The GAZ from Lithuania

Todd recently sold his house of 30 years and moved, so after several months of settling into a new life routine, he and Eric return with new episodes. LeMay Collections at Marymount is home to many unusual vehicles, but perhaps none is more of a historical conversation starter like the big, black Soviet-era GAZ Chaika limousine. Eric and Todd interview George Giese, who sold the car to the LeMay Collection in 2006. Longtime Marymount volunteer Brian Tallon contacted him to find out more about the car and as it turns out, it played a political role during Lithuania's independence from the Soviet Union in 1990. It was then "smuggled" to the United Kingdom. Giese also tells us many other fascinating car stories, including two Bentleys he is taking to the Barrett-Jackson auction in January 2026.