GAZ-14 "Chaika"

      GAZ-14 "Chaika" (Газ-14 "Чайка")

      Work on the draft of a new car for a large class of GAZ automobile plant began in 1967 year.

       In 1968, there was already a full-scale model of the future of "The Seagull" second generation, the exterior of which is clearly dated back to some generalized image of upscale American car of the year. The project was approved layout Commission in 1969, and then began making prototypes.
Unfortunately, for a number of reasons for the path to the production of the new model was a very long one.

   In 1968, there was already a full-scale model of the future of "The Seagull" second generation, the exterior of which is clearly dated back to some generalized image of upscale American car of the year. The project was approved layout Commission in 1969, and then began making prototypes. Unfortunately, for a number of reasons for the path to the production of the new model was a very long one.

  In 1975, pre-production sample has been tested in a variety of road conditions, including the extreme, on the roads of the Crimea and the Caucasus, and the next, in 1976, after the elimination of deficiencies identified by the same route already passed state acceptance trials, which resulted in the car was finally recommended for production.

       In 1977 was released the first production lot. Thus, between the start of work on the new "Seagull" and the start of its production has been more than ten years. However, even at the start of its launch car looked in its stylistic direction quite modern, which he was obliged to long crisis of the American auto industry of the 1970s, when an update lineups slowed down many times, and the design development has practically stopped. 

Small-scale production of "The Seagull" lasted for 11 years, until 1988. Since 1985, the car received a code 1402 and several novshevstv.

In 1988, under the so-called "war on privileges", the car was withdrawn from the market on the personal instructions of Mikhail Gorbachev, and at the same time has been destroyed all tooling, documentation, assembly lines, body stamps

  During the period from 1976 to 1989 were collected 1120 GAZ-14 of all modifications. Last car was assembled December 24, 1988 and left the factory in January 1989.

In the mid nineties guide Automobile Plant GAZ hatched a plan to resume production of "The Seagull." It appears, however, that almost no documentation or production equipment at the plant did not survive, and the development of a car of this class "from scratch" was beyond the power plant and economically feasible.

 In 2008, the car was given the status of an object of cultural and technical heritage of the USSR.

     Technical characteristics 
Engine - gasoline V-shaped, with two carburetors K-114;
Working volume  - 8-16-5526;
Power - 220 hp. with. at 4200 r / min;
Maximum torque - 46 kgs.m at 2500 r / min;
Transmission - hydro;
Suspension: front - independent, rear - dependent;
Wheelbase - 3450 mm;
Dimensions (length, width, height) - 6114h2020h1525 mm;
Curb weight - 2590 kg;
Maximum speed - 175 km / h;
Fuel consumption - 16 l/100 km.
  

GAZ-13 "Chaika"

GAZ-13 "Chaika" (ГАЗ-13 "Чайка")

GAZ-13 "Chaika" - Soviet representative passenger vehicles produced in small series at the Gorky Automobile Plant c 1959 to 1981. 

 This is one of the most beautiful cars built in the USSR. The car was created from scratch. The samples Speaker 2 car (Packard Caribbean convertible and sedan Packard Patrician, both 1956 model year.)

 In January 1958, an experimental model of "E-2" was sent to the World Expo 58 in Brussels, which took place from April to October. Officially, the GAZ-13 "Chaika" began to go out of the gate Automobile January 16, 1959. In the next few years, the GAZ-13 Chaika were taken to various international automobile and industrial exhibitions - Brno, Budapest, Geneva, New York, Leipzig, and even Mexico.

 In 1961, at the Gorky Automobile Plant on GAZ-13 was manufactured cabriolet variant GAZ-13B. Along with convertible GAZ-13B releasing modifications GAZ-13A - Body Limousine (with a partition in the cabin). It is currently known about the remaining 10 convertible and a limousine with a partition.

 In 1962, the base version GAZ-13 update the technical and externally. Of the notable technical and external changes - a new carburetor instead of K-114 K-113, a new receiver with an additional volume control on the left arm of the sofa back, new rims with other caps. Upholstery material change to the "greatcoat" gray-green color.

 Large comfortable "Chaika" used in ministries and embassies of different countries, both abroad and in the USSR. They served the Soviet embassy in Britain, East Germany, the United States (at least in the U.S. at the moment is aware of two sedans and a convertible).

 In our time, remaining in a different state of Seagulls widely used wedding entrepreneurs. These gulls are usually in a very distant and converted from the original condition. A total of 3,189 cars produced this model.

 Technical characteristics

Engine: GAZ-13, V-shaped, carburetor, 5.52 liter 
Compression ratio: 8.5 
Maximum power: 195 hp 
Transmission: Automatic three-stage 
Maximum speed: 160 km / h 
Fuel consumption on the highway: 15 l/100km 
Length 5600 mm 
Width 2000 mm 
Height 1620 mm 
Capacity 7 
The curb weight is 2100 kg 
Full weight of 2625 kg 
Wheelbase 3250 mm
Minimum ground clearance of 180 mm

 

 

 

GAZ-M-20 "Victory"

GAZ-M-20 Victory (Победа ГАЗ-М-20)

          "Victory" - a cult Soviet passenger car series produced at the Gorky Automobile Plant in 1946-1958 years. Factory index model - GAZ-M-20.

 The first Soviet passenger car with a monocoque body and one of the world's first serially-produced with a body full pontoon - no protruding wings and their rudiments, chicanery and headlights.

 A few years before the Second World War, the Soviet government has prepared a directive - the need to develop and manufacture a car to raise the prestige and glory of Soviet industry. This difficult task fell on the shoulders of designers Gorky Automobile Plant.

The victory is a unique machine, which was produced in hard times - was the Great Patriotic War. The beginning of its development as a turning Battle of Stalingrad. Then she went under the working title "Homeland." According to legend, Stalin did not like the name "Homeland", so that the car is called "Victory".

 The general layout of the machine assigned to plot the group led by Boris Kirsanov. The basis of the Victory decided to take the body of the German Opel Kapitan model 1938. A sample of this car was retaken by the Red Army in the Wehrmacht.

         Work on the machine is in the toughest conditions. German bombers attacked constantly GAZ, believing that there produce armored vehicles. In the course of 25 air attacks had destroyed about fifty industrial buildings, put out of 9000 meters of conveyor lines. But work on the car did not stop. 

 November 6, 1944 the chief designer himself, personally drove a prototype and took him to the test. And very soon in the trials included for three prototypes.

June 28, 1946 has begun mass production of cars "Victory". In all there were 235,999 vehicles, including 14,222 convertibles and  37,492 taxis.

          "Victory" is not classified as "popular" cars, because basically distributed to agencies or particularly distinguished Soviet citizens. But at the same time, this car has become one of the most popular in the Soviet Union.

Since 1951, the production model has been established in Poland. The Poles called the car "Warsaw" and continued to build it until 1973. But in the Soviet Union "victory" stopped producing since 1958.

These days, this car is very valuable and desired by collectors and ordinary motorists. Below are photos of the restored car.