That's a cool little car. I like the squirrel emblem that holds the side marker lights. Turns out "Belka" is squirrel in Russian.
I found this article about the designer, Yuri Dolmatovsky, from the Soviet Automobile Industry Research Institute (NAMI). He made some other interesting designs. http://ceautoclassic.eu/the-life-and-influence-of-yuri-dolmatovsky/
I could only find one picture with the front of the car opened - https://www.allcarindex.com/concept/russia/nami/050-belka/
There was also an open version of the A50 - https://www.allcarindex.com/concept/russia/nami/a50-belka/
And going down the Internet rabbit hole led me to this steam punk looking amphibious vehicle based on a GAZ M-20 Pobeda. This thing looks cool. https://es.rbth.com/technologias/84250-automovil-anfibio-8-ruedas
Here's an article in Russian with some great design drawings https://kalaputski.ru/16227-sovetskii-dizainer-iz-kuibysheva-kotorogo-zvali-v-italiyu-16-foto.html
And another article with a really wild prototype in it https://snob.ru/selected/entry/68965/
And here's the drivetrain layout https://www.xcom-hobby.ru/var/files/d0/90/5832152d090bd630817137
I wonder why there's no color photos of the interior, or the doors open...
They made some wonderful cars. Here's a slightly larger one:
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That's a cool little car. I like the squirrel emblem that holds the side marker lights. Turns out "Belka" is squirrel in Russian.
ReplyDeleteI found this article about the designer, Yuri Dolmatovsky, from the Soviet Automobile Industry Research Institute (NAMI). He made some other interesting designs.
http://ceautoclassic.eu/the-life-and-influence-of-yuri-dolmatovsky/
I could only find one picture with the front of the car opened -
https://www.allcarindex.com/concept/russia/nami/050-belka/
There was also an open version of the A50 -
https://www.allcarindex.com/concept/russia/nami/a50-belka/
And going down the Internet rabbit hole led me to this steam punk looking amphibious vehicle based on a GAZ M-20 Pobeda. This thing looks cool.
https://es.rbth.com/technologias/84250-automovil-anfibio-8-ruedas
would love to see how those front doors opened
ReplyDeletetilt front end. I could only find one lousy photo on google... and these photos are too damn pretty to ruin the post with any ugly one.
DeleteHere's an article in Russian with some great design drawings
ReplyDeletehttps://kalaputski.ru/16227-sovetskii-dizainer-iz-kuibysheva-kotorogo-zvali-v-italiyu-16-foto.html
And another article with a really wild prototype in it
https://snob.ru/selected/entry/68965/
And here's the drivetrain layout
https://www.xcom-hobby.ru/var/files/d0/90/5832152d090bd630817137
I wonder why there's no color photos of the interior, or the doors open...