Closer look - UAZ 469 - Walk-around and Drive 

Better, more interesting and detailed review than Top Gear and Doug DeMuro, which are, basically, the "lmao, look at how terrible this Soviet car is"

The historic trip to Elbrus took place in August 1974. Three absolutely standard UAZ-469B vehicles driven by test drivers of the Ulyanovsk Automobile Plant Vladimir Dunaev, Yuri Bulagin and Vladimir Khoruzha climbed the serpentine slope of Elbrus to an altitude of 4200 meters above sea level. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

My father worked as a veterinarian and drove UAZ469 in Hungary. He worked in a collective farm (колхоз) and visited the different places where the cows and other animals were placed. As I child I often accompained him during the job with the Kommandirksy. Good old times of the 80'....

Nice demo! However, you didn't mentioned one interesting trivia about this car: the left and right head light is same part, the left and right rear light is the same part, the left and right front signal light is the same part and, finally, the left and right side signal light is the same part. Also for all four doors there are actually only 2x2 parts: the lower front and rear part of the door is same part, as well as the upper front right and upper rear left part of the door is same part. Also, you can completely convert this car to a cabrio by removing the soft (or on some versions hard) roof and upper parts of the door (or the whole door) and put down the front glas on the motor hood.

I remember in 1993 my neighbor cranking this things engine with a hand crank. We still had these in police service in Latvia. Takes quite an effort.

Ancient does not equate with not functional. That is a remarkably capable vehicle. Thanks for sharing.

Growing up in Lithuania i remember these very well, especially in police service. Few of the neighbors had them as personal cars. Always been a huge fan of old UAZ. I am 32 living in USA words cant describe how badly I want one here for myself. Truly utilitarian Soviet Jeep.

I'm in Western Ukraine and just saw a 1956 UAZ 2dr 469 in mint condition . Beautiful and I own a Jeep Wrangler and was and still am jealous. Thanks for the video.

UAZ Buchanka (UAZ 452) is always a heart opener. Even in such sad condition. Thank you so much!

18:54 Сбтитры "музыка" до чего творчество дошло что эти звуки даже Ютуб интерпретирует как музыку видимо инженеры ЗМЗ постарались в мелодичность этого двигателя.

Thank you! Wanted a bit more info about these. Recently bought a 2019 lada niva and have fallen in love with these russian beasts!

I drove a few of these in Nicaragua back in the day, good memories!

The nickname of UAZ 452 in Russia is "loaf of bread". In 1990s I have travelled extensively in one of those throughout Karelia which is one of the most remote and isolated regions in European part of Russia. At the time the roads there were in very bad shape, so only real off-roader like the UAZ could cope with that. PS Oh, forgot to mention that the temperatures were as low as minus 40 C sometimes.

Козлик есть 🐐, буханка есть 🍞, а где головастик 🐸?

Wow incredible, you can’t get more cheap, realiable and reparaible than that. Truly the urss and the usa have different mindsets towards car manufacturing. I’m mesmerized.

My uncle had one of those; the thing that impressed me the most it was the heater: In seconds it went from under zero to toasty hot.

I really enjoyed your review, I’ve been looking for a good review on one of these in English. Cheers from Colorado.

On the Calgary Overseas Project in Siberia we had the hard top jeep style and the van style units. We called the jeeps "Turtles", which the Russians didn't like for some reason. Quite simple and reliable little units. We also had the Kamaz 6x6 with bus bodies on the back for the rig crews. All of the Russian trucks had oversized diffs and underpowered engines by our standards. Considering the sand and rough roads you never got much above 30mph so power was not reaĺly needed. Low gear ratios and central tire inflation were more important than hp.

