Volga Cars: Volga GAZ-21, Volga GAZ-24

Introducing Volga cars from my other blog and quoting... 

Another car show at Moscow's VDNKh that I visited -- Cars of Our Back Yard -- USSR cars.

Not the first car-themed show I saw at the location -- in August last year we saw Car Industry of the USSR.

But that time I was lazy to make too many photos. This time however I made over 200!

So it is in parts.

Part 1 - the Moskvitch -- is here -- Part 1 Moskvitch Cars.

Part 2 -- ZAZ cars -- is here -- Part 2 Zaporozhets Cars.

Part 3 -- Moto -- is here -- Part 3 Old Russian Motorcycles, Mopeds, etc. 

Part 4 - Lada cars -- is here -- Part 4 Lada Cars. 

And now Part 5 - the Volga automobile.

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1959 Volga GAZ-M-21I ("Second Series")

Below is the second series Volga and a third series Volga. The main differences in appearance are as follows:

Second series: the Shark (Maw) radiator grille, all-chrome bumper with guards ("fangs"), and also the Deer figurine.

Third series: the Baleen grille, bumper without guards, chrome plated only on top while the bottom is painted and color matched to the body, no Deer figurine.  

Filters on.

The Volga Deer.

Also, this Volga looks exactly like the Volga that (may have) won Grand Prix at Expo 1958 in Brussels. Picture from the Expo'58 catalog.

A Youtube video of the Second Series Volga.

1962 Volga GAZ-21US, Third Series

The Baleen grille.

1972 Volga GAZ-24-02 Station Wagon (Estate).

Lots of space inside... I could live here, just fold the seats flat and throw a mattress down.

1967 GAS-24 "First Series"

Volga.

Baleen again.

1985 Volga GAZ-24-10 Third Series. The last GAZ-24.

I like this front end, even better than the Baleen thing, even though it's plastic.