In Volgograd, the bike was restored in 1941 Bashny.Net

To collect it from the original parts of the Great Patriotic War took three disassemble such a motorcycle.

Motorcycle M-72 Release 1941 folk craftsman and restorer Alexey Nikulin found online at Chita. And bought it from relatives of the deceased veteran of the Great Patriotic.
During the war with the Nazis like motorcycles used by our soldiers for various purposes. And they went on reconnaissance and cargo transported in a wheelchair, and as a tractor for the supply to the guns and howitzers used.
The restoration process lasted all winter. After the bike was all rusty, the bottom - all in holes. Time was not spared. But now he is on the move.





Machine gun out of bed gryadushki
 - The most important thing - this bike was complete. So he was taken as a basis, - says Alexei art restorer rarity Nikulin. - But to make it a functioning state, it took another three parts of motorcycles of the same brand and the same time about the issue.

It should be a cheap hobby. You can, of course, put into an old bike a modern "stuffing", as do the re-enactors to recreate scenes of the war, but it will not ... All the machines in the club "Motor Stalingrad" collected from the original, as they say, "native" parts. Even the sound of the engine of a particular model of a particular era judges determine by ear.

And one more thing for those who understand. Even during the production of the factory at this bike it led metal. And as in the Great Patriotic time to rework quality just was not in a hurry to put "everything for the front, everything for victory", factory workers put in place a hole in the metal trim the patch. This a patch Alexey Nikulin left untouched. In art collectors rarity these things are valued as a typo in the old book, as marriage to a rare postage stamp as a mole on his cheek ideal beauty. This part - which only adds to the beauty in the eyes of someone who knows how to appreciate and enjoy.

If you add on to the time spent on the restoration, the waiting time of parts that brought a leisurely "Russian Post", to "resuscitate" the Great Patriotic motorcycle took almost a year. Yes, the old tail lights, ordered in Poland, came to the parcel delivered broken. I had to make a repeat order.

Recently, recovered the motorcycle M-72 made its first exit "out". He took part in a solemn event dedicated to the 95th anniversary of the police department of the Volgograd region.

And preparing for the Victory Day parade, Aleksey Nikulin gun found on a motorcycle. The result mototachanka.

 - Machine gun made out of bed gryadushki, - shared the secret of the restorer. - Typical for the Soviet machine-gun holes cut welding. It looks like the real thing. On Victory Day parade we are all members of the club "Motor Stalingrad" sew themselves form the war years. On this bike I'll go in the form, of course.

Already soon this motorcycle M-72 will begin active life. May 8, he will head the Peace March, which will be held at Mira Street Volgograd. This event will be held in the city-hero for the first time.

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