The family of sports cars ZIS-112, which appeared in 1951, had one unusual incarnation. In 1956, a sports car was created with the code name ZIL-112/3.
In 1956, a car was built, which was conventionally called the ZIL-112/2 (the ZIS era ended in mid-1956). Body panels made of fiberglass and paper honeycombs impregnated with BF glue were attached to the tubular frame. The suspension came from the ZIS-110 series, a 170 hp engine. Of. – his, but forced, with four carburettors. Boris Kurbatov became the bronze medalist of the USSR Championship on this machine in 1956. Another unusual car, the ZIL-112/3, also took part in the same championship. The filling was the same as that of version 112/2, and the design … It is possible that the bodywork was taken from Cadillac and redone.
This American-style ZIL entered the races in the mid-1950s.
The contours of the fiberglass body in the front resembled the Moskva car, the prototype of the future ZIL-111. Most likely, the car also served as a kind of mobile laboratory for studying the installation of various units on a future government car.
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