AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR FACILITIES AND NORMS

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• Publication Date: December 23, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY Poland
SUBJECT Automotive Repair Facilities and Norms
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1NM-ATION REPORT
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COUNTRY Poland
SUBJECT Automotive Repair Facilities and Norms
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1. The following is a list of the major stations in Poland. These repair
centers, called ZNS (Zaklady Naprawcze Samochodowe -- Vehicle Repair
Shop), were under the Ministry'of Road and Air Transport and were
responsible for the complete overhauling of the vehicle types which
are listed following the station for^tion:
Ca._p .,al Re ?air Stations
Elblag
Jelcz
Krakow
Opole
Poznan
Solec'Kujawski
Warsaw
Dodge :Willys (jeep) (U.. S. makes)
Star 20, Warsaw (Polish makes)
Fiat (Italian make)
Old German makes
Ford, Fordson (English Ford trucks)
GEC and Studebaker (U. S. makes)
Chausson (French), Leyland (English)
Skoda (Czech)
These centers have, as their primary function, the repair and rebuilding
of
h
ve
icles. With some of the stations Pre associated small factories
which manufacture new subassemblies for replacement
2. The repair stations listed above were responsible for the overhaul of
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b? milit
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,
3. as a percentage of the total number of hours scheduled
L+v+6-0V14n0.i a V L#=ULdea W Lnem.
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Road and Air Transport) the Jelez center was responsible for 37% of
all such work in Poland.
Availability of Parts and Supplies
4. .At the Jelcz center there was always an adequate supply of lubricants.
Parts, on the other hand, were alww 11:start supply and while some parts
were stocked, others were so short that cannibalization of vehicles
was resorted to as a matter of routine.
5. Differentials for the GMC and Studebaker trucks were very hard to get.
These particular parts were obtained from Solec Kujawski.
6. Repair stations generally got new replacement parts, under the Annual
State Plan, from the countries which had originally manufactured the
vehicles. Thus, parts for the Skoda trucks were obtained from Czecho-
slovakia; for the older German vehicles, from East Germany. In the
smaaler proportion of cases new replacement parts were manufactured
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from Germany an Czechoslovakia was always fulfilled, whereas the plan
for the import of parts for vehicles manufactured In the USSR was never
fulfilled. (Enclosure 1 lists the cost of subassemblies for the Star
20 truck as of 1 June 1954.)
Norms for Vehicles and Supplies
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the following capital repair norms which were operable
Jelcz during 1953:
a. The depot norm to completely strip a Star 20 truck, rebore and
refit the engine and, in general, make a complete overhaul of
the vehicle was 580 man-hours. One hundred and eighty Star
20's were thus overhauled in a month.
b. In addition the depot was responsible for the rebuilding of
60 Star 20 engines per month, each engine rebuilding having
a 120 man-hour norm.
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c. The depot was further responsible for the overhaul of 10
Warsaw cars per month, and the norm for each overhaul was
600 man-hours.
d. There w^^ PlIn Pn allowance for general repair.
mhe total planned man-hours for work done by all of the ZNS centers
.listed in paragraph one was 320,000 hours per average month in 1953,
of which Jelcz had a quota of ahni't 133,000. The plan for the capital
repair of vehicles at Jelcu was always fulfilled.
9. The following norms apply for the number of kilometers which a vehicle
was to run between capital repair:operations:
Star 20 45,000 km. engine)
80,000 km, entire vehicle)
Warsaw 85,000 km.
Chausson 85,000 km.
Leyland 140,000 km.
ZIS 85,000 or 90,000 km.
Ford 30,000 km.
Others 50,000 km.
For a new vehicle, these norms were increased 20% until it had had one
capital repair. Thus, a new Star 20 would have to go about 95,000 km.
before it received its first capital repair, after which the 30,000
km. norm mentioned above would be applicmble.
the norm for the Ford was so much lower than for the other vehicles
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and it was due to the fact that the engine operated
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consistent difficulty with the V-type of engine).
10. The average figure for the operation of a truck in Poland in 1953
was 2,500 km. per month. Buses were required to operate 5,000 -
6,000 km. per month.
