Hi all!
I like very much your forum and your activity of building a very fine cars

My name is Roman, I`m from Zelenograd, small russian town =)

I`m glad to represent you my little project - ZIL 130 R/T %)

I`m sorry for my English





Here it is - my donor car with hard destiny...

After expensive and qualitative tuning of salon of this van, the power steering reducer has begun to flow.

Trip to service...kind masters with phrase "All is ready!"...way home, speed ~65 mph, road turn, steering wheel turns separately from wheels...braking, flight in a deep ditch, falling on the roof and sliding between birches and pines (snow Russian winter).

It was found out, the master has forgotten to fix the screw of a steering shaft...
Why nobody has suffered - I don`t know itself ...



The salon has been disassembled, little work with a gas torch


The frame is a little rusty


Preparation for dismantling and clearing of a rust


The frame looks as new


At geological prospecting station has bought a cabin from polar chisel station on the basis of the Soviet military truck Zil 131. The car all life worked on a pole since 1976 year


After change of the bottom and cabin power structure


In zil so difficult to sit (especially with my growth), but I should go for a drive on it on a long distance...
As a result the pedal knot has transferred forward on 15 sm, it became easier to sit. Much more!


Sometimes I wanted to commit suicide ;-)))


In comparison with our "Tchaika" ))


The exhaust system is simple as 5 cents.
Two pipes in diameter 63mm pass in the muffler 3 inches diameter, all stainless steel




Thanks for a bumper, daddy!!!





That`s all for today. Work proceeds, in plans engine tuning with help of Lysholm 2300 supercharger and others...

Zil 130 R/T
length 5.75 meters
width 2.2 meters
height 2.0 meter

Thanks for attention =)

P.S. Some words about ZIL 130. Zil 130 was a soviet track from early 60s. At time of creation of its design the Soviet designers were guided by Ford Pickups =)


From Russia with love =)

 

Little videos

First driving
YouTube - ??? 130 R/T by Dr.Broman.avi

Exhaust
YouTube - ?????? ?? Ford 130 ?????.AVI

Little story (unfortunately in Russian)
YouTube - ??? 130 R/T by Dr.Broman


With "Tchayka"

 

Welcome to the forum! That is definitely an interesting project. The ZIL cab does have resemblence to a 56 Ford truck, while the front sheetmetal looks to be similar to a Dodge truck.

I, myself, hail from Odessa, Ukraine.

 

Wow, cool project!

thanks for sharing that

Bobby

 

Hello and Welcome!

Wer are glad to have you here and sharing your project!

 

51PanelMan
bobbytnm
Julies Cool F1


Thank you guys!

All news about my car I will place here

 

Hello and Welcome! I LOVE IT! Reminds me of my first few cars that I pieced together and then took them out to see how loud and how fast they were! Some didn't even make it out of the garage! LOL Thank you for sharing your project.

 

Some photos about Zil 130 family, very popular truck in Russia =)


Base model of truck since 1958 year
Engine: 6.0 V8 or diesel





Military off road modification Zil 131 6x6





Our traditional Zil derby racing

 

Now that Zil derby racing looks like a lot of fun.

 

Looking at the pics I can see Ford, Dodge , Studebaker , and IH styling influences. I would be interested to see what the origional engine looked like. Looks like a interesting project , more pictures please!!


Have A Great Day -------- Hotwrench

 

I saw a bunch of those in Afganastan and Pakistan in the mid-1980's

 

That, my friend is wild. To see such large trucks taking flight. Thanks for sharing those interesting photos and videos. I can see the resemblence of the ford but like others have mentioned I can also see the resemblence of the others as well. Please keep us posted as it's a very cool project.

 

Afghanistan has lots of them still; as mentioned above the cab is very similiar to Ford's 56 F-100. When I saw them I thought they were modified Fords.

 

The Russians had a knack for copying American vehicles. My dad was a mechanic in Russia. When he came over here, he was working on older Mustangs and Falcons. He told me that their drive train (from the 60s) is similar to the drivetrain in the Volgas of the 70s and 80s.

Also, the older Chaika's have a resemblence to mid-50s Packards.

Chaika


56 Packard

 

Thanks and welcome. Great pics, I love that snow racing shot. My grandparents are from Russia, it's wonderful to see that project taking shape. Hot Rods from Russia, I love it!! Keep us up on the progress.