; the de-Russification period had begun, and people were looking once more to the West... A year beforehand, the import of Fiats and Renaults had begun, and they are already a significant presence. Plus one or two other Western imports, a few pre-war survivors, and some tourists' cars (including some interesting Soviet Volgas with consecutive plates): sadly nothing truly exciting in terms of vehicles, just a long-disappeared world. As a bonus, two or three photos from the Black Sea coast.

VW, Simca Aronde, Wartburg din Polonia

Turisti sovietici?

Borcan de militie

Moskvich din reguinea Bacau

Opel antebelic in fata fostului hotel Lafayette

De remarcat Mercedesul si masina americana de prin 1947, plus un TV-4

Volga, Trabant, Opel, TV, si o masina carosata artizanal

Majoritatea masinilor din poza au maxim 1 an vechime. 

In Constanta

Opel Rekord Olympia Coupe

TV-uri, azi complet extincte....

Cladirea (si sculptura) inca exista

Ford nou dar deja bine calatorit. De remarcat sigla EU!

Pobeda pick-up si un Opel in trecere

Renault 18 de prim-secretar / The First Secretary's Renault 18

De pe pagina facebook "Muzeul Cineastului Amator", doua imagini de o importanta deosebita, aratand o vizita oficiala in judetul Caras-Severin in 1983, inclusiv cu masina primului secretar, un Renault 18.

Am mai scris despre Renault-urile 18 de la Comitetul Central. Surpriza surpriza, acesta e un model diferit. CC-ul avea GTL-uri negre, iar aceasta masina e un TL, mai simplu. Culoarea parea a fi "bleu ocean 430", sau poate "bleu fonce 460", cum era pe Dacia 2000: e greu de spus deoarece pozele sunt un pic decolorate. Astazi, numai o masina din seria de TL a supravietuit, la Iasi, in paragina, vopsit alb.

De remarcat numarul de inmatriculare 1-CS-101, primul pe judet.

Via Facebook, two very special photos showing an official visit in 1983, including the first secretary (the most important Communist Party official in the country)'s Renault 18.

I've written before about the Central Committee's fleet of Renault 18s. But this is a different one - those were black GTLs, whereas this is a dark blue lower-specification TL. It's difficult to say for sure what type of blue - "bleu ocean 430", or possibly "bleu fonce 460" as on the Dacia 2000. Today, only one from this series of TLs has survived, in Iasi, painted white and in poor condition.

Worth noting the 1-CS-101 registration number, the first one issued for the county.

Raliul Feleac in 1972 / The Feleac Rally in 1972

Din Arhiva Minerva din Cluh, un set de poze absolut exceptionale aratand raliul Feleac in 1972.

Remarcam faptul ca masinile erau cat se poate de diverse: Renault 8 Gordini, Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint si Giulietta Sprint, Steyr-Fiat 650, BMW 3.0, NSU TT, Dacia 1100S, Renault 12 Gordini ... Practic, cele mai celebrate masini din anii 70, venind atat din Romania cat din Germania federala si Austria (pilotul Martin Kopplinger, spre exemplu, fiind inca in viata in Austria si astazi participand pe BMW-uri Dixi antebelice). In trafic, remarcam si un Fiat 130. Trist de facut comparatia cu 10 ani mai tarziu...

From the Minerva archive in Cluj, a set of absolutely exceptional photos showing the Feleac rally in 1972.

The cars used were truly diverse. Renault 8 Gordini, Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint si Giulietta Sprint, Steyr-Fiat 650, BMW 3.0, NSU TT, Dacia 1100S, Renault 12 Gordini ... basically the most celebrated vehicles of the era, coming from Romania but also from West Germany and Austria (Martin Kopplinger, for example, still being alive in Austria and racing pre-war BMW Dixis). There's also a Fiat 130 in traffic. It's sad to compare this scene with its equivalent just ten years later...