There was a catch in last week's quiz, as it wasn't a 'real' pre-war. But most of you noticed it and gave the right answer. Yes, it is a ZIS or ZIL 110 B. A car based on a Packard (that was the pitfall for many of you), something Stalin loved. Even if you don't know the car, you were able to find out more about the car as the persons in it were well known. So, the car is a ZIL 110B. It's a prototype, manufactured during the World War. Stalin wanted to show to the world that he could improve the car manufacturing process, even during the World War. That is the reason why he made this car. The photo was set by Iveta, who has the car for 27 years now.
What makes this kind of quizzes as interesting as they are, is the fact that we find new information in the answers. One of the responses came from Konstantin Zhukov, who restored the car in 1998. He gave us more photo of the car on his own website.
As said, many good answers came in and this makes our task even harder to choose a winner. After reading all the answers, we decided that Henk Visscher will receive the full 5 points for his answer as he is most complete: On 29-04-1958 Gamal Abdel Nasser, president of the newly formed United Arab Republic (Egypt and Syria) arrived in Moscow for an 18-day state visit. Soviet Presidium Chairman Voroshilov and First Secretary Khrushchev welcomed him. Standing in the pictured ZIL-110B (mirrored!), they drove to the Kremlin. Launched end-1945, the 110-limousine designed for the Communist elite was the product of reverse engineering of the 1942 Packard-180. Initially named ZIS-110 (Zavod Imeni Stalina), the model was rebranded as the ZIL-110 (Zavod Imeni Lichachova) when Khrushchev had denounced Stalin. The cabriolet version ZIS/ZIL-110B was produced between 1949 and 1957; about 40 cars built.
Other good answers (who will receive the 3 points) came from: Tom St. Martin, Jeff Perkins, Donald Risen, Michael Roehrs, Paul Amato, Alan Spencer, Anders Svenfelt, Stephane Aderca, Robiolle Stanislas, Larry A. Lewis, David Horsley, Valery Patrakov, Gotthard, Adam, Awini Ambuj Shanker, George Cassidy, Fritz Hegemann, Andreas Brocke, Darryl Grey, Bob Hall, Stuart Penketh, Gerd Klioba, Peter Skofic, Robert Hafner, Jean-Claude Poisson, Bernard Corrège, David Chelonie, Fried Stol and Luc Ryckaert.
The bad luck trophy of 1 point goes to: Alan Brookman, Sarah Foret and Politi.
This gives us a change in the top 5:
1. Gerd Klioba - 33 points
2. Henk Visscher - 29 points
3. Alan Spencer - 28 points
4. Fritz Hegemann - 23 points
5. Luc Ryckaert - 22 points
Thank you all for participating and enjoy your weekend!