11. The total number of kilometers which were to be driven by all vehicles
under the jurisdiction of the national. PKS ias set on the basis of
the total number of vehicles under each regional PKS center. If a
regional PKS had 300 trucks, the norm would be about 750,000 km. per
month. If 50 of these trucks were undergoing repair, the remaining
250 would have to drive this same number of kilometers, and thus would
have an individual norm of 3,000 km. for that month.
12. All trucks were required to carry a trailer 35% of the time, and
13. Trucks were required to be in operation 67% of the time and buses were
required to. operate 76% of the time. These were critical figures,
which everyone watched, as were the ton-kilometer (or passenge:r_..kilo-
meter) figures.
14. The slightest underfulfillment of the plan would cause the driver of
a vehicle to lose his bonus, even if it lacked only one-tenth o-'
one ter gent. If, on the other hand, the norm for the entire operation
was fulfilled 100%, a 35% bonus was paid, this bonus being split among
the sections according to individual rank. If the operation reached
115% of plan fulfillment (in 1953) the bonus amounted to 100% of the
.base total wage.
15. During the year 1952, the expected number of accidents involving a
state-owned vehicle was, for Poland, 300,000 accidents of all types.
The 01,sztyn section had an accident allowance of 280 individual
accidento, and this was just about the number of accidents which
actual`1y occurred. Of these, about 15 resulted in dea-`!is. Statistics
for 1951, 1952,.and 1953 were about the same.. The person responsible
for an accident paid for the damage. In the case of a: truck driver
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attached to the PKS, he was compelled to pay damages when he was
established as the responsible party in an accident.
S The normal stock of parts at the repair stations was a 11 - 3 month
supply. For those parts which were particularly difficult to get,
the stock was inclined toward the lower figure.
17. The parts stock norm was in monetary terms and the total could i
no instance be exceeded by the depot. Thus, if-a depot's stock
allowance was 2,000,000 zloty and one part more was needed, it could
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18. For those tires produced in Poland (the "Stomil" tire is the only
Polish tire brand; it is produced in all common sizes at a factory
which is located near Poznan) the truck tire norm was 25,000 m.
For truck tires from outside of Poland the tire norm was 35,000 m.
19. Seventy per cent of all tires used in Poland was within two sizes,
the 7.50 x 20 and the 8.25 x 20. Of this 70%, about half was of
one size and half the other with 8.25 predominating slightly.
Other sizes in rather common use were:
For-the Chausson 1100 x 20
Skoda Buses 1200 x 22
Some U. S. makes 900 x 20
20. Two types of fuel were available an Poland, but not in all areas.
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These two types were a leaded asoline and a r
regular twe predominat d.'
Ithe norm for vehl,ole operations
not differentiate between the two. The following norms applied
in any case:
Star 20
27 lit./100 km.
Warsaw
13 lit./100 km.
ZIS 150
27 lit./100 km.
Ford
32 lit,/100 km.
Willys Jeep
fZit./100 km.
Chausson (diesel)
21 lit /100 km.
Leyland (diesel)
22 1it../100 km.
3 Enclosures
1 - Price List of Subassemblies for the Star 20 Truck as of 1 June 1954
2 - Vehicles And Trailers Used in Poland as of 1 June 1954
3 - Other Vehicles in Common Use in Poland, 1953
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Enclosure 1
Price List of Subassemblies for the Star 20 Truck
as o
1Jue1954
Cost of the Entire Vehicle,. New
56,000 zlotys
a .
Ergiee'. (new)
12,000
b.
Rear axle assembly and drive
shaft
,000
2
c.
Frame
8
,000
d,
Cab (ch;#uffeur's booth)
7,000
e .
Freigh) body
5,500
f.
Transco: 'ssion
6,000
S.
Radiator
1,800
When bought for replacement, the individual subassembly prices prevailed
and totaled more than a complete new truck.
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d
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B
a
e
ody
Type
Star 20
Truck
Star
20
Adapted-
bus
l
20
Cable,
it re
Star
21
Truck
Star
50
Bus
Star
50
ire truck
Star
50
Street
cleaning
Star
51
Bus
Star
52 f
Bus
Star
60/61
Rear-axle
trailer
Star
Dump true
Lublin
Truck
Lublin
Bakeryvan
Lublin
e remark
Lublin
Ambulance
Warsaw
R 20
Auto
Syrena
Aub
Pionier
Auto
S.H.L.
