History of Volga Car
1957. Children of different nations gathered in Moscow for the festival. This event was timed production of GAZ-21 "on the conveyor. Production of its predecessor, the Victory continued for another year. In the "Volga" the first issue facing Chuck was in the same style as the "victory" last series (1955-1958) – Three horizontal chrome bar. The upper timber was laid on the hood and the lower shut himself off from the edges of the indicator. Composition crowned five-pointed star. Motorists, particularly insensible modifications, and said: "Volga car" with a star. "Appearance of the lining of the machines of the first series – a different story. The mandatory screening test cars in the Kremlin design of Chuck did not like Zhukov. At the plant of Moscow has been given an urgent directive: to remake. remade. Zvezda Marshal could not help liking. In 1958, when the general was in disgrace, had the new directive – remake. By the time it was released about 31 thousand Volga with a Star .
Private motor car was only 1957. It was the overhead valve engine. The drive cam carried textolite helical gears. The cylinder block and head cast from an aluminum alloy. The shirt was cool with the "wet" liners. In modern engines "Volga" working volume remained the same as that of the first, – 2,445 liters. At the GAZ-21 and GAZ-21A, he gave 70 liters. pp. at 4000 rpm. and maximum torque of 17 kg at 2200 rpm. In the "Volga" for the first time in the domestic automotive industry has been commercially used automatic transmission. It was a "Spark torque converter and planetary 3-speed gearbox. However, there was napryazhenka with quality oils and high quality service. Ordeals of 700 car owners with machine guns led to the fact that in 1958 the first year on the Volga were installed only mechanical 3-speed box.
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1958. In the Russian language, a new demographic term – "Children of the festival." And in the jargon of motorists – the notion that bore no relation to the Ichthyology: "shark mouth". It became known as a new radiator grille of the car Volga, from 16 vertical holes. Were also changed front direction indicators and bumpers.
In the same year the Soviet automobile exposition at Brussels international exhibition was awarded "Grand Prix". Given that such exhibitions were collected the cream of world industry and competition "Car of the Year" has not yet been invented, the best car in 1958 year, at least in Europe, could be considered "GAZ-21 and GAZ-13". In Belgium, "Volga" dubbed "tank on wheels." In Finland and Norway – "a tank in a frock coat. In England, where it was sold 15yavtomobiley (changed from right hand drive "21E), the" Volga cars"referred to as the" working horse ". (For exports to drive on the left was released about 100ymashin, much of which went to Indonesia). Wherever it was sold, the car proved to be exceptionally rugged and unpretentious. Especially pleased were the "Volga" Greek taxi drivers. Some Greeks confused about how to enhance the operational fuel consumption Nevzorov, specially ordered from Gorki, explained manner of driving in Athens, the city, which was everything except the traffic lights.
The durability of the body of the Volga was determined by its corrosion protection, and no amount of iron, as is often heard. The thickness of the bottom sheet and the roof was only 1,1 ymm, and parts of feathers and even less – 0,9 mm. But the black car body in addition to cleaning and etching exposed phosphate, and then primed by immersion. After drying, the body "dipped" for the second time and re-dried. Primed surfaces smoothed by hand. On the bottom on both sides were deposited antinoise mastic, which, in essence, an additional layer of protection. Particularly careful promazyvayut it seams wheel arches. Only after this body were stained with synthetic enamel.