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Zil 130 R/T by DrBroman

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 :-wink

http://drbroman.users.photofile.ru/p...e/90816580.jpg

http://drbroman.users.photofile.ru/p...e/90816579.jpg

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...:-X09:-X09:-X09
Why nobody has suffered - I don`t know itself ...

http://drbroman.users.photofile.ru/p...e/90816939.jpg

The salon has been disassembled, little work with a gas torch
http://drbroman.users.photofile.ru/p...e/90816940.jpg

The frame is a little rusty ;)
http://drbroman.users.photofile.ru/p...e/90816941.jpg

Preparation for dismantling and clearing of a rust
http://drbroman.users.photofile.ru/p...e/90816942.jpg

The frame looks as new :-down
http://drbroman.users.photofile.ru/p...e/90816944.jpg

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
http://drbroman.users.photofile.ru/p...e/90816945.jpg

After change of the bottom and cabin power structure
http://drbroman.users.photofile.ru/p...e/90816946.jpg

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!
http://drbroman.users.photofile.ru/p...e/90816947.jpg

Sometimes I wanted to commit suicide ;-)))
http://drbroman.users.photofile.ru/p...e/90816949.jpg

In comparison with our "Tchaika" ))
http://drbroman.users.photofile.ru/p...e/90816950.jpg

The exhaust system is simple as 5 cents.
Two pipes in diameter 63mm pass in the muffler 3 inches diameter, all stainless steel
http://drbroman.users.photofile.ru/p...e/90816951.jpg

http://drbroman.users.photofile.ru/p...e/90816952.jpg

Thanks for a bumper, daddy!!! :-wink
http://drbroman.users.photofile.ru/p...e/90816953.jpg
http://drbroman.users.photofile.ru/p...e/90816955.jpg
http://drbroman.users.photofile.ru/p...e/90816956.jpg

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 =)

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! :-X22

All news about my car I will place here :-X06

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.

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:-X25

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
http://www.limospb.ru/foto2/chaika_b.jpg

56 Packard
http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/...-hundred-1.jpg

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.:-wink