Oldtimer picture gallery. Trucks. Moskvich-422.
Moskvich-400/422 and 401/422
(Data for 401/422 - in parentheses, if they are different)
Years of production: 400/422: 1949-1954, 401/422: 1954-1956
Overall production: 11129 units
Engine: 400 (1949-1956), 23hp/3600rpm, 4-cyl, 4-stroke SV, 1074cc
401(1954-1956), 26hp/4000rpm, 4-cyl, 4-stroke OHV, 1074cc
Bore/Stroke: 67.5/75 mm
Length: 3855mm, width: 1400mm, height: 1555mm
Wheelbase: 2340mm
Gearbox: 3 speeds + rear
Weight: 855 kg
Maximal speed: 90 km/h
Tyres: 5,50-16 inches
Fuel capacity: 31 L
Fuel consumption: 8 L/100km
Price: prohibited to be private in the USSR (main reason why 422 is almost extincted)
Original van has only 3 windows: windscreen, driver's and passenger's window.
Material of the roof on color pictured car has slightly non-original shape.
Pictures are from:
The Automobile in Bulgaria (in Bulgarian/English) - kindly permitted by the author - Ivan Kolev.
"Ogonyok" magazine, USSR, 1954.
Thanks for help to Liuben Ivanov (Sofia).
You are welcome to write me by E-mail Contact. Andrei Bogomolov.
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Last updated 21 IX 2001.
Weight: 855 kg