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