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GAZ-51A
GAZ-51 – the most mass produced Soviet truck of 50-70-s. Payload 2,5 tons. Designing of the car, first named GAZ-11-51, subsequently simply GAZ-51 started in February 1937. Successful test drives made it possible to start in 1941 preparation for serial production, but the WWII ruined the plans. Initial batch was released in late 1945, and by the end of 1946, even before the testing was completed, more than thirty thousand trucks had been produced. Within the short period GAZ-51 became the most popular truck all over the country.
GAZ-51 was produced for more than 30 years - his production was cancelled in 1975. There were released 3 481 033 vehicles.
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GAZ GL-1
The first "factory made" racing car in the history of domestic auto industry, GL-1 was built on the Gorky car factory. Design of it was by Eugene Agitov. On October 21.1938 on the Moscovski highway of the Gorky city he drove the one kilometer distance with an average speed of 147,84 km/h, so having established new domestic record.
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ZIL-164 PM-10
ZIL-164 is the cargo truck produced by Likhachev Auto Factory. It was created on the chassis of ZIS-150 by upgrading of some of the latter units. Production period from October 1957 till December 1964 (from December 1961 – ZIL 164A)
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KIM-10-51 "Cabrio"
KIM-10-50 was the first Soviet economy class car, designed on the basis of the British 1939 year "Ford Prefect".
Body design was created by designer-engineer V.Brodsky from the Gorky city. Technical drawings of the body and stamps were performed in USA according to his model. Same time was developed the KIM-10-51 cabrio modification.
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ZIS-150 PM-8
PM-8 car was designed purposefully for washing and cleaning the streets, squares and passages with improved hard surface, and could be used as fire engine and for watering greenery as well.
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