Soviet pedal cars

Foot avtomobilchiki produced in the USSR before the Great Patriotic War. In the 30s at GAZ in small batches collected convertible with all-wood body. For sale, they really were not intended.
But shown in this picture "Ural" Chelyabinsk Forge-and-Press Plant (CHKPZ) was already available. If you have a lot of luck, or good friends. Total from 1957 till 1964 for the second was issued a little less than 70 thousand of these beauties. Not that much ... The nice features "Uralchika" clearly discern the contours of the ZIS-110.



A truly mass product pedal cars began just after the 1960 release of their settled on AZLK, at that time still bore the name MZMA. The truth is the first pedal car plant in Moscow, the prototype of which is officially considered "Moskvich-403" is actually a too licensed copy of the Italian pedal cars Giordani. But the Italians to creativity spodvigli futuristic form of American Studebaker Champion.



As they say - proof rush to the studio! So who still like the first foot "Moskvich"? On the 403rd or "Studer»?



In 1973, Foot "Moskvich" celebrated restyling. Chassis reciprocating pedal mechanism remains the same, but the design thoroughly reworked. As such, the machine is indeed reminiscent of "Muscovites" Series 408/412. Very cute.
Conveyor by these machines was already hundreds of thousands. By the way, I weighed peadlny "Moskvich" 13 kg, in the right hands, or rather feet, accelerated to 8 km / h, and significant cost 25 rubles. Nevertheless, this item on the shelves not lie. But the happy owners of the pedal "Moskvich" always evoked respect explosive mixture with envy by their less fortunate peers.



"Moskvich" was by far the most popular and mass pedal cars of the USSR, but not the only one. Even in the second half of the '50s under the brands "Rocket" and "Strela" was produced here is a three-wheeled hybrid aircraft and a record of the car.



Another rare machine. Foot avtomobilchik "Neva" Leningrad plant LAZ. Prototype? Maybe "The Seagull" GAZ-13, ZIL-111 may or may Packard ...



But guess what it's like pedal car "GPL" absolutely impossible. Little monster, born sleeping mind ...



Whether business, pedal "Rainbow" CHKPZ plant, which we have already been told. Let recognizable prototype it is impossible to identify, but avtomobilchika At least there is a style, proportion, grace. Truly a designer thing!



Source: www.topgearrussia.ru