SCANIA - VABIS

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Saviem:
Evening all, well Gentlemen, as we “Black Country men” are apt to say…this thread is becoming one for the “rivet counters”. So before we loose ourselves in learned arguments about the colour of the crank shaft machine operators underwear, or the thickness of the rubber mat on the 67 LB76 floor, (passenger side), perhaps a small seasonal question would be appropriate…

Launched one Christmastide…

Which Scania lorry was fitted with a Volvo cab?

In which market was this vehicle available?

And why was it so equipped?

A couple of clues…Birmingham and Lyon were in close collaboration…and the Thames Trader was a very popular choice…

I decided yesterday to finally sell my LB 76, today I took her out of the barn, and a quick “blast” along a mud strewn lane…led to a two hour jaunt…back to the farm, washed off, leathered, concern at the growth of rust, (never a problem in Bordeaux)! and back into the warm snug barn.

At dinner tonight, my long suffering wife said, “where will you advertise her”?..Never, I replied…it`s a love affair, I finally realised it today…

Dinner was eaten in silence!!!

Bon chance mes braves…

Cheerio for now.

You shouldn’t do that Saviem, I’ve just spent a wasted half an hour rummaging through my draws looking for the cheque book, but maybe I should have read your article right to the end first, I think many on here where doing the same, still think of all that Bollinger you could have bought… now there’s a thought for you.

Ossie

[zb_anorak]

Saviem:
Evening all, well Gentlemen, as we “Black Country men” are apt to say…this thread is becoming one for the “rivet counters”. So before we loose ourselves in learned arguments about the colour of the crank shaft machine operators underwear, or the thickness of the rubber mat on the 67 LB76 floor, (passenger side), perhaps a small seasonal question would be appropriate…

Launched one Christmastide…

Which Scania lorry was fitted with a Volvo cab?

In which market was this vehicle available?

And why was it so equipped?

A couple of clues…Birmingham and Lyon were in close collaboration…and the Thames Trader was a very popular choice…

I decided yesterday to finally sell my LB 76, today I took her out of the barn, and a quick “blast” along a mud strewn lane…led to a two hour jaunt…back to the farm, washed off, leathered, concern at the growth of rust, (never a problem in Bordeaux)! and back into the warm snug barn.

At dinner tonight, my long suffering wife said, “where will you advertise her”?..Never, I replied…it`s a love affair, I finally realised it today…

Dinner was eaten in silence!!!

Bon chance mes braves…

Cheerio for now.

In the same spirit, I will pose my own Christmas quiz question: how many rivets are there in an LB76 chassis?

[tiptop495]

Hey, by a while leafing a bit in my Mill’s die Swedish version of our Scania Via from the '60 and '70’s. I passed a English Via
And look a the strange pic. Brochure of the beginning of '68,all RHD pic but this with tippt cab an LHD.
And look at the gearlever now two stick but not an cable too. It look like an sliding switch as a two speed model.
But here it’s a real LB110 Super.
Once I heared that there has been some 76 non turbo with a 5 speed plus auxiliarybox which had that sliding compleet mechanical mechanism At the same time as it gave the 2 stick real 10 speed’er and auxiliarybox with 2 sticks.
But that must all has been for a very short time,and nowbody knows still about some thing.
Again a new Mystery■■? so we came get on the move .

Cheers Eric,

[zb_anorak]

tiptop495:
Hey, by a while leafing a bit in my Mill’s die Swedish version of our Scania Via from the '60 and '70’s. I passed a English Via
And look a the strange pic. Brochure of the beginning of '68,all RHD pic but this with tippt cab an LHD.
And look at the gearlever now two stick but not an cable too. It look like an sliding switch as a two speed model.
But here it’s a real LB110 Super.
Once I heared that there has been some 76 non turbo with a 5 speed plus auxiliarybox which had that sliding compleet mechanical mechanism At the same time as it gave the 2 stick real 10 speed’er and auxiliarybox with 2 sticks.
But that must all has been for a very short time,and nowbody knows still about some thing.
Again a new Mystery■■? so we came get on the move .

Cheers Eric,

IIRC, the first 76s had the auxiliary 2-speed box, controlled by a valve. Then the splitter became integral with the main gearbox, at which point the lorry had two sticks, until mid 1968, when it reverted to a switch. Or was it that the last of the 75s had the all-in-one splitter…?

[tiptop495]

[zb]
anorak:

tiptop495:
Hey, by a while leafing a bit in my Mill’s die Swedish version of our Scania Via from the '60 and '70’s. I passed a English Via
And look a the strange pic. Brochure of the beginning of '68,all RHD pic but this with tippt cab an LHD.
And look at the gearlever now two stick but not an cable too. It look like an sliding switch as a two speed model.
But here it’s a real LB110 Super.
Once I heared that there has been some 76 non turbo with a 5 speed plus auxiliarybox which had that sliding compleet mechanical mechanism At the same time as it gave the 2 stick real 10 speed’er and auxiliarybox with 2 sticks.
But that must all has been for a very short time,and nowbody knows still about some thing.
Again a new Mystery■■? so we came get on the move .

Cheers Eric,

IIRC, the first 76s had the auxiliary 2-speed box, controlled by a valve. Then the splitter became integral with the main gearbox, at which point the lorry had two sticks, until mid 1968, when it reverted to a switch. Or was it that the last of the 75s had the all-in-one splitter…?

hey Anorak, All our LB 76’s on the continent were two sticks. That’s one of the first 110’s LB,our here had 2 leverstoo , this pic is of a February ‘68 (Via brochure) for the UK. But why not an GB pic in right hand drive,all other are in GB sight,But once here. I was told that there weren’t right hand 2 lever 110’s,maybe was that the solution for Britain. Before the knob all in one.
Or testing trucks pic’. But no head thinkings we move with the earth .