Very good video. Bring back many memories from army. I dont know if your car had the octane adjustment in co-driver footwell. Also the fuse holder is worth mentioning. These might be also some special model features (finnish army). Octane adjustment was a turing knob in co-driver footwell which turn the distributor base advance. That was adjustable while driving and was done by listening the knock. Fuse holder was also other specialty. Older UAZ had 3 fuses (correct me). Fuse holder per fuse had 2 brass tabs. In fuse holder cover there was amp rating per fuse and bobbin of really thin copper wire. If i remember correctly one round was 2.5amps. So you need to spool wanted amount of rounds to get correct amps per fuse. Easy to add few amps in field conditions if needed. One more story come to my memory. We managed to broke a window from driver door in our forrest camp trip. We get good plenty of good shouting from officers about the expensis. Maybe week later I see officer in car depot and asked about the window. He say that he call about the availability of the spare part window. They said its not available but whole door can get with window. The driver door with unbroken window cost 20euro. This was year 2001. I still have UAZ fever. Good car and the best in offroad.

We had one in Iraq the wheel lug nut took the same wrench as the oil drain plug which i thought was clever.

14:12 as former owner of similar vehicle i can say that "after mounted switch" is for switching fuel indicator between tanks. There also should be one more knob for hand trottle on left side under speedometer, i think it is absent on civilian version and was only on UAZ-469-512. Car is loud, shaky and poorly insulated (just look at door pockets - there is only thin outer metal sheet, no insulation at all, and its true for every other part of 469). Brake booster can be easily added, in my case it was pneumatic one from GAZelle truck.

In Russia, this machine is produced at the moment without any big changes !it's the 21st century ,АК ,уаз и Т 72

The Buhanka is one of my favorite cars, its a shame they're so rare here in Finland. I think the reason is that it wasn't as big of an export car like Lada. So you can probably imagine the surprise when I saw one parked on the side of the road in Helsinki (Finland's capitol)

Thank you very much for the good demonstration, which satisfied my curiosity about this famous but little known vehicle in the West. Years ago in Mozambique I saw a jeep like this pulling a huge trailer loaded with logs and people, doing a hard a job that seemed to be customary over there. Surely a strong beast.

this is awesome. one of these has been my dream vehicle since i was a kid. my grandad growing up rebuilt old jeeps and he really wanted one of these but could never find one.

Simple, cheap, effective, no comfort) It`s as T-34 among offroad cars)

I wish i had the buhanka in Australia such a beautiful van

The engine sound makes me so nostalgic! :)

There’s only a handful of truly icon vehicles in this world and the UAZ 469 is one of them.

При управлении на бездорожье, большие пальцы рук лучше ложить на руль вместе с остальными(охватывать рулевое колесо снаружи). Потому что если выбьет руль при наезде на препятствие(рулевое управление без гидроусиления) может выбить из суставов большие пальцы рук спицами рулевого колеса. И водитель полностью выходит из строя.

Great demo, thanks man! I am eager to watch the van video then. I was thinking of getting me one.

Awesome guys love you’re videos. Super fun to watch wow I have missed that specific sound of an uaz

We have a lot of UAZ in my country and a lot still in service in the army. The ones for sale in a very bad condition, start from 1,000 USD. The ones in mint condition cost a lot more, especially if their engine was swapped with a diesel one.

Always liked the UAZ, such a rustic and purely functional car.

I love how one of the taillights does not work. Authentic 👍

Thank you for the English content on on that awesome little machine. Looking forward to learning about the UAZ van

Very nice video and a Great Collection of uaz Cars. I have an UAZ 469 SPG-9, a Tank Hunter from the Former GDR (eastern germany). I think i still Need one of that uaz Vans like yours 😀. I appriciate when you Produce More content like that 👍. Greetings from the north of germany.

Thanks for the information about this great 4x4. 👍

Nice man! I banged around Mongolia in one of those vans pissed blood for 2 weeks after! incredibly capable.

Damn it was so fun to watch. Your video quality is really awesome

What a beast, I love it!

Great video! It's really difficult to find some good english content about these, but finally here it is!

