Wednesday, December 05, 2012

ZIL 4906 Blue Bird

Commenter Sanchez brought this amphibious Soviet vehicle to my attention.  I'm going to have to do more research.  Maybe a Truck Thursday post for Hooniverse.


3 comments:

  1. AlanDecember 5, 2012 at 10:42 AM

    This is the kind of thing I live for.

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  2. AnonymousDecember 5, 2012 at 5:13 PM

    Fantastic! I love your posts about automotive oddities like this and the (way less odd) Matador.

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  3. Ross KDecember 6, 2012 at 3:45 PM

    As usual englishrussia.com is the place to go for weird cold war machinery:

    http://englishrussia.com/2007/08/08/russian-monster-trucks-in-action/#more-1160

    I never know the 490 was the carrier for that little augur-driven truck:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAYoRQxYBb8

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