They say that when the first copies of the famous GAZ-M1 emoticons were presented to Comrade Stalin in the Kremlin, the leader hinted that an open-top modification should be developed for the southern regions of the country.
It is difficult to separate truth from fiction these days, but several GAZ-11-40 convertibles have actually been made.
Moreover, it was on such a fabulous, unseen car that Stalin’s favorite actress, the magnificent Lyubov Orlova, flew into the image of the modern Cinderella in the movie “Bright Path”.
Do not you believe? Here is a quote from “Behind the Wheel” magazine (No. 4 for 1074):
“In the middle of 1938, the first prototypes of the modernized Emka with a six-cylinder engine and an open body (of the Phaeton type) appeared – GAZ-11-40. Like a pick-up truck based on it (GAZ-11-415), compared to the standard GAZ-M-1, it had a reinforced frame, springs, front axle pivots and mechanically actuated brakes. The weight of the car increased slightly, but throttle response and speed increased (up to 110 km/h). The mass production of the GAZ-11-40, for which all equipment was prepared, was prevented by the war. Some readers may remember this car from the end of the pre-war movie “Shining Path”.
Such cars did not go into the series.
Mikhail Kolodochkin has been collecting unusual facts from the history of technology for many years. For example, did you know what the “legs” on the headlights of the Zhiguli of the fifth and seventh models were for?
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