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The model in question was the Ford Model B, which was becoming available with a wide range of different bodies in North America. Rear view of the GAZ-M415, a light truck version of the M1 Specifically, the first prototype for the GAZ M-1 was based on the 1934 Ford Model B 40A four-door sedan.
The GAZ-M20 Pobeda was one of the first Soviet cars of original design and moreover at the front line of a new vogue in automobile design; [6] only the front suspension and, partly, the unitized body were influenced by the 1938 Opel Kapitän and the 1941 Chevrolet Fleetline (the choice of car may have been influenced by the acquisition of the ...
The rear body was swapped for a simple pickup truck load bed covered by a canvas roof (commonly known as a 'tilt'), making the Utility a two or three seater in the cab. The bodywork was simplified for ease and economy of production, with some models having angular flat-panel wings or doors.
Dreyfus also scored a victory in the Ecurie Bleu Type 145 at Pau in 1938, using the model's fuel economy to beat the more powerful Mercedes-Benz W154. Another Type 145 finished third in the same race. [5] These victories combined with French patriotism ensured demand for Delahaye cars up until the German occupation of France during World War II ...
The 'mittlerer' (medium) Horch / Wanderer 901 was the most common variant of the various Einheits-Pkw (here: 'Typ(e) 40' in the August Horch Museum Zwickau.. Early on in the process of motorizing the German military before World War II, first the Reichswehr, and then the Wehrmacht had procured militarised versions of many different makes and models of civilian passenger cars.
The Jowett engine was designed and built for a light car. [2] The production car "quickly became popular". [1] It used an 816 cc flat twin water-cooled engine of 6.4 hp [3] and three-speed gearbox with tiller steering. The body was a lightweight open two-seater.
Models F1 to F8 (F for Front) were built between 1931 and 1942, with successor models reappearing after the end of the war in 1945. They were the first volume production cars in Europe with front wheel drive, and were powered by transversely mounted two-cylinder two-stroke engines. Displacement was 584 or 692 cc: claimed maximum power was ...
Car production resumed after World War I and a new model, the 19.6, was launched in 1921 and joined in 1922 by the smaller 2.4 litre 14 hp model that would become the company's best seller. The 19.6 was replaced by the 2.7 litre 18/50 in 1925 fitted with Crossley's first six-cylinder engine and this was enlarged in 1927 to 3.2 litres in the 20.9.