What do we have here

[M2M]

[Marshall V. Daut]

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Marshall

[old31]

Ya, what are those things on the side of the windshield? It looks like a wire, or hose coming from the bottom of each box.

[johnbuckley]

Originally Posted by old31

...what are those things on the side of the windshield? ....

Those are "semaphore" indicators. ( "turn signals" to you guys)

[Chuck Dempsey]

....Like really old VW bugs had. Look carefully between the front and back window.

[fundytides]

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Yes. Almost all British and European cars up to the 1950's used a version of these "Trafficators". I have a 1951 Standard Vanguard that has ones similar to the VW in the picture. There were many, many variations as I have found out in trying to source a replacement lens for one of mine. Mine are even self-cancelling. Don't know if the earlier ones were.

[vern hodgson]

We called them idiot sticks when I was stationed in deutchland

[M2M]

The car above and these are GAZ from the 1936 Women's roadtrip ! There's a roadster in there as well !!!

[M2M]

[M2M]

These women are even ready for interference or sabotage from the inferior western capitalist nations who envy their Marxist-Leninist permanent revolution agenda.

Photo in here is the first roadster body I've seen in Russia. Wonder if it's a kit from USA assembled or is it locally made like the other cars. Local GAZ-A production started in Dec 1932. AA production started earlier.

[johnbuckley]

Wonderful pictures.