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Solved - NEH 1008: ZIL 111/113 styling exercise 1961
« on: March 14, 2011, 12:13:04 PM »
What is this, from when - for 1 point?
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Re: NEH 1008
« Reply #1 on: March 28, 2011, 09:52:25 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NEH 1008
« Reply #2 on: March 28, 2011, 05:28:08 PM »
Looks Fordish to me but I haven't found it yet.

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Re: NEH 1008
« Reply #3 on: March 29, 2011, 05:01:39 AM »
Looks Fordish to me but I haven't found it yet.

It's not a Ford!
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Re: NEH 1008
« Reply #4 on: March 29, 2011, 08:58:50 AM »
To me, it looks like a sketch showing a possible 1959 or 1960 Cadillac.

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Re: NEH 1008
« Reply #5 on: March 29, 2011, 09:21:02 AM »
No Ford, no Cadillac, this one is a Zil-113, a russian one-off styling exercice from 1963 ; it used mechanics from Zil-111.

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Re: NEH 1008
« Reply #6 on: March 29, 2011, 10:01:46 AM »
No Ford, no Cadillac, this one is a Zil-113, a russian one-off styling exercice from 1963 ; it used mechanics from Zil-111.

That's the one!
Think the Russians were trying to prove they could do Excess even better than the Americans...!
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Re: Solved - NEH 1008: ZIL 111/113 styling exercise 1961
« Reply #7 on: March 30, 2011, 05:18:05 AM »
While Khrushchev was waving good-bye to America, Zil was blowing kisses.
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