😲, it's so enjoyably to see you driving UAZ cars! Nostalgia. The Jeep-style one is called "bobbyk" like name of a dog and the van has two names: "buhanka" (a loaf of bread), "tabletka" (a pill 💊) because of how it looks.

I love this simple and unique soviet design 👍🏻

Good job, thanks for sharing these interesting beasts. I like the gas funnel and rad shutters, other than that much of it seems almost backwards.

17:36 saving the best till last, i see the offroad section is what i was expecting from a video like this

Thanks for nice video. The swapped motor is from soviet-made sedan Volga GAZ-24. I believe, it has about the same displacement, but higher compression and should use gasoline with octane number 93. Also, FYI, this vehicles has very weak front and rear axels, so if you want better ones (especially for your race model) try to get military style front and rear axels with smaller central gear, but with additional gears on the wheel's side. This style of front and rear axels are more reliable and give you bigger road clearance.

I love the overbuilt and underpowered philosophy of military vehicles. The Uaz has a very quirky simplicity to it. Are the Uaz differentials open, or were limited slip options available? I am really looking forward to your video on the van!

you are in possession of all my dream vehicles! i cant get them where i live however

reminds me how once i got stuck in a "Ural" army truck on a steep climb in Kazakhstan and bypassing Uaz just pulled the truck up the hill no problem

It’s my #1 favorite car. I own it for about 10 years. #2 favorite is GAZ 63 military truck.

I want a Buhanka. They're so rare here in the States though!

Remember that you drive the 70's military jeep, so it's a bit stupid to expect 100 options and super comfort from it

When I was a kid I thought that there is not a single offroad vehicle better than this one. Today UAZiks look like they are a relic from the cold war era, with the cost efficiency being main focus in design for mass production. But I still like the looks and I still wish there were modern more powerful and comfortable versions of this Bukhankas and Uaziks to buy for family. With soft interiors, with a suspension that is good, and without bullet holes in it's hull

Great course for it, really impressive off-road performance!

Lovely cars you got there! Thanks for showing :)

My friend bought a Jeep Rubicon and sank $25k into it for off roading. I dare say I’d rather go off road in the UAZ.

The UAZ Hunter is a totally different beast ,just think mass manufactured vehicle, although it is a good off road and on road machine the ease of repairing is like chalk and cheese .

Watching this video one thing comes to mind "AK-47"

A great video and in English there some of the best 4x4s for that price but one day will have one and do not forget the Gaz 69 both very good of roaders

Ah I am not alone in Denmark with an interest for these vehicles. I also noticed a guy who imported 3 UAZ buhanka to the country and are selling them on.

Really interesting stuff it looks like a pretty rugged thing cool 😍😍😍

It looks like a very capable off roader.

Cheap, easy to manufacture and repair, good on off-road ... What else do you want from an army vehicle?

Seeing the ground through holes for the pedals , means not only that you can see OUT through the holes. WATER could get IN in flooded areas.

I laughed out loud with that last bonus clip!

I have said it once and I will say it again. Make hand cranking an engine standard on all engines. There is literally no reason to do it other than that it feels outdated, but there have been so many times when I've run out of power in the battery and I've gone "If only I had a hand crank".

I had the misfortune of driving one of these things once... No dampers, demolished synchros and a failed light that got me pulled over 🤣

"Mortars inbound in 90 seconds, pack up the picnic and put it in the back. Make sure you do it from the front"

Thanks for a good video! Impressive off-road performance.

Greets from LITHUANIA!

I agree with others. It’s a great video especially being in English. I’ve been looking to buy one for a while. In the U.K. that’s not really an option. Luckily my wife is Russian and therefore I have access to one from there. I’ve seen plenty for sale. Beware though as most are run into the ground!

Thank you for the great video! I have only found one other walk around video in English of these cool 4x4s before and it did not have as much info as this one did. In stock form it out wheels my 1995 Jeep Wrangler with its slightly larger tires, spring over axle suspension for better ground clearance and no track bars limiting suspension flex, but it definitely needs lockers! Hello from Canada!

