Coches - Polonia: libros - historia, modelos y técnica

Car assembly plants were an important part of the Polish automotive industry in the interwar period. In this book the author describes the backstage of their creation, stages of activity and production program.
The study is pioneering. It brings many little-known facts from the history of domestic motorization, and some of the illustrations contained therein are published for the first time.

In addition to the plants located within the borders of the Second Polish Republic, the Hudson and Essex (Hudsexway) vehicle assembly plant, operating in the Free City of Gdańsk, is also included.

The technical data of the described models and statistical information on the number of assembled vehicles compiled in tables are a valuable supplement to the publication.
When collecting materials for the book, the author used both contemporary sources - domestic and foreign, as well as original press, company and advertising publications from the era.

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Popularna, bogato ilustrowana i udokumentowana książka zawierająca przegląd zakładów wytwarzających nadwozia samochodowe w II Rzeczypospolitej, poprzedzony obszernym zarysem historii przemysłu karoseryjnego na świecie do drugiej wojny światowej wraz z opisem ewolucji konstrukcji i technologii nadwozi.
Opisano następujące zakłady:
- "Brzeskiauto" 1925-1941
- Zakłady Mechaniczne Plage i Laśkiewicz 1924-1933
- Szydłowiecką Fabrykę Braci Węgrzeckich 1923-1934
- Zakłady Przemysłowe "Bielany" SA 1931-1944
- Wytwórnię Karoserii i Przyczepek Samochodowych Józef Zagórski 1938-1939
- Centralne Warsztaty Samochodowe (CWS) 1918-1928
- Państwowe Zakłady Inżynierii (PZInż.) 1928-1939
- oraz innych producentów nadwozi w II RP i w Wolnym Mieście Gdańsku.

Autor przedstawia kulisy ich powstania, etapy działalności i program produkcyjny. Opracowanie ma charakter pionierski; przybliża wiele mało znanych faktów z historii krajowej motoryzacji, a niektóre z zawartych w nim ilustracji są publikowane po raz pierwszy.
Zbierając materiały do książki, autor sięgał zarówno do źródeł współczesnych - krajowych i zagranicznych, jak i do oryginalnych wydawnictw prasowych, firmowych i reklamowych z epoki.
Publikacja zainteresuje nie tylko liczne grono miłośników polskiej motoryzacji i amatorów samochodów zabytkowych, ale także wszystkie osoby pasjonujące się historią gospodarczą II Rzeczypospolitej.

The Polish car industry produced hundreds of thousands of passenger cars of various types and for various purposes. The Warszawa and Polski Fiat 125p were built mainly for offices and state institutions.
The cars "for Kowalski" were the Syrena, Mikrus and the flagship people's car, the Polski Fiat 126p. In addition, also other passenger cars left the Polish factories, either produced or only assembled.

Polish passenger cars of the People's Republic of Poland were once the pride of a thriving automotive industry; the dreams of hundreds of thousands of Poles coming true; an object of social prestige; an impulse for the development of tourism, the first vacation by the sea or in the mountains, the first trip abroad to befriended East Germany, Czechoslovakia or sunny Bulgaria.
Older readers will be able to take a seat in their old car once again in this book. Young readers will be exposed to the stories of parents and grandparents. We hope that both will enjoy this trip.

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Reading "Samochody PRL-u" will take us on a fascinating journey to a time when the Polish automotive industry produced several hundred thousand vehicles every year. They were produced in a dozen or so factories. Dozens, if not hundreds, more factories made individual components, thus creating this branch of the national economy.

The book presents iconic Polish vehicles including the Mikrus, Warsaw, Syrena and Fiat 126p. It presents descriptions of trucks, vans and buses. One of the chapters is devoted to agricultural vehicles - tractors and harvesters.
The publication also presents prototypes of cars which unfortunately did not went into production, but which often - both in terms of styling and technical parameters - did not differ from the world standards of the time.
Thanks to the cooperation with the factories producing cars in the times of the People's Republic of Poland and their contemporary successors, the book has been enriched with hundreds of interesting photographs.

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This publication describes the various Polish manufacturers of passengers cars, vans, trucks and buses. The chapters contain information about their history and achievements in the period from the end of World War II to the fall of the communist system in 1989.
The descriptions of the factories are preceded by introductory chapters containing information about the beginnings of the Polish car industry and its situation in the socialist People's Poland. Manufacturers of specialized and special bodies are also mentioned.

After the political transformation of the state and the introduction of the free market, the factories in question did not cope with external competition. Various organizations, including foreign ones, took them over or they simply collapsed.
However, it is worth remembering the achievements of those factories that were grouped in ZPMot and bearing the Polmo logo. They formed a large socialist automotive concern - which was then an important branch of the Polish industry.

The book includes, among others, descriptions of vehicle factories in Lublin, Starachowice, Bielsko-Biała, Warsaw, Poznań, Jelcz, Sanok, Mielec and Nysa.

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