ШК-2″ Днепр”
ShK-2 “Dnepr” designed by Alexander and Fyodor Seropov. Design Bureau of sports KMZ. 1974-1975
source: Fedor Seropov via Сергей Пашацкий
Category Archives: Historical photo’s
500cc Sportscars
Early sports cars in the USSR were powered by motorcycle engines. 500cc.
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Muravey
Tula.
Ryabikov Machine-Building Plant.
Early 1980s. Full story
Flatout
Just a great photo! Photographer unknown, found it somewhere on the internet.
The quest for power
Edgars Ermanis testing a record-breaking motorcycle engine EKE-1 on the power test stand.
For the beautiful life of Soviet collective farmers
photo description: Экспериментальный КМЗ К-750 СХ
То ли кабриолет, то ли ландо. Красивая жизнь советских колхозников.
translates to:
Experimental KMZ K-750 CX
Either a convertible, or a landau for the beautiful life of Soviet collective farmers.
KMZ frame, wheels, stubbie front end, yet the cylinder heads and rocker covers look Ural, though I can’t spot the usual 3 ribs. and it looks like it has twin exhausts on the LHS. Could this be another mystery machine? Prototype (Agricultural?)
*ландо (landau) – a horse-drawn wheeled enclosed carriage with a removable front cover and a back cover that can be raised and lowered. Landau, a German city where such carriages were first made. From Germanic element; land (territory), can also mean a baby pram, stroller, and (by extension) a style of automobile based around the design of landau carriages.
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sources: Мотоциклы Днепр КМЗ К-750 М-72 @dneprmoto, Wickionary (dictionary)
Historical Photos
KMZ K-750 Moto technical assistance and Nikita Khruschev. 1959
The K-750 motorcycle was designed to provide technical assistance to mechanics and collective farms, as well as for foremen of tractor brigades. It differed from serial produced motorcycle models in a special body where equipment and tools are located.