Auto ID #7

[Harry P.]

Do not post any answers or hints here!

Email your answer to harrypri@att.net or send me a PM.

The answer: GAZ 12 Limousine (1950-59)

[sjordan2]

Am I the first? Am I the first? Am I the first?

[Harry P.]

Am I the first? Am I the first? Am I the first?

Yes, yes and yes.

[dimaxion]

Uh ..Harry ..the dreaded Red Xs ...Please help and fix ..Thanx ..

[Modelmartin]

I am stumped!

[MikeMc]

Wowser Harry!!!!!...Those wheels threw me for a loop!!!!

if I had known what they were

Edited July 12, 2010 by MikeMc

[Guest]

Red X!!!

[Eric Stone]

Looks like.... cold.

[dimaxion]

Harry : I got around the dreaded Red X . I won't even begain to guess what this is . I know I come up with original ideas . Nonesuch on this one . Thank you for the Grey matter stimulii . Thanx ..

[puddingwrestler]

Do my eyes deceive me or is that a 1976 Big Green Thing?

[Harry P.]

Do my eyes deceive me or is that a 1976 Big Green Thing?

[Fisher61]

It looks like the designers of this one ripped off a little from GM,Ford,Chrysler and Packard!

[Jordan White]

Here's a clue: the wheels are from a 90's Mitsubishi Montero.

[Danno]

Well, it kinda looks like ... but it isn't. And it sorta looks like ... but, no, not that either. Then again it really appears to be a ... nah, I don't think so afterall. But it almost has to be a ...

[Guest]

Still see a red x, what do I do?????

[Jordan White]

Try clicking the link then, maybe your browser doesn't like photobucket...

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j269/harrypri/Real%20or%20Model/autoid7-1.jpg

[MikeMc]

Try clicking the link then, maybe your browser doesn't like photobucket...

http://i82.photobuck...l/autoid7-1.jpg

I did.........its still UGLY!!!!!!!!!

[Harry P.]

GAZ-12 ZIM is a Russian limousine produced from 1950 till 1959. ZIM stands for Zavod Imeni Molotova, which reflects the factory's official name at the time. Models produced after 1956 did not carry the ZIM abbreviation anymore.

The cars all looked pretty much the same throughout the run, so anyone that guessed anything between 1950 and 1959 got it "right."

The winners:

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sjordan2

Mark Taylor

MikeMc

trogdor

mdlman1

Thom

chris pflug

badluck13

chillyb1

plumber

mr moto

junkman

Real or Model coming MONDAY!

[Zoom Zoom]

Such a mish-mash of various American car styling cues, I wonder how it compares in size? Looks like it might be a size smaller than the US cars that it vaguely resembles.

Does anyone know if the Gilmore Museum in Kalamazoo still has the ZIL limousine on display, one of the few that is interactive and you can sit inside the car? I couldn't read the controls...

[MikeMc]

Edited July 16, 2010 by MikeMc

[Modelmartin]

The answer: GAZ 12 Limousine (1950-59)

I suspected Eastern Bloc but couldn't find pics. The grille looks like a Cadillac, the hood and front fenders look like Buick. The doors and green house '49-'51 Merc. A cool car but I hate those wheels the owner put on it!

[Jim Gibbons]

The same day I saw the the car was posted, there were photos from the '50s to the '70s in the English Russia site I subscribe to. This picture has the front end of one on the left side. I knew it had to be Russian or Eastern Bloc, but just couldn't find the answer.

Funny how we "Capitalist Pigs" influenced Soviet industrial design back then. Not that they would have admitted to it, though!

[MikeMc]

Follow this link and see some real neat stuff......go to all-cars

http://www.oldrussiancars.com/