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Car Of The Day: May 30, 2018; Grell '70 Moskvitch 412
Topic Started: May 30 2018, 04:00 AM (129 Views)
Dean-o-mite
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Today's car of the day is Grell's 1970 Moskvitch 412.


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The Moskvitch 412 is a small family car produced by Soviet/Russian manufacturer MZMA/AZLK in Moscow from 1967 to 1975, and by IZh in Izhevsk from 1967 to 1982 (also known as IZh-412). It was a more powerful and prestigious version of the M-408 model, offering more features for a higher price. The Moskvitch-412 had a slanted (to a tilt of 20 degrees) inline-four engine with a block, head, and inlet manifold cast in aluminum alloy to keep the engine weight down, and a hemispherical combustion chamber. Steel cylinder liners were replaceable to enable easy repair of the engine instead of having to replace it entirely. Since it was of an OHC design, it was taller than the OHV MZMA-408 engine it replaced, which is why it was mounted at a slant. The UZAM-412 had a capacity of 1,478 cc (90.2 cu in) c.c. and developed 75 horsepower. Its more powerful version, the Moskvitch-412-2V, had 100 h.p. and was installed on sports cars.[



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For more information and pictures of the real car please visit: Moskvitch 412


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Probably not too surprising, but this is the first time a Moskvitch car has been featured as COTD. I'm skeptical any others exist in small scale. Moskvitch is yet another car marque that would be absent from small scale were it not for Grell.
While the tail light coloring looks like something I would have added, they are factory stock, from Grell. (Had I done them, they would be a brighter shade of red! :D )


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In 1969, both the M-412 and the related M-408 had their bodies redesigned. These were notable for being the first Moskvitch models to feature rectangular headlights and horizontal rear lights, replacing round headlights (two on ordinary models, four mainly on export models) and vertical rear lights. Only rear triangular turn signals remained on vestigial tailfins. Until then, the M-412 profited from heightened tailfins and tanned headlight lamps on export models. Another notable (but not unique, as it was used in other Russian cars at the time) feature were the so-called side signals, mounted on the C-pillars on some vehicles and similar to the American "opera lights". The designers "had paid real attention to passive safety", the car was crash-tested, met the standards of safety adopted by the UNECE, and received an international safety certificate as a result of almost five months of tests in France. It was upgraded with dual-circuit braking system, reinforced car-body structure, and passive safety features such as soft grip steering wheel cover, soft interior parts, seat belts, and padded dashboard. It was the first Moskvitch to pass safety-features tests in France, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, and Sweden in 1970-71, and in Western Germany in 1972. The modernized model, both for export and domestic market, received a factory code M-412IE (IE for "export rendition"), to mark, that it fulfills new safety requirements.



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pjedsel
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:thumbup: Such a nice offering from Grell - so neat to see eastern European cars available in small scale. These Grell models are very dangerous! :o When they first came out I was happily adding them to my collection via a collector in Europe. But in the midst of that great fun came the reality that I needed to make some changes in my collecting habits and, outside of the emergency models, the others went to other homes and garages.
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tksjohn
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Grell sure does make a lot of cars I've never seen or ever heard before. They do have a special charm to them :lol:
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juantoo3
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Gonna be really hard to beat this one for my vote for the week...but I'm biased
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Pegers
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even the hub caps look good.
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juantoo3
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Looks a lot like a Rambler American...
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Swifty
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
I don't think I ever was able to add this one to the collection. It's been at least a decade since the last time I added a lot of Grells so I'd have to double-check (unless it's come out since then). Regardless, if I don't have it, I most definitely want one...
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corvairjim
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I like small (1:1) cars, but this looks like it would be too small for me. And they call it a "family car"...
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Random
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I'd gladly take this over the 1:1. The real cars were horrible pieces of junk.
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94cadillacfleetwood
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juantoo3
May 30 2018, 07:08 PM
Looks a lot like a Rambler American...
...with a first gen Ford Capri headlights and grille.
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