had had, and it is completely their own. Some people already know that talking about PZInż. 403. This vehicle is brilliant, pure art and design engineering, but that most came from our country. But let's start from the beginning - we have the thirties of the twentieth century. In the beautiful pre-war Poland was the idea of \u200b\u200bconstructing a luxury car. PZInż. So began work on the chassis of Eng. Mieczyslaw Dębice at the helm. The first effects have already appeared in 1935, when it advanced, yet simple and functional chassis has been "covered" a makeshift wooden shell and equipped with Fiat 122S engine with 70 bhp. The chassis has been evaluated positively. It was therefore decided to design a home body and engine design. The latter took "Jan Werner. The result is a V8 SV with a cylinder capacity 3,888 cc and quite large for that time by 96 hp. This was enough for efficient dispersal prototype of mass ~ 1200 kg (lack of reliable sources regarding vehicle weight with a V8) to 135 km / h, which, as the conditions of that time was a value more than satisfactory. The drive has been passed as befits the rear axle, but but ... Chest is nothing less than the equivalent of today's DSG devoid of electronics, having manual clutch, which was needed to set off. Cross-country driving revert to the lever, and changing takes place without electric using the clutch. Body was very beautiful and as the years 30'te very modern, it was the work of Eng. Stanislaus Panczakiewicza. In total, called to perform four prototypes, but it is not known whether this occurred. One of the documented pieces traveled 100k km, which is interesting, despite the difficult conditions was not associated with multiple defects. This gave hope for the future. Unfortunately, the agreement with Fiat and the war destroyed the original plan for entry into production in 1940. Officially known of the two prototypes, one of which has remained the frame (it was designed for presentations) and the second vanished. For the production came as a Hanomag 1.3, visual copy our 403, it was made in the years 1938-1941. Source and extensive description.
By the way, this post is closed 60'tkę round, I'm glad that my "portfolio" of this blog is expanding. Topics for shorter and longer entries arrive every day. So, stay tuned!
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