la bomba

hi everyone, i'm introduced our little workshop a few months ago here, and now i like to show you what we've done for one of our projects "la bomba" for this time

little bit of history-GAZ20 is the first car that started to build in USSR after WW2 (builds from 1946 to 1956) and named "Pobeda" (Victory)
that how it looks in original condition


and that's how it seems when it was bought by our friend Aleksei/Ali-bi





then he started to demount & sort it



then, of cours, he sand it and gave it to us for lowering, air installing, engine installing & other custom works





here i must repeat that in Russia we haven't custom culture, we have only some people, who build some true projects, and this projects is not so popular. That's why it's the first realy low GAZ20, the first GAZ20 on air, the first true customised GAZ20 and the first "bomb" in Russia and all countries of exUSSR
it means that what we do with this car is the first what ever anybody done with this model, so that's why we engeneered every moment, every detail, all that we do is absolutely first

 

This should be interesting to see the results on a car , that frankly, I never new existed ! The grille in that car strangely reminded me of a early 50's Chevy pick up .

 

thanks for posting, looks like a cool build. what is the motor and tranny you will be running with?

 

Interesting thread, I will subscribe to this for sure.

We had also these cars in Finland in the 50's when it was difficult to get European or US cars due to currency regulation. They were even used as taxi cabs. It is much smaller than the american cars of 40's, but bigger than average european cars. Size/price ratio was good, anyway.

The striking feature is very high ground clearance, thus you will recognize one when you see it "live". I think these had flathead four bangers, 2 liter displ.

A fellow in Berlin, Germany, has recently build a custom based on the Popeda. He installed an engine taken from a russian tank to it - wild creature!
I will post a link here if I find it again.

 

Now I found it!

This is the german GAZ-M20 modified in Berlin:


Below a link to his web-pages:
http://stabil-berlin.de/pobeda/page8.html

 

I really enjoyed the link to the web pages even though I couldn't understand a word. Where is the translator when needed?

 

Cool! - I have a '51 Ford that came with a sticker in trunk that you may like - see pic. I had a '54 Chevy called La Bomba because of the very loud exhaust system. have fun!

 

This should be interesting....good luck on the project!
Tom

 

Subscribed,,should prove to be a interesting custom. HRP

 

It looks like a cool custom, but I liked the original tail lights best. I'm glad to see that they have radical car guys in Berlin Germany.

 

I'm ready to see what happens.................

 

oh, thanks for subscribe, i hope you like it)

 

I'm in, the tail lights and the marker lights look like 46 chevy

 

Здравствуйте! Cool project, friend.

 

all car likes a 47 fleetline

the motor is reworked 6 cylinder flathead from GAZ51 truck. This engine almost like an original, with only 1 difficult-original engine have a 4 cylindres

in USSR this cars used as a taxi too, to have a GAZ20 as a personal car in 40s-50s was too luxury)
yes, it's smaller and too high, without hard metal works it can't have a clearance lower than a 10cm
in stock it have a 4 cylinder 2,2 liter flat
in German GAZ20 engine is not from tank, it's from truck, and the same engine was bought and reworked for this car

 

Здравствуйте! Спасибо!)

 

so what we've done
we check all sizes, to find an optimal lowering and save the proportions, because we must save an interiour & exteriour looks like original


at first we build a 20cm dropped front spars


but when we install it, we understand, that 20cm is too much




and we build a new, 10cm dropped, front spars

 

Looks like really capable metal forming, but, those ground down welds in the picture above would have me a little concerned. Most of them look OK, but, that stuff in the center looks concerning. Hope it's just an illusion in the picture.

 

I,ll be watching. I have two of these old Pobeda,s. Built like a tank. Beter than the later Volga. Original 4 banger flathead engine is very similar to a WWII Willys flathead jeep engine. Rear end is almost the same as Ford pre-war banjo.

 

the "box" is welded from 4 parts

 

all cars that made by GAZ built like a tanks, volga too, i have 1961 one, later i tell you about it in the new thread.
according to a Soviet standart unification of the new car with previous model must be a 60% thats why up-to-now russian cars use some parts from oldest models

 

Wow! That's impressive. Support from the inside. Very smart, my friend.

 

I love it! Good luck, I can't wait to see it on the ground.

 

a first, Russian history in the making.getter done

 

Thats really awesome. I really like some of the russian cars, the m-24 Volgas are my faves.
You seem to do good work, so i have a question. Why did you bag it?
With the shape, but mostly the size of those front coil pockets goin with hydraulics would have been A TON easier, and with all that coil you could have left a ton of turns making it ride great.
Im tellin you for experience, since i did the mistake of baggin a small european ford and ran into all kind of problems, all caused by very little space under it for air springs, and since i converted to hydros all is great.

Theres a few other bagged/juiced Gaz that i know of, this one i got pictures handy:
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/album.php?albumid=18524

but there are others too, like a wagon for sure that was done like 5 years ago etc....
This one i really like, it used to be a lot less low so it might ahve been juiced/bagged but cant say for sure. Its sportin a bad ass set of 72 cross lace wires thou, that look hella better than the wide whites and steelies it had b4, this i know for sure

 

thanks!
the air is much easier than hydraulic, we just need to let the car move up or down
this 21 is so-so, in lower position have a 10cm clearance, my 21 in static lower than this, so for what he need an air?! it must touch the ground otherwise it does not make a sense. Besides it have some fails like an ugly front bumper..
the green 24 is our friend's car-Eduard/oks from Ufa-city, soon we mount a hydraulics on this car, and the 24 wagon is our friend's Alexander/Qb from Saint-P. he is a primary dealer air/hydro in Russia, and of course his car already have a hydraulics
by the way i had a 24 in last year


but i sold it, at now cragars are on the my next Volga

 

Very interesting to see a build from Russia! Keep posting progress please!

 

Hey parabe11um . You got some cool stuff going on with the frame fabrication. Keep us posted.

60 Belair

 

ok)
next we made a 10cm c-notch and istall it

 

ok) i like that you like it)