Model "A" Pick-ups With Rails On The Bed
 

What are these called ?
Anyway, here are some vintage photos.
MIKE :) (mikeburch)

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Deluxe Pickups

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Deluxe Pickups & a Deluxe AA Not many around but real nice

Someone will know the numbers of the Models
John Cochran

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the new issue of The Restorer magazine has a beautiful blue deluxe pickup on the cover and an article about how it was restored!

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Just got word last week that one of our club members recently bought a delux pickup. That's the only one I know of in our club.

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I browsed through my limited resources to find a production number for the 66A Deluxe Pickup. Does anyone know how many were made?

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The article in the Restorer said 293 of the deluxe pickups were made.

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The first two pics are GAZ's.
The third is a Deluxe Pickup (66-A)
The last is a AA Service Car (229-A).

-Tim

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The first picture is one of my favorites. Funny how Uncle Joe Stalin chose a deluxe truck for production. Wonder how many are left within the former USSR?

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How can you tell they are GAZ's?

Not questioning you, but trying to learn.

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The Russian ladies adorning the first one............................
Paul

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Aside to Tim..., if you can add or correct anything, please do...

I've been researching GAZ images ever since Russia and the former Soviet Republics became accessible online. Thousands of images of vehicles from the '30's and WWII are now available. The history of how the successors to our beloved A's and AA's helped win WWII is fascinating.

After examining many, many GAZ images, here are some clues to identifying these two pickups. One or more of the following is/are visible in both images:

(1) Top front of GAZ radiator shell is straight across the bottom, with no "widow's peak."

(2) GAZ Cowl bands were SOMETIMES bright on cars, but generally painted or omitted on trucks, including the deluxe pickup.

(3) GAZ stanchions and rails on deluxe pickup beds were painted, not bright.

(4) GAZ deluxe pickups lacked cowl lamps.

Add some some clues that are not GAZ specific: The square rear license plate is typical of Moscow, and the girls' dresses are, to my eye, more typical of the USSR than any urban area elsewhere.

Lastly, consider the source. I first came across the "artillery wheel" pickup on a Czech website. The "young people with truck" image is from a Russian site.

Several of us Fordbarners have posted GAZ images on the "Commercial Vehicles" thread.

Perhaps it's time for a GAZ thread?

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I saw one at nationals in86 at lake Geniva Town cars Taxie AA''s they were all their

They are Russian GAZ-4 vehicles
 

The four photos, and the attached, are of Russian GAZ vehicles, specifically the GAZ-4, produced between 1933-1936.

https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/attach...2&d=1391027805

https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/attach...3&d=1391027824

http://i.wheelsage.org/pictures/gaz/...ru_gaz_4_1.jpg

http://i.wheelsage.org/pictures/gaz/...ru_gaz_4_2.jpg
Fordially,
Brad in Maryland

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I call them expensive, all are very rare and i would not mind finding one in a barn complete and cheap....l.o.l.

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Were these also called Service Trucks?