Refurbished motorcycle in 1941
To collect it from the original parts of the Great Patriotic required to parse these three motorcycle.Column "Engines of Stalingrad" this year will replenish at a parade on May 9 new exhibit. Motorcycle M-72 Release 1941 craftsman and restorer Alexey Nikulin found online at Chita. And bought it from the relatives of the deceased from old age already a veteran of the Great Patriotic.
During the war against the fascists like motorcycles used by our soldiers for various purposes. And they went on reconnaissance and cargo transported in a wheelchair, and as a prime mover for the supply with guns and howitzers used.
restoration process lasted all winter. After the bike was all rusty, the bottom - with holes. While it has not spared. But now he is on the move. And the correspondent of "All for You" even lucky enough to ride it.
- Most importantly - this bike was complete. So he was taken as a basis, - says Alexei art restorer rarity Nikulin. - But in order to bring it into a functioning state, it took three more items of the same brand of motorcycles and about the same time issue.
worth a hobby cheap. You can certainly put inside an old motorcycle modern "stuffing", as do the re-enactors to recreate scenes of the war, but it will not ... All machines in the club "Engines of Stalingrad" collected from the original, as the saying goes, "native" parts . Even the sound of the engine of a particular model of a certain epoch connoisseurs determined by ear.
And one more thing for those who understand. Even during manufacturing at the plant this motorcycle led metal. And as the Great Patriotic time to rework quality just was not in a hurry to put "everything for the front, everything for victory", factory workers put in place a hole in the metal trim the patch. That the patch Alexey Nikulin left untouched. Do art collectors rarity these things are valued as a typo in the old book as marriage rare stamps as a mole on his cheek ideal beauty. This - a detail that only adds beauty to the eyes of someone who knows how to appreciate and admire.
Recently restored motorcycle M-72 made its first exit "in the light." He participated in the ceremony dedicated to the 95th anniversary of the police department of the Volgograd region.
And, preparing for a victory parade, Alexey Nikulin installed on a motorcycle gun. Turned mototachanka.
- Machine gun made of slatted bed gryadushki - shared secret restorer. - Typical of the Soviet machine gun holes cut welding.Looks like the real thing. Victory Parade on all of us, members of the club "Stalingrad Motors' weave to form the war years. On this bike I'll go, in the form, of course.
Soon this motorcycle M-72 will begin active life. May 8, he will lead the March for Peace, which will be held on Peace Street in Volgograd. This event will be held in the city-hero for the first time. About the time of the passage of the parade, "All for You" announced.
9 May the Great Patriotic motorcycle can be seen in the column "Engines of Stalingrad" in the streets of the town and then parked at the museum-panorama "Stalingrad battle."
And in August, if the administration support city motorcycle convoy "Engines of Stalingrad" go to Sevastopol support surgery at the bike show in honor of the hero-city, sister of Volgograd.
