In recent years, publication in the journal “modelist-Konstruktor” of the Amateur autocostruzione Willy-nilly suggests that homebrew almost refused to create a full character, complexity and depth of cars in favor of predominantly simplified in design “midget” two stroke engines. We are glad to inform that this is not so. Proof of that is created by our reader V. Revoluta from Stavropol NRA beautiful design passenger car “Natasha”.
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IN SPITE OF THE AIR FLOW
“Aerodynamic” Chrysler Airflow. Biography of Walter Chrysler of the typical American entrepreneur. Before creating his own company, he has worked as an assistant locomotive engineer, and Manager of the American locomotive company and the General Director and company President of Buick and Vice-President of General Motors, and President of the company Willys-Overland, and head of Maxwell-Chalmers. However, the first private car appeared Walter Chrysler only in 1920 when he was 45 years old. To get acquainted with his design, just before he tore apart and then reassembled it, and only after that decided to get behind the wheel.
ULYANOVSK SUVS
The cars of family UAZ-450 UAZ-452. General offensive on Moscow was deployed by the German command at the end of September 1941. As of October 10, the State Defense Committee adopted a decision on immediate evacuation in the heartland of the industrial enterprises of Moscow, which was the Automobile plant named after Stalin (ZIS), which at that time was headed by I. A. Likhachev. In a very short time, machines, materials and equipment Zisa was able to relocate to the East into the city of Miass, Shadrinsk, Chelyabinsk and Ulyanovsk. And in may 1942 the plant in Ulyanovsk, called Ulises, began the production of trucks ZIS-5V, and the second half of 1943, began to assemble an army of four-wheel drive trucks Studebaker from components supplied to the U.S.S.R. under lend-lease.
CAR FOR TRAVELERS
Czechoslovakian Tatra-87. The speed of the first car was small, but it seemed like the drivers exciting. However, over time they got a taste of driving fast and have begun to demand from automotive companies all more than the speed of the machine. Designers have increased the capacity and power of engines, reduced friction loss, improved suspension, but soon realized that there is a physical limit to the growth rate of the car.
OLD MOSCOW TRAM
TRABANT: FROM HATE TO LOVE
In the middle of 1950-ies to meet a car on the streets of Moscow was not easy. Still, it came across lendlizovskie “Studebaker” and Jimsy, reparation “Opel” and “Jorge” as well as produced in the Eastern zone of Germany copies of the pre-war BMW. And only ubiquitous boys knew that the capital of the USSR had a good look at the different cars you can only have foreign embassies, consulates and missions. The most important exhibition of foreign cars was, of course, the American Embassy, located on Tchaikovsky street (now the street is called Novinsky Boulevard), on the Garden ring. Here, along the long building always stood a row of magnificent cars, however, the Soviet adult pedestrians passing in front of a makeshift exhibition, in order to avoid accusations of cosmopolitanism were not slow of step, and only occasionally “throwing school” at the most attractive brand. Well, the Soviet boys there was nothing to fear, especially that immortal work “imperialism, the highest stage of capitalism,” they have not yet passed. They immediately isolate from saturated with foreign cars series autonovelties and tightly clustered around their Windows, folding palms houses to see the details of the device the cabin once “Plymouth”, “Dodge” or “Cadillac”.
“POLITBURO” – THE LOCOMOTIVE OF KOLOMNA
Locomotive PB-21 of issue, 1934. In the early 1930-ies the USSR had embarked on the reconstruction of Railways, in particular, the decision not to build cars with the number of axes less than four. Rolling stock was assumed to be equipped with automatic couplers and air brakes automatic. For the traction was designed and built powerful locomotives – freight and passenger FD IP. It was planned and the electrification of the Railways; it was built Сс11 electric locomotives, cargo and passenger vehicles ВЛ19. In addition, the Central lokomotivostroenie Bureau (CLPB) together with the plant “Dinamo” has designed a locomotive designed for pure passenger services. It was a very original car, not like any one of the locomotives of the time. Moreover, this engine was absolutely unique – a hitherto nothing of the kind in our country were not built.
THE MOST COMPACT JEEP
All-wheel-drive Suzuki Jimny SUV. World-famous Japanese firm Suzuki Motor Corporation has its origins from the founded in 1920 the company produced looms. The first motor vehicle with the brand name Suzuki was the motorbike that was released in 1952. In the future, this firm has become one of the largest manufacturers of two-wheel vehicles. Its first car, called the Suzulight, Suzuki Motor Corporation was created in 1955 — it was a miniature triple machine (the fourth seat was occupied by the spare wheel, located behind the driver), equipped with 15-horsepower two-stroke two-cylinder engine working volume of 0.36 L.
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