GAZ- AA - rear canvas hood frame

[Bill Murray]

Very quickly:
The Kim vehicles seem, from my meager resources, to have been made only in the 1940ish time frame. They are described as an indigenous design but have some obvious Opel styling cues.
There was no Opel I have ever seen that looked just exactly like a Kim. Particularly the windscreen although the faired in main headlamps are an Opel trademark.

As to the Renault, I attach a photo here of one such and you can see that it also has strong Opel styling cues. I was not aware, David, that Opel sued Renault. Is there a story out there about this???
Bill