WRUW January 2017 starts here:

[is that my watch]

Well welcome my Russian friends well last year was grand on the old watch front saw some lovely one's had a few sold a few got to check some out lovely so welcome to the first WRUW of 2017 my choice is my 3133 as been wearing it a lot last year so can see it getting lots of arm time this year too...

well been know to do a bit on Russian cultural here on the WRUW each month ...think am going to change it up a bit and do a few on the same line this year so going to be cars of Russia this time round a different one each month I think...

To get the ball rolling I am going for a 1962-Gaz-M21-Volga it always been a eye catches I think so some pics and a bit of history I think yes indeed

1962-Gaz-M21-Volga:



The GAZ M21 was a Soviet automobile produced between 1956 and 1970, The GAZ M21 Volga is an automobile which was produced in the Soviet Union by GAZ ("Gorki Automobiljni Zavod", in English : "Gorky automobile factory") from 1956 to 1970. The first car to carry the Volga name, it was developed in the early 1950s. Volgas were built with high ground clearance (which gives it a specific "high" look, contrary to "low-long-sleek" look of Western cars of similar 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 in which it was introduced, 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. 639,478 cars were produced in total.



As always Ismy