Re: ZIL-111

Posted by R Anderson On 2010/3/25 13:39:58

Beautiful front end shot! One can see the Chaika has just a skosh (slang for "a tiny little bit") of forward curvature to the hooded headlights, like the '56 Senior Packards, while the big ZIL is like the '55s, without it. Did the 2 cars, ZIL 111 and Chaika, share any parts in common?... I noticed some Chaikas have the same double side trim as the ZIL on the last page.

On another note, all of these cars are rare, even in Russia - my son's room-mate in graduate school was born in Eastern Ukraine and still has family in Russia that he visits. He told me he saw a ZIL only once in his life, at a wedding in Leningrad.