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A 1981 FSO Polonez, photographed at the Queen Square, Bristol, classic car meet in March 2015.

Building instructions - youtu.be/rQptPUHYbNA

Szczecin

The FSO Polonez was built between 1978 and 2002.

It was concidered as a heavy car, an advantage of Polonez is its passive safety. In 1978, it was the only East European car built to pass U.S. crash tests. Crash tests were performed in 1994 according to EU safety regulations so that the Polonez could be exported worldwide. They proved the car to be very safe. The Caro 1.9 GLD hitting a concrete block (without an energy-absorbing metal cage) with 40% of the front at 50 km/h (31 mph) survived very well. All doors could be opened without any difficulty, there were no critical injuries for passengers, and no fuel leakage occurred.

In 1997 the Export to the NL stopped, and our country was the last country outside Poland where the passenger cars where exported to. Trucks where sold outside Poland

Imagine an alternate history where Poland won the Space Race and needs a machine to cruise its elaborate superhighways. This is that.

Having just seen the other FSO, I then caught sight of this in someone’s garden just down the road.