Whatever house I get...

"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike) 12/08/2019 at 07:41 • Filed to: Polski, Polski FIAT, FIAT 126, FIAT 126p, Polski FIAT 125p, FSC Zuk, ZSD Nysa, FSO Polonez, FSO Polonez Caro

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I need a huge garage to import many Polish things...

FSO/FSM Syrena

FSR Tarpan

Polski FIAT 125p

FSO Polonez (‘78-’91)

FSC Zuk

ZSD Nysa

FSO Polonez Caro (‘91-’97)

Polski FIAT 126p ELX

A 126p will come first....though a garage needs to come before that...

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 12/08/2019 at 08:23

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I agree that everyone should have a 126. But, what comes next? That FSR Tarpan looks useful for hauling stuff around plus looks strangely brutalist. Why does the roof extend into the bed in such an odd manner? It looks way less useful than a stainless roof bar.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 12/08/2019 at 08:48

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Ooo, good question! The roofline is odd because....well, I’ll get to that in a moment.

First, it was made in 2 variants, as far as I know. A proper pickup with bed/ a chassis cab, and the one in the picture.

As for the roofline, the rear wall of the cabin MOVES. It can be slide forward for larger loads, or slide back for smaller loads to allow for more people in the cabin, damn cool! You can see the bed divider wall in it’s forward position in this pic:

If slid back, it gave three more seats in the rear for a total of 6 seats ( the front was a bench!) All Tarpans were only 2WD, I believe, but later models from the same company (like the Honker...yes, it’s called the Honker) were 4WD and were even used for military use.

Honker:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarpan_Honker

DutchieDC2R > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 12/08/2019 at 09:05

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Its good to dream....

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > DutchieDC2R 12/08/2019 at 09:11

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Yeah man! I’ll at least be getting the 126p....lol

DutchieDC2R > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 12/08/2019 at 09:14

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I expect a full ‘Driving my 126p in Canada!’ Oppo review and YT video!!! 

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > DutchieDC2R 12/08/2019 at 12:16

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Oh, OH, there will be, trust me! When the time comes, I fully intend to! :D

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 12/08/2019 at 12:44

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Wow! That’s amazing engineering and incredibly useful, but maybe not watertight. Do the back seats fold up or do you remove them?

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 12/08/2019 at 13:13

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I believe there is a rubber seal around each side of the sliding divider wall..when it slides forward, the seal on the ‘forward’ side comes against a lip when the wall latches into place, sealing it. You can see the ‘rear’ seal on the wall in that pic - when it is slid back into it’s ‘rear’ position, that seal comes up against that back visible lip and seals it.

Not sure how well it works, but it’s theoretically watertight (though with Communist Polish build quality, not perfectly wateright, I imagine)!

Jump to around 6:54 for the rear seat/sliding divider wall demo! :)

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 12/08/2019 at 13:38

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That video was a great find! Fascinating little workhorse.

PoPPaPork > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 12/08/2019 at 23:44

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The roof line is like that because its a 6 person version. This vehicle (a military version) was heavily used in the wars in Iraq and Afganistan

PoPPaPork > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 12/08/2019 at 23:46

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FSO warszawa is missing from.this list

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > PoPPaPork 12/09/2019 at 06:07

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That’s true, but the Zuk and Nysa use Warszawa underpinnings, so it’s SORTOF already on the list? :P

A Warszawa is my laptop wallpaper right now! :D

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 12/09/2019 at 07:27

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Wow, never heard of that one! Looks like a mishmash of a a  Nash Airflyte  (look it up) and an old Saab.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 12/09/2019 at 08:23

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The Warszawa is a built-in-Poland licensed copy of the Soviet GAZ Probeda! :D

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GAZ-M20_Pobeda

Well...ORIGINALLY it was a license-built copy, but FSO changed it quite considerably from the Russian car over time and they were for sale in Poland into the 70's (the GAZ had stopped being sold in Russia in ‘ 58)