Re: ZIS on e-Bay in Texas for $200,000.
Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2016/1/27 11:47:08
It will take someone with a lot of money and little common sense to buy this.
Hi BDC, I agree with "a lot of money" but not necessarily about the lack of common sense. These cars are very highly sought after by a relatively small cadre of folks, many in Russia and the former USSR territories. I've had the good fortune to become personally involved with 3 of them, and have visited another under restoration in Sweden. Not for the mainstream hobbyists for sure, but still rare, many with a history of famous personage ownership, and valuable. Last one I saw still in a government service was when the father of the little Napoleon (I'm being kind) from North Korea passed some years ago - a fleeting view of it in the funeral cortege. I understand Vladimir Putin owns on. Endlessly interesting features, for example the Russian knock-off of the Carter carburetor - similar enough that Daytona was able to rebuild it, yet different. The mixture of English and Metric specifications, etc. Gusha may have much more to add.
Here's your erstwhile correspondent sitting in the rear of a ZIS parade car while it was local to me in the U.S. And the same car as just delivered in Sweden after re-export from the US. It's a 1950 model. Now, as to whether it's worth the asking price, I haven't a clue.
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Hi BDC, I agree with "a lot of money" but not necessarily about the lack of common sense. These cars are very highly sought after by a relatively small cadre of folks, many in Russia and the former USSR territories. I've had the good fortune to become personally involved with 3 of them, and have visited another under restoration in Sweden. Not for the mainstream hobbyists for sure, but still rare, many with a history of famous personage ownership, and valuable. Last one I saw still in a government service was when the father of the little Napoleon (I'm being kind) from North Korea passed some years ago - a fleeting view of it in the funeral cortege. I understand Vladimir Putin owns on. Endlessly interesting features, for example the Russian knock-off of the Carter carburetor - similar enough that Daytona was able to rebuild it, yet different. The mixture of English and Metric specifications, etc. Gusha may have much more to add.
Here's your erstwhile correspondent sitting in the rear of a ZIS parade car while it was local to me in the U.S. And the same car as just delivered in Sweden after re-export from the US. It's a 1950 model. Now, as to whether it's worth the asking price, I haven't a clue.
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