Friend of mine has the same one. Keeps it on village house. Has no plate number and registration. Use it for collecting mushrooms. Never drives it normal road.

The 469 will be my first car don't know rather to be scared or excited.

Great video my man ! Really

i think all uaz s have 2 fuel tanks on each side but maybe on yours someone removed it :D i dont think it came from factory witout it and the newer engine is from GAZ volga 24 its 2,5 liter but has more kw i think 70 than the old engine old engine is original from volga gaz 21 it is 2,5 liter 55 kw a lot of people home uprgradet uaz s and changet these engine , this uaz on the video is not 100 percent original few things are mising but still it is a nice piece :D

Unbelievable its still in production 1950's design. Very expensive and difficult to get hold of one. Thanks for the video

Irony was that the first time I was driven in one of these, I attended an LGBT event which was guarded by police in Belgrade who use these vehicles as general purpose cars....

My father used to have one back in cuba it was the best for any terrain

I used to have a short wheelbase Haflinger, I fitted seatbelts to it so the police didn't have too much trouble finding my body.

great presentation style..Perfect rare offroad vehicle , love to have something so functionally based here in Hawaii. SO SORRY TO HEAR "RULES AND REGULATIONS" HAVE GOTTEN WAY OUT OF CONTROL THERE TOO!, maybe non participation is not a strong enough response any longer... P.S. saw that big wind generator, is that personal use? nice!!

This "omniphibian" vehicle can be flown or shipped anywhere, it couldn't drive to.

You can get together with Andre of Fast Lane Trucks, he has a Buhanka.

Thanks for the video on this Soviet era jeep. I have always been curious about them. I knew they were simple and quite rugged. Obviously they perform off road, better than most American 4x4's . Wish they had been able to establish an American dealership so we could use them here.

Man I would love to own one of those here in the states! Specially that Uaz pick up styled one!👌🥰👍but the original one looks awesome too!

it has civic axles. Army-spec axles have small diff and side reduction, so ground clearence is bigger

The ZMZ 402 what you have is 2.4 Liter not 2.7. Produces 100hp but requires 92 octane. The UMZ engine has to be ran with 76 octane or higher.

When using a crank handle - you need to have your thumbs on the SAME side as your fingers. That's in case the engine kicks back - it could cause dislocations or broken bones!

I feel like every single soviet vehicle made was always going for that timeless "4 soviet goons in balaclava's pulling random people off the street" look

Once when i was in army, two dudes on UAZ hit Ford Focus in its left side. The damages of UAZ was left headlight, bent bumper and some scrathes. Ford was totalled... And couple times i was driving the UAZ van, that called "Bookhanka", because it looks like a russian rye bread. Im tall guy, about 1m 86 cm, and drive it was a torture to me, i was like an embryo in iron womb with steering wheel, pedals and stuff(((.

Btw the new ones still look the same on the outside but everything is much better. Engine, suspension etc. You can even get it with air con

Thanks for the review! Really enjoyed every bit! But you didn't say anything about your expitrience with working on those. Does it really take 3-4 wrenches, flat screwdriver and a hammer to swap literally anything, as my grandpa used to say?

This is the car we saw in cod games

No OBD2 port?? I wish modern trucks were made this simple.

Parabéns, muito bom os seus jipes!!!

Seems like a lot of mass for a 2.5l motor. You can hear it dogging out when you are trying to accelerate. Can't imagine it tows much of anything with 72hp. If they could have stuffed an inline 6 this thing would be a step up. Definitely a farm toy more than a daily driver. With zero safety equipment its a deathtrap in a serious collision.

I am from Soviet block.. the first is a hunter, the last is a loaf (cuz it's shape like bread)

UAZ-3159 bars I would like to see the legend according to some sources this is a special version for military and foresters

DAMN I NEED ME ONE OF THEESE