GAZ-51

GAZ-51 pro­duced 1946–1955
GAZ-51A pro­duced 1955–1975
GAZ-51Zh pro­duced 1954–1975. This model has abil­ity to run on liq­uid gas (it also has orig­i­nal gaso­line sys­tem). It is fit­ted with 145 kg liqui­fied gas tank.

Wheels 4x2

Engine (GAZ-51)
For­mula 6 cylin­der gaso­line
Dis­place­ment 3,485 liters
Per­fo­mance 70 hp @ 2800 rpm (62 hp for GAZ-51Zh)
Com­pres­sion ratio 6.2:1
Gear­box 4+1
Fuel tank 90/105 liters
Fuel con­sump­tion 20 liters/100 km @ 40 km/h
Top speed  70 km/h

Mea­sures
Lenght 5525 mm (5715 mm for GAZ-51A)
Width 2200 mm (2800 mm for GAZ-51A)
Height 2130 mm
Wheel base 3300 mm
Ground clear­ance 305/245 mm (front/rear)
Turnin radius 8100 mm

Weights
Curb weight 2710 kg (2800 kg for GAZ-51Zh)
Max pay­load 2500 kg (2000 kg on unsur­faced road)
Max trailer weight 3500 kg

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GAZ-M-20 Bobeda

GAZ-M-20V Bobeda

Pro­duced 1946–1958. GAZ-M-20 is more known by name “Bobeda”. Total 235 997  units were pro­duced from which 14 220 were cabriolettes.

Mod­i­fi­ca­tions over time. Firs exper­i­men­tal pro­to­type was already built in 1944 but pro­duc­tion didn’t start before 1946. After 2 years of pro­duc­tion it was found that there was a design flaw in front axle — pro­duc­tion was halted for few months. At first the gear­box han­dle was on the floor but in 1949 it was moved to the wheel. Mean­while in 1948 cabri­o­let ver­sion was designed. It was built until 1953. In 1954 “Bobeda” received a face-lift (new radi­a­tor grill, instru­men­tal panel, changed front bumper, radio was installed and also new car­bu­re­tor with air fil­ter). The face-lifted model was named GAZ-M-20V.

There is a four-wheel-drive ver­sion named GAZ-M-72 (1955–1958) and also few GAZ-M-20G –s were made with more pow­er­ful 6 cylin­der engine. Also few pick-up trucks based on GAZ-M-20 were pro­duced. I have no more infor­ma­tion about that at the moment though.

Name “Bobeda” mean vic­tory (name comes from the May of 1945 when Red Army won the war with Ger­many with uncon­di­tional sur­ren­der) in russ­ian and M in model name is for Molotov.

“Bobeda” was also pro­duced in Poland under licence. From 1951–1973 total 244 472 cars were pro­duced there. In 1958 they redesigned the orig­i­nal “Bobeda” and from then this new mod­i­fi­ca­tion was pro­duced. Dur­ing the pro­duc­tion in Warszava, Poland, few more facelifts were done and from 1961 some ver­sions received new engines.

Wheels 4x2

Engine(M-20)
For­mula 4 cylin­der gaso­line
Dis­place­ment 2,12  liters
Per­fo­mance 52 hp @ 3600 rpm
Com­pres­sion ratio 6,2:1
Fuel tank 55 liters
Fuel con­sump­tion 11 liters/100 km 50–60 km/h
Fuel type A-72
Gear­box 3+1 gears
Top speed 105 km/h

Mea­sures
Lenght 4665 mm
Width 1895 mm
Height 1640 mm
Wheel base 2700 mm
Ground clear­ance 200/210 mm rear/front
Track width 1362/1364 mm rear/front
Turn­ing radius 6300/6800 mm wheel/cerb
Tire size 6,00–16

Weights
Curb weight 1460 kg
Max pay­load 375 kg

Pro­duced 1946–1952. Its actu­ally ZIS-21 but now pro­duced in UralZIS fac­tory.  In 1952–1955 UralZIS pro­duced lit­tle bit mod­i­fied model UralZIS352.

This truck is based on ZIS-5 but its pow­ered by gas gen­er­a­tor (fire­wood was used to power the car). Because of this it has low power and speed, it is dif­fi­cult to ser­vice and not so easy to start up. But because the lack of gaso­line in some north regions this truck was unsubstitutable.

Wheels 4×2

Engine
For­mula 6 cylin­der gas
Dis­place­ment 5,555 liters
Per­fo­mance 45 hp @ 2400 rpm
Gear­box 4 speeds
Top speed 45 km/h

Mea­sures
Lenght 6090 mm
Width 2260 mm
Height 2260 mm
Wheel base 3810 mm
Ground clear­ance 245 mm

Weights
Curb weight 2500 kg

 

ZIS-154

ZIS-154

Pro­duced 1946–1949. Bus with 34 seats.
Wheels 4x2 

Engine (YaAZ-204A)
For­mula 4 cylin­der diesel
Dis­place­ment 4,65 liters
Per­fo­mance 110 hp @ 2000 rpm
Com­pres­sion ratio 16:1
Torque 311 lb/ft
Fuel tank 270 liters
Fuel con­sump­tion 65 liters/100 km
Gear­box elec­tro­trans­mis­sions
Top speed 65 km/h

Mea­sures
Lenght 9500 mm
Width 2500 mm
Height 2940 mm
Wheel base 5460 mm
Ground clear­ance 385 mm
Turn­ing radius 10 700 mm 

Weights
Curb weight 8000 kg
Max pay­load 4650 kg