So, 1968, a local writer, a small but important town in the industrialization of the USSR, which was not even on the map, finally receives for his outstanding work, no, not a prize in cash equivalent, but a piece of paper, it is a coupon for a new car from the factory. The car was not his dream at all, but his neighbor's, Comrade Smi...., with whom he often lingered in the evenings over a glass of cognac. Having obtained a ticket at a bargain price, the head of the taxi depot, Comrade Smi....ski, began to pack for the city of Gorky. The present for the plant's director was so good that Ivan Ivanovich Kiselev personally took part in choosing a car together with his guest. There were many cars, but those that stood by stood out ... color. Small Defect - briefly explained the chief engineer. Export - understood Smi..... Such a car would look harmoniously somewhere in Cuba, but in Yellow Waters is not worse, thought Smi....sky. The design flaw, after all, was ... but that's another story. In those years, city Yellow Waters, or as it was listed in the documents "Mailbox #28", was a closed city. There was nowhere to drive, just to and fro, to the envy of the others. Time passed, the owner went off and the car became alone. But, after 45 years of oblivion and a little service, it moved to us under their own steam. The color of "pink flamingo" as they call it among the people, or just pink as it was written in the original passport. This color, the factory palette - "Austrian Pink" with burgundy interior, this car really wasn't intended for the domestic market, and that's unique even today. Who will get this museum piece in such a perfect condition? To be continued...