125
tor-
e
ycle
S.H.L.
N 350
k
P3
P3
'
Trailer
Spec.
trailer
Vehi es an Trailers Use in Po nd Enclosure a
Jas of
1 J~_ i954
ar location of
ue*;M
Count t Factory
Poland 1948 Starachowice
1954 see 'Remarks'
1951
1952
1952
1953
1950 Lublin
1954 Lublin & Jekm
1954 "
1954 "
1948 ran, Warsaw
1954 ran, Warsaw
1954 Jelcz
1947 Warsaw
1954 Warsaw
1948 Warsaw
onnage lax.
m. t.) ed
(km)
3.5
85
30 per
suns
85
85
3.5
75
36
rsons
70
70
70
36
rsons
75
42
era cas
75
6
65
3.5
85
2:.5
70
70
70
litte
70
pers.
1l0
pers.
85
pers.
75
pers.
pers.
85
2
3
.
yes
no
yes
no
no
yes
no
no
yes
no
no
yes
yes
no
no
yes
yes
Remarks
a
Chassis and engine built in Starachowicei
body at Jelcz
Telegraph and telephone installation and
repair
Prototype produced
Chassis and engine produced at Starachowice
Same as bus
Same as bus
Chassis and engine produced at Starachowice
body produced at Jelcz from 1954.
Self-contained (ecmplete) body attachable
to chassis
"Licensed" production of Scv let GAZ 51
Two models eompleted-used for bakery del._
TWO models completed--used for meat
deliveries
Production planned for November 1954
"Licensed" production of Soviet GAZ 20
Three different models comple ted
Three different models completed
An improved type "125" to be produced
in 19.55
Series of tests completed
" 11954 Pelez 12.5 I - no I A "lowered' trailer for
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1955 IStaraehowice
1951 Starachowice
andeSanok
" -:1951
spa cial
conditions"
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Make
Aoaei
Doay
Type
aucer
Country
rear
In=tro-
dated
Location of
Factory
Tonnage
(m. t.)
Max-
peed
~kkm)
Used
by
Mili
ary': Remarks
assenger
Poland
Jelcz
2.5
A "lowered trailer for special
cargo
trailer
ork-shop
1954
Je lez
conditions"
Same as above
trailer
iving
1954
Jelcz
Same as above
railer
r-bus
N
1954
Jelcz
Only model completed
ZIS
5
(Snack)
ck
USSR
1931
Unknown
3.0
65
yea
ZIS
150
k
"
1950
Unknown
3.5
75
yes
CIS
585
true]
1951
Unknown
3.5
75
no
MAZ
ck
1952
Unknown
10.0
70
no
"Mack Diesel License"
Skoda
706 R
ek
Czech
1948
Unknown
7.5
75
yes
Skoda
706 H
BUS
M
1951
48 per
.85
yes
H
Sko da
1100
Auto
N
1947
4 per
.110
yes
E-1
Sko da
1200
Auto
M
1953
5 per
.120
yes
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Other Vehicles in Common Use ie Poland, 1953.
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In addition to the vehicles shown in Enclosure 2, there are a few US,
.English, and German makes, so-called post-UNRRA and post-German, as
well as a small number of new foreign vehicles:
Make
,..,
,..
Model
LIB
.
.
.
Me Vehicle
Capacity
Producer C
ountry
.I,
.
.
.
Tatra
Volvo
Vagar
111
Truck
Bus
Bus
10 tons
Czechoslov
Swedish
Hungarian
ak.
Fiat
Pitt
Fiat
Leyland
Leyland
Chausson
1100
666
667
LOPS
OPS
Auto
Truck
Truck
Italian
Italian
Italian
English
English
French
ZIM
GAZ
Chevrolet
151
51
Auto
USSR
USSR
(rieetmaster)
Auto
Us
Mercedes
180
Auto
German
IPA
P8, F9
Auto
German Dem
Republic
ocratic
I'A (Horch)
Truck
German Dem
Republic
ocratic
Phanomen
Ambulance
German Dem
Republic
ocratic
Citroen
Auto
;
French.
Java.
250
Motorcycle
Czechoslov
ak
Java
350
Motorcycle
Czechoslov
ak.
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