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Dmitri's Moskvich Page

Moskvich cars were produced by MZMA factory (Later and currently AZLK) in Moscow and by "Izh" factory in the city of Izhevsk. There are a lot of reasons why I love that car. I'll mention some of them. Firstly it was designed and built in my home city Moscow (I currently live in Vancouver, Canada and I'm going back to Moscow only in 2003). Secondly, It was the first car I was ever taken for a ride with. I was just a couple of days old when my dad and my grandmother (who possessed a Moskvich-408) came to take my mother home from the clinic where she gave birth to me, your obedient servant :-). By the way about the meaning of "Moskvich": It means somebody who was born in Moscow consequently I'm a moskvich too :-). There are also a lot of technical reasons. For instance: The 412 engine is made of aluminum and has removable cylinders. Consequently the engine is very light and easy to remove from the car. The removable cylinders enable me to rebuilt the engine as many times I want (which is very important considering the way I drive). Also it is possible to change piston rings without even opening the oil tray. Just remove the head and cylinders, and change the rings. I also want to mention the fact that the 412 engine had an overhead camshaft which is not a usual thing for a '1967 model. One more advantage of this engine is that it has no intermediate shaft and the oil pump with the distributor are driven directly by crankshaft. The oil pump can be easily removed and replaced without opening the oil tray. The front suspension is incredibly reliable and undestroyable.

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