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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 bodywork was simplified for ease and economy of production, with some models having angular flat-panel wings or doors. Some cast or moulded body parts were swapped for simpler pressed-steel stampings. Paint replaced chrome on the grille and bumpers and in some cases the ornate grille was deleted altogether and replaced by simple wire mesh.
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 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.
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 Mercedes-Benz 770, also known as the Großer Mercedes (German for "Large Mercedes"), was a large luxury car built by Mercedes-Benz from 1930 until 1944. The second model (W150) is best known from its use by high-ranking officials of Nazi Germany and their allies before and during World War II, including Adolf Hitler, Hermann Göring, Heinrich Himmler, Reinhard Heydrich, Ion Antonescu ...
The Hyper, also called the S-type, was the first British supercharged production car with a 1.5 litre Meadows engine, and in 1928 a Lea-Francis Hyper won the Ulster TT, a 30-lap race on the 13.5-mile (21.7 km) Ards circuit on the roads of Northern Ireland driven by race car driver Kaye Don. The race was watched by a record 250,000 spectators ...