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GAZ Volga: Anyone See This?

THE FIRST TIME I SAW THIS MONTH’S underdog, I couldn’t get over the resemblance to another American car from the same era, inside and out. I would mention this to anyone within earshot, but much like the empty bottles of Wild Turkey bourbon we’d find in Granny’s trash can every week, no one wanted to acknowledge it.

I’ve read many articles about the 1956-’70 GAZ Volga, and it is always mentioned how its styling was based

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