Jelcz — mug

Jelcz ceramic mug

Mug capacity: 330 ml

Jelcz 300

Jelcz is not only a favorite place for people from Lower Silesia, where they spend summer afternoons by the lake. Jelcz is also famous trucks, with the iconic 300 series produced between 1968 and 1992. However, before our Jelcz went into production, Jelczńskie Zakłady Samochodowe (Jelcz Automotive Works) were producing its predecessor, the Żubr A80. It was a flawed model, but it had a load capacity of up to 8 tons – it was the only Polish-made truck of its kind until then. The Jelcz plant began work on a new, better-designed truck model in 1966, aiming to produce a vehicle that could carry loads weighing 10 to 12 tons.

Thus, in 1967, prototypes of the Jelcz "three-hundreds" were created. In the early 1970s, the load capacity even exceeded the desired 12 tons, allowing for the transport of 18-ton loads. Despite increasingly better results, the Jelcz vehicles did not satisfy the manufacturers. Therefore, in 1972, the Automotive Works turned to the Austrian company Steyr-Daimler-Puch with a proposal for cooperation. From then on, Austrian components were used in Polish trucks. Shortly after, due to technical difficulties, the cooperation was interrupted, and the Jelcz plant returned to improving older designs, thus maintaining production until the 1990s. Now, the famous "three-hundreds" are not seen on the streets, but they can be seen on T-shirts – thanks to you, Jelcz will remain iconic.

The drawing was created by Wrocław artist Paweł Grabowski.