[lordairgtar]

Does anyone own vintage Chinese cars? I like older cars and one can find plenty of older Russian cars but no Chinese cars. I even have a 1/24th scale model of a CA770 Hong Qi limousine in my display cabinet.

 

[green car driver]

Auto industry is new in China. There was the Hong Ki, and they were several truck manufacturers, but a generation ago, Chinese people had bikes as their sole way of personal transportation.

 

[Joest]

There were also the Shanghai.

But, as far as I know, after 20 years, all the government car have to be scrapped.

I was in China in October. I saw a FAW-Audi 100, a wrecked Guangzhou-Peugeot 505 Estate, a late Beijing-Jeep BJ212 and a few Hiali. That's all the "vintage" I could find.

 

[erik (laofan) cmvdc]

There are a lot of Chinese car collectors, you can find some on my museumlist: http://www.chinesecars.net/index.php?page=60
Others don't exhibit their cars for the public. I estimate the number of old Hongqi limousines still existing 200, of which 50-80 in driving condition and nearly all in private hands, the number of Shanghai saloons 50.

 

[erik (laofan) cmvdc]

There are some interesting Chinese websites/ blogs:
http://1958hongqi.blog.163.com/
http://www.hongqiche.com/d/
http://bbs.auto.sohu.com/l-oldcar-0-0-0-0.html

 

[lordairgtar]

Eric, thank you very much for the links. Very helpful. Since Chinese Auto industry is so new, I find the first cars like the Hong Qi and others of that type very cool. I even have two scale model cars of the Hong Qi.

 

[lordairgtar]

Here is the model car pics. I built the model from a Trumpeter kit from China.