UAZ 1977 Model 469 – “Russian Jeep”
Sale price: US $8,550.00 Make an Offer
| Condition: | Used | Make: | UAZ |
| Model Year: | 1977 |
Midland, Michigan, United States
Vehicle description
Jeep: UAZ 1977 Model 469 – “Russian Jeep” . Condition is Used. UAZ 1977 Model 469 –“Russian Jeep” “From Russia withLove” It was purchased from a radio station in Sofia, Bulgaria by a Bulgarian colonel at my request and to be used my son while he was working as a Peace Corps volunteer in Bulgaria. After we no longer needed a vehicle in Bulgaria, the UAZ was shipped by sea cargo container from Varna on the BlackSea to the Philadelphia and transported by rail to Detroit. Next, it was transported by a flat bed truck to Midland, Michigan. After, several sets of paperwork were filed with various governmental agencies it now has a State of Michigan motor vehicle title. (Replacement parts can be purchased online in the USA or from Eastern Europe and mailed to the USA.) History of UAZ vehicles The Company UAZ is thankful the Second World War for its establishment even though it is a paradox. In May 1941 the war came closer tothe boarders of Moscow and the "Gosudarstvennyj komitět oborony" (GKO- State defense committee ) decided about the evacuation of main production plants to Siberia, to Ural and beyond the river Volga. The transport lasted for2 months and the beginning of production on two places. From the beginning of 1942 in Uljanovsk started a new production of bombs for airplanes. In May 1942 was produced first 5 pieces ofvehicles ZiS-5. In July the plants was producing from 20-30 vehicles daily and the plant originally called as the 4th subsidiary of Moscow company ZiS (Závodimeni Stalina) obtained its own name UASZiS - "Uljanovskyj AvtoSboročnyjZávod imeni Stalina". The main focus of UASZiS was to produce vehiclesZiS-5 under the name UASZiS-5. In 1974 UAZ 469 went up to the peak of the mountain ELBRUS, up to 4.000 m above sea level in 25 minutes(this performance was not repeated till the end of 90s by a LAND ROVERDEFENDER). (Price $9,500.00 - Cash Closing at Bank/Credit Union)