The ZIL-130 is a Soviet/Russian truck produced by ZIL in Moscow, Russia. The first prototype (named Ukraina, means Ukraine) was built in 1956. Production began in 1962, while mass production started in 1964. It was one of the most numerous cargo trucks in the USSR and Russia, in total ZIL built 3,380,000 trucks up to 1994. In 1995, production was moved to the now-defunct Ural Motor Plant (UamZ, its trucks were known as UamZ-43140).
History[]
The ZIL plant started working on a replacement for the ZIL-164, right after De-Stalinization took place. The first prototype was built some months later and had an all-new cabin, as well as a wider, wraparound windshield and a V-shaped emblem identical to 1956 Ford F-Series trucks (after-Ford Model TT (1917-1925), Ford Model TT (1925-1927), Ford Model AA (1927-1929), Ford Model AA (1930-1931), Ford Model BB (1932), Ford Model BB (1933-1934), Ford V8 1½-Ton (1935-1936), Ford V8 1½-Ton (1937), Ford V8 1½-Ton (1938-1939), Ford V8 1½-Ton (1940-1941), Ford V8 1½-Ton (1942-1947), Ford F-Series (1948—1950), Ford F-Series (1951), Ford F-Series (1952), Ford F-Series (1953), Ford F-Series (1954), and Ford F-Series (1955)).
The new model retained little from its predecessor, with a new V8 engine (displacing 6.0 liters) and a more reinforced frame. The newer truck was slightly shorter than the ZIL-164. Mass-production started in 1964 under the ZIL-130 name, and soon the ZIL-164 was discontinued in favor of its more modern successor.
The ZIL-130 received the latest features adopted by the global car industry of the 1950s while not being based on any foreign model and having a unique chassis, cabin and other parts. In addition to the widely used two-axle version, there was also the three-axle ZIL-133, as well as a military version with three axles, a redesigned cab and all-wheel drive, the ZIL-131.
In addition to vehicles such as the lighter GAZ-53 or the slightly larger MAZ-500, it shaped the streetscape of the Soviet Union for several decades.
At the beginning of the 1980s, the ZIL-138 was launched on the market, a version that could be operated with gaseous fuels. In 1986, the models were renamed according to the standard that had been in force since 1966. The ZIL-130 became the ZIL-431410, and all other modifications were given new numbers.
In 1986, ZIL introduced the newer ZIL-4331, but production of the ZIL-431410 continued even after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, eventually ending in 1995, when the design tooling was sold to UamZ and production continued as the UamZ-43140.
At UAmZ and AMUR, the truck continued to be manufactured, most recently as AMUR-531350. Production ended only after the manufacturer was declared bankrupt in the summer of 2010 with debts of over three billion rubles.
Like the broadly similar 3.5 ton GAZ-53, the ZIL-130 was also available in a 4-door double cab configuration, but only in fire engine forms.