The L395 brochure was very interesting to see, specially the information about the two different types of bogies. But they have forgot to mention that the trailing axle was possible to lift from the ground with a crank and chain… at least the Titan from 1954 I´ve looked at had that system
In Sweden L395 was called Titan, and the L385 was called Viking. This Titan was owned by a federation of milk farmers in Sweden, and it was transporting milk between different dairy plants… the colours was black and light yellow, so they were easy to recognize on the road.
Here´s something for the younger to learn from, and for us older to remember . This folder is printed in 1976, but it feels like yesterday when it was up-to-date. Since it includes several different models I thought I could post it here
The first pages of in all 20…
A luxurious cab: adjustable seats… and two fans for heating in the F88/F89
This was a new model for me… have never heard about it before, so it´s a real good find . I´ve looked in my own archive and on the internet finding nothing about LB110H. The only LB- and LBS110 I´ve seen from 1968 is “S” after the number, and that stands for Super(charged)… anyone knowing anything about this model?
Autotransit:
This was a new model for me… have never heard about it before, so it´s a real good find . I´ve looked in my own archive and on the internet finding nothing about LB110H. The only LB- and LBS110 I´ve seen from 1968 is “S” after the number, and that stands for Super(charged)… anyone knowing anything about this model?
/Stellan
Maybe it means “högerstyrd” (RHD), as in Scania modells at the time, all the letter meanings were in swedish.
As you Stellan very well know
Autotransit:
This was a new model for me… have never heard about it before, so it´s a real good find . I´ve looked in my own archive and on the internet finding nothing about LB110H. The only LB- and LBS110 I´ve seen from 1968 is “S” after the number, and that stands for Super(charged)… anyone knowing anything about this model?
/Stellan
Hej Stellan,
Naturally aspirated LBs were “H,” turboed ones were “HS.” Juilman’s theory sounds good- I did not know the LHD ones had no “H.” The brochure picture, however, shows a 110 Super- just to add to the confusion!
Autotransit:
This was a new model for me… have never heard about it before, so it´s a real good find . I´ve looked in my own archive and on the internet finding nothing about LB110H. The only LB- and LBS110 I´ve seen from 1968 is “S” after the number, and that stands for Super(charged)… anyone knowing anything about this model?
/Stellan
Hej Stellan,
Naturally aspirated LBs were “H,” turboed ones were “HS.” Juilman’s theory sounds good- I did not know the LHD ones had no “H.” The brochure picture, however, shows a 110 Super- just to add to the confusion!
Perhaps Scania used the same photo for other brochures, and missed the Super badge on this one since it´s so
small?
Autotransit:
This was a new model for me… have never heard about it before, so it´s a real good find . I´ve looked in my own archive and on the internet finding nothing about LB110H. The only LB- and LBS110 I´ve seen from 1968 is “S” after the number, and that stands for Super(charged)… anyone knowing anything about this model?
/Stellan
Hej Stellan,
Naturally aspirated LBs were “H,” turboed ones were “HS.” Juilman’s theory sounds good- I did not know the LHD ones had no “H.” The brochure picture, however, shows a 110 Super- just to add to the confusion!
Perhaps Scania used the same photo for other brochures, and missed the Super badge on this one since it´s so
small?
/Stellan
I don’t recall seeing letter H in LHD brochures, only like: LB/LBS/LBT 110S, that’s reason why I thought it might indicate for RHD. Cheers for all, Juha
Richard Stanier:
The Scania brochures seem to create some interest, so here’s some more for you to have a look at…
Hi Richard,
That LV80 is new to me. It is weird- as if they wanted to make a Sherrow-styled cab, but keep the overall shape of the LB76. One wonders why they bothered, when the factory LB80 had, by all accounts, a perfectly adequate cab. Please post the rest of the brochure, along with every bit of information you have about the other LV models!
It´s the first time I ever I´ve heard, or seen, anything about an LV80… so yet again I´ve learned something new
here . I too would appreciate to see more of the LV80 brochure. Do you know from what year it is? When Scania 1969 released LB80 in Sweden it had the larger letters… could the LV80 be an earlier model?
Autotransit:
It´s the first time I ever I´ve heard, or seen, anything about an LV80… so yet again I´ve learned something new
here . I too would appreciate to see more of the LV80 brochure. Do you know from what year it is? When Scania 1969 released LB80 in Sweden it had the larger letters… could the LV80 be an earlier model?
The LB110, with its small lettering, was launched in February 1968, so Beers would have needed to be quick to get “their” 80 on the market before the LB80.
The specification sheet is in a similar style to Scania’s “own”, almost as if it were published by the factory, or at least with Scania’s approval. This raises the question, if Scania knew about Beers’ plans, why did they not warn the Dutch company off (wasting time on a competitive, almost identical product)? Even if the two firms did not communicate on the subject, Beers must have guessed that Scania would follow the LB110 with an 8 litre version, sooner or later. I’ll say it again- why did they bother? I can understand the motivation to build the LV75- from what I can deduce, the market was crying out for it and Scania Vabis was not in a position to meet the demand, but this…
Volvos first “modern” forward-control sleeper cab came in 1965, so those probably license built cabs were several years earlier. My thought about this is that Scania was more export minded than Volvo… and in Sweden the total length of the vehicles didn’t matter. Maybe tax regulations on horsepower in Holland contributed at that time?
I hope that I dare to post some more pages about how to drive a Volvo (the old way) when I mentioned it above… it´s a kind of brochure too I think
Is any one interested in trading brochures by the way? I have a good network of folks across the globe that I exchange truck brochures with, and I am always interested in making new contacts. The photo below shows my duplicates and I could do with swapping them, as there are too many! I have scanned the covers and produced a CD with about 4000 images on it. There’s a good variety of stuff included from old classics to recent brochures from unusual (to Brits) makers from all over the world. If anyone has any interesting spares to trade, please send me a PM, or email me at rjstanier@aol.com . Cheers, Rich.