1976 ErAZ-762B
ErAZ (Armenian: Երեւանի ավտոմոբիլային գործարան) was an automobile manufacturer in Yerevan, Armenia mostly known for producing the van RAF-977K (as ErAZ-762) from 1966 to 1996. Plans to establish the ErAZ factory came about on December 31, 1964, by the Council of Ministers of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic. The original staff were trained at the Riga Autobus Factory (RAF) in Latvia and UAZ in Russia. ErAZ was privatized in 1995 and declared bankruptcy in 2002.
The first vehicle, known as the ErAZ 762 (known as Yeraz (Dream), was built 1 May 1966, assembling parts produced elsewhere. Production the first year was 1000 vehicles (about half the plant's design capacity of 2,500 peryear). Early products had payloads of 800 kg (1,800 lb) and 1,000 kg (2,200 lb). They are vans and furgons which were produced for the needs of the Armenian country and other republics in USSR.
The company built an improve ErAZ 762A beginning in 1969. Production climbed to 6,500 a year by 1973, and reached 12,000 in 1975, thanks to installation of a genuine assembly line, one of the Soviet Union's first of its kind. The ErAZ 762B appeared in 1976. In 1982, the company built their 100,000th vehicle.
The first vehicle, known as the ErAZ 762 (known as Yeraz (Dream), was built 1 May 1966, assembling parts produced elsewhere. Production the first year was 1000 vehicles (about half the plant's design capacity of 2,500 peryear). Early products had payloads of 800 kg (1,800 lb) and 1,000 kg (2,200 lb). They are vans and furgons which were produced for the needs of the Armenian country and other republics in USSR.
The company built an improve ErAZ 762A beginning in 1969. Production climbed to 6,500 a year by 1973, and reached 12,000 in 1975, thanks to installation of a genuine assembly line, one of the Soviet Union's first of its kind. The ErAZ 762B appeared in 1976. In 1982, the company built their 100,000th vehicle.
