Praga A150
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 Praga A150
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| A150 | |
| Manufacturer: | Škoda , Praga |
| Production period: | 1939-1942 1947-1951 |
| Previous model: | none |
| Successor: | none |
| Technical specifications | |
| Designs: | Flatbed trucks, various special vehicles |
| Engines: | Four-cylinder gasoline engine ; 2.1 l |
| Power: | 38-40 kW |
| Length: | 5335 mm |
| Width: | 1930 mm |
| Wheelbase: | 2900 mm |
| Payload: | 1.5 t |
| Perm. Total weight: | 2.85 t |
The Praga A150 was a light truck that was developed by Škoda in 1939 and 182 units were built by 1942. The designation indicates the payload (1.5 t). As large-scale industry was nationalized in 1945 and the new socialist government had designated the Škoda works for other tasks, the production of this truck was transferred to the Praga works . A prototype was built in 1946, 610 vehicles each in 1947 and 1948, 750 in 1949, 1170 in 1950 and 330 in 1951, for a total of 3471 vehicles.
The truck weighed 1,350 kg empty and had a payload of 1.5 t, was 5.335 m long and 1.93 m wide, the wheelbase was 2.90 m. The water-cooled four-cylinder gasoline engine, originally designed by Škoda for the Favorit car built from 1939/40, had 80 mm bore, 104 mm stroke and thus 2091 cm³ displacement, it made 52, from 1948 55 hp at 3200 and 3500 / min . The maximum speed was 80 km / h, the gasoline consumption is given with 16-18 liters and the oil consumption with 0.2 liters per 100 km. The transmission had four forward and one reverse gears. The complete vehicle cost 145,000 crowns. In addition to the usually delivered flatbed truck, there were versions as a medical vehicle, panel van, minibus, hearse, fire brigade, tank truck and mail truck, etc. a.
