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Prototypes made in Changchun.

Recently I bought from a Changchun bookseller a bunch of 47 photos of prototypes made in the 1990’s by the First Auto Works Automobile Research Institute (FARI). The majority of the photos show trucks.

The Changchun Automobile Reseach Institute was established in 1950. Originally it worked mostly for FAW (First Auto Works in Changchun), but also designed for other companies, factories in Beijing, Tianjin or Guangzhou  etc.

Changchun Automobile Research Institute, prototypes 1958-1966.

Since 1978 CARI worked only for FAW and in 1980 it became the FAW Automobile Research Institute (FARI).

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Made for China: Dodge T234 (1944-1946).

An interesting subject is the vehicles which are not made in China, but are made specifically FOR China.

Before, I wrote about the trucks made by the French company Berliet for China, the Berliet GCH 6×6 26 ton trucks.

Dodge T234 with the Chrysler engineer O. M. Rees and Nationalist Chinese captain Tung-sung Kwei (Dong Song Gui?). Tung was in 1944 in the USA for instructions. Factory photo.

There was a predecessor. The Chrysler Company developed the Dodge T234 in 1944, especially for the Nationalist Army to fight against the Japanese. The car had the nickname ‘Dodge Burma truck’ as it was  meant for use at the Burma and Ledo highway.

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The beautiful paintings of Jörg-Peter Rabe (2).

Nearly one and a half year ago I showed you the beautiful drawings and paintings of Jörg-Peter Rabe, which he made for us.

Jörg-Peter continued his great production. Here we go on….

Guangzhou (GZ760 ?) 1975. Painting copyright Jörg-Peter Rabe.

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There was a small production of the North Korean Sungri Paektusan.

Sungri Paektusan, in the movie  Uli yeopjib munjie, registration ‘ㄹ-2-1280.’

Four different license plates, at least three different colors, cars with left rear-view mirrors in black, or in silver (chrome), or without, cars with black steering wheels and cars with white, cars with hubcaps or cars without….
More and more proof that that we can talk of a small series of the Paektusan, the proof is piling up.

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