The CWS T-1 was the first serially-built car manufactured in Poland . A series of different cars based on the T-1 chassis designed by Tadeusz Tański (hence T-1) of the Centralne Warsztaty Samochodowe (hence CWS), with the body developed by Stanisław Panczakiewicz . it was the only motor car that could be completely dismantled and put together again with one tool, since all its screws and bolts had the same diameter (though you did need a screwdriver for the spark plugs).
6-520: In 1927 serial production for CWS T-1 started. Although the car was designed in 1922, it was not until 1925 the prototype tests were completed. Between 1925 and 1932 approximately 800 CWS T-1 and T-1 variants were produced. Among them were: In 1930, the CWS works were absorbed by the Polish state-controlled industrial giant PZInż , yet the production was continued under the previous name. However, in 1932,
12-619: A license for the Polski Fiat was purchased from Italy as the Fiat was cheaper to produce and the parent company of CWS did not have mass-production capabilities. This article about classic and vintage automobiles produced between 1915 and 1930 is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Polish history –related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . PZIn%C5%BC The Państwowe Zakłady Inżynierii ( National Engineering Works , PZInż )
18-532: The PZInz was restructured, and divided into the following units: Among vehicles produced by the National Engineering Works, are such models, as: As well as vehicles PZInż also produced aero-engines under licence to various foreign manufacturers, such as: The National Engineering Works also had several prototypes, which did not enter production due to invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany and
24-739: The Soviet Union. Shortly after the outbreak of World War II and the German occupation of Poland , the PZInż was confiscated by the German state, its factories dismantled and sent to Germany while a large part of the engineers were either killed or sent to Germany as slave workers. After the Warsaw Uprising the Warsaw headquarters of the PZInż was blown up, not to be rebuilt after the war. In 1946
30-807: The creation of PZInż, but also the Państwowe Wytwórnie Uzbrojenia ( National Arms Works ), Państwowe Zakłady Lotnicze (modern PZL ), Państwowe Zakłady Optyczne ( National Optical Works ) and National Factory of Gunpowder and Explosives in Pionki . On 21 September 1932 the National Engineering Works signed a license agreement with Italian automobile manufacturer Fiat . Soon afterwards, assembly and production of Fiat 508 began. Until September 1939, some 10,000 models were produced in Warsaw’s Factory of Passenger and Light Commercial Vehicles (Fabryka Samochodow Osobowych i Polciezarowych). In 1933,
36-625: Was a Polish pre- World War II arms industry holding and the main Polish manufacturer of vehicles, both military and civilian. It was created by the Polish minister of industry Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski on 19 March 1928 from several previously-existing state-owned factories and scientific institutes, among them the Centralne Warsztaty Samochodowe and the Ursus factory . It was Kwiatkowski's plan of reorganization and modernization of Polish arms industry that eventually led to
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