Oldtimer gallery. Trucks. RAF.

Oldtimer picture gallery. Trucks. RAF.
1953-1954, Rizhskii Avtoremontnyi Zavod š2, Avtobusnyi ceh, Riga, USSR.
1954-1962, Rizhskii Avtobusnyi Zavod, Riga, USSR.
1962-1976, Rizhskii Opytnyi Avtobusnyi Zavod, Riga, USSR.

GAZ-03-30 repair, 1953-1954,
RARZ-651, 1954-1955, GAZ-51 based 25-passenger 19-seater bus, 103k 1955 photo, 169k 1955 rear view, 101k photo.
RAF-251, GAZ-51 based 29-passenger 22-seater bus
   RAF-251, Prototype, 1955, 108k photo, 142k rear view
   RAF-251, Series 1, XI 1955 - 1957, 148k photo
   RAF-251, Series 1, post office, 57k photo, 72k rear view.
   RAF-251, Series 2, 1956 prototype, 34k photo
   RAF-251S, Series 2, renamed to RAF-976S in 1959, 1957 - 1968, service bus, 1 passenger door, 88k photo, late version, 199k photo, 77k rear view.
   RAF-251S, Series 2, 1958 bus with grille inverted by factory, 140k photo.
   RAF-251T, Series 2, renamed to RAF-976T in 1959, 1957 - 1968, 14-seater bus + 800 kg van, 10k photo.
   RAF-976, second bus of PTS-3 television station, 1963, 167k photo.
   RAF-976, sound station ZS-800A, 91k photo.
   RAF-976, van/bus, 77k photo.
   RAF-976, new face, 1969 - 1972 - ?, 57k photo courtesy of Dmitry Gvozdev
RAF-10 Festivals, 10-passenger bus
   RAF-10, 1957, prototype bus, 33k photo
   RAF-10, 1958, GAZ-21 based
RAF-977/977V/977D/977DM, 1958-1976, GAZ-21 based 12-passenger bus/ambulance/taxi
   RAF-977, 1958-1960
      RAF-977 bus, 168k photo, 53k rear view.
      RAF-977 ambulance, 128k photo.
      RAF-977 truck, prototype, 166k photo.
   RAF-977V, 1960-1961, wide rack behind driver's side window
      RAF-977V bus, 29k photo, 45k rear view.
      RAF-977S ambulance, 141k photo.
   RAF-977D, Series 1, 1961-1965
      RAF-977D bus, 112k photo, 142k rear view.
      RAF-977I ambulance, 172k 1964 photo.
      RAF-977D route taxi, 90k photo.
      RAF-977K van, prototype, 1962, 27k photo.
   RAF-977D, Series 2, no roof windows and rear corner windows, 1965-1968
      RAF-977D bus, 253k photo, 98k rear view.
      RAF-977I ambulance, 254k photo, 1967 registration.
      RAF-977D route taxi, 113k photo, 80k rear view.
      RAF-977I based electromobile, prototype, 137k photo, 23 XI 1969, 148k rear view.
   RAF-977DM, long windows, 1968-1976
      RAF-977DM bus, 123k photo, 32k rear view.
      RAF-977IM ambulance, 135k photo, 191k rear view.
      RAF-977DM route taxi, 225k photo.
      RAF-977JeM tourist, sunroof, 1968-1974, 64k photo.
RAF-980 Riga with 2 or 1 RAF-979 trailers, 1959-1973, 64- or 40-seater bus train for big exhibitions and airports
   RAF-977 based, 1959-1960, long rear window, 96k photo.
   RAF-977V based, 1960-1961, 2 square rear windows, 100k photo.
   RAF-977D, Series 1 based, 1961-1965, roof windows, 107k photo.
   RAF-977D, Series 2, and RAF-977DM based, 1965-1973, no roof windows, 104k photo.

Very rare:
RAF-08 Spriditis, 1958, 8-passenger prototype bus, 104k photo.
RAF-978, small series in 1960, 99k photo.
RAF-978, prototype, Summer 1960, 42k photo.
RAF-976M, 30-passenger bus, small series since 1967, 108k photo from Aleksandr Govoruha.

Thanks for help to Maris Gutmanis, Riga.

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