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1966 Volga GAZ 21
fuel: gas
title status: clean
transmission: manual
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The GAZ M21 Volga, the first car to carry the Volga name, was developed in the early 1950s. Volgas were built with high ground clearance (what gives it a specific "high" look, contrary to "low-long-sleek" look of Western cars of resembling design), rugged suspension, strong and forgiving engine, and rustproofing on a scale unheard of in the 1950s.
The Volga was stylistically in line with the major United States manufacturers of the period, and incorporated such then-luxury features as the reclining front seat, cigarette lighter, heater, windshield washer and 3-wave radio.
When in 1959 the 6-cylinder line of GAZ cars was discontinued, Volga M-21 became the biggest and most luxurious car officially sold to individual owners in the USSR in large quantities, though its price was very high and made it unavailable for most car buyers.
Three series of the GAZ-21 were released, most easily distinguished by the grille. The First Series (1956-1958) featured a lattice of three large horizontal bars in the centre of which was a medallion with a star. On vehicles of the Second Series (1958-1962) was applied a grille with 16 vertical slits. Finally, the "Volga" Third Series (1962-1970) received a grille with 34 thin vertical rods. In Russia, each generation of the "Volga" received its own nicknames: for example, cars of the First Series were called "Stars", the Second Series were "Shark mouths", and the Third Series "Whalebone's".
In addition, in the fall of 1958 cars were produced combined features of the First and Second series, and in 1962 a small number of cars that combined features of the Second and Third series were build.
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