Cheers Eric,

[zb_anorak]

There is some discussion of 75/76/110 gearboxes on page 3 of this thread:
viewtopic.php?f=35&t=83818&p=1154415

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LB76:
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Ancliff had 2 Scalia vabis one demolished the church hall St Michael’s on Wyre going ICI hill house went to scap yard do,nt what gapped to the other one John Rudd

[saviem]

Saviem:
Evening all, well Gentlemen, as we “Black Country men” are apt to say…this thread is becoming one for the “rivet counters”. So before we loose ourselves in learned arguments about the colour of the crank shaft machine operators underwear, or the thickness of the rubber mat on the 67 LB76 floor, (passenger side), perhaps a small seasonal question would be appropriate…

Launched one Christmastide…

Which Scania lorry was fitted with a Volvo cab?

In which market was this vehicle available?

And why was it so equipped?

A couple of clues…Birmingham and Lyon were in close collaboration…and the Thames Trader was a very popular choice…

I decided yesterday to finally sell my LB 76, today I took her out of the barn, and a quick “blast” along a mud strewn lane…led to a two hour jaunt…back to the farm, washed off, leathered, concern at the growth of rust, (never a problem in Bordeaux)! and back into the warm snug barn.

At dinner tonight, my long suffering wife said, “where will you advertise her”?..Never, I replied…it`s a love affair, I finally realised it today…

Dinner was eaten in silence!!!

Bon chance mes braves…

Cheerio for now.

Happy New Year Gentlemen,

Well I am surprised that with the collective amount of Scania Vabis expertise available no one has responded to my easy questions!!

The answers, the Scania Vabis in question was the model L55,fitted with the 6 cylinder 7.167 litre D7 engine of 120 hp. 402 such vehicles were assembled in the Scania workshops of the importer FJ Wolff, at 148 Avenue De Cassablanca, Marrakech. 402 examples were fitted with the identical cab to the Volvo N88 from 1959, to 1962.

Scania first arrived on the Morrocan market in 1953, with the importation of a number of model L60 all were fitted with the 8.476 litre D622 6 cylinder engine, and ran, (were designed for)! 12 tonne operation. Over 3700 examples were imported from 1949 to 1954.

Birmingham and Lyon in close collaboration??

The Berliet Moroccan plant at Ain Sebaa, produced for a number of years a hybrid vehicle fitted with a Berliet “Relax” cab, at the then borderline weight of 5.5tonnes, before needing HGV licensing. Fitted with a BMC 3.8 litre 4 cylinder 73hp engine designated the J1059JD. Later models incorporated a totally BMC designed vehicle fitted with a 5.1 litre BMC 4 cylinder 90hp engine designated BMC51VD. Both models were a total success in a very, very tough market place.

But the real favourite at the threshold 5.5 tonne weight was the Ford Thames Trader, assembled by the Moroccan concessionaire Auto Hall. the Fords 6 cylinder 108 hp engine giving it some edge over its 4 cylinder rivals at the 5,5 tonne non HGV threshold…all of whom were expected to carry at least 8 to 10 tonnes!!!

But of course Morocco was the realm of Volvo…perhaps the subject of another thread…but the Moroccan operators that I know spoke highly of Scania…especially with an N88 cab!!

Cheerio for now.

[michel]

L 76 1966 in France from defunct firm Bancel near St Etienne.

[zb_anorak]

Saviem:
Happy New Year Gentlemen,

Well I am surprised that with the collective amount of Scania Vabis expertise available no one has responded to my easy questions!!

The answers, the Scania Vabis in question was the model L55,fitted with the 6 cylinder 7.167 litre D7 engine of 120 hp. 402 such vehicles were assembled in the Scania workshops of the importer FJ Wolff, at 148 Avenue De Cassablanca, Marrakech. 402 examples were fitted with the identical cab to the Volvo N88 from 1959, to 1962.

Cheerio for now.

A late answer to your original question: some 1950s S-V’s had Nyström cabs, the usual choice of Volvo at the time. The page below shows an LS61 so equipped:
veteranlastbilar.se/Gallery.asp?pageid=786
Some more in here, including a few L75/LS75s:
swedishbrasscar.com/scaindex.html
Those Lönnberg cabs in the first link are new to me. The later versions have a bit of a British appearance to them, to my eyes at least.

[tiptop495]

michel:
L 76 1966 in France from defunct firm Bancel near St Etienne.

The good old days never come back. Nice the French sleepercab choises and a super Onatra who can forget it.

Bye Eric,

[erf-continental]

For all Swedes-lovers (blond breasted…) a very good 2014!!!

Attached some old fronts (we men like fronts) of old SV’s

[lilladan]

AB Gosta Nystrom was NOT a Volvo company 1959 to 62 , so the Scania -vabis did not have a Volvo cab , Scania and Volvo did not make Cabs for thier heavy trucks back then , Both Volvo and Scania could have cabs From Nystrom , BE-GE , Floby ect

[lilladan]

Saviem:

Saviem:
Evening all, well Gentlemen, as we “Black Country men” are apt to say…this thread is becoming one for the “rivet counters”. So before we loose ourselves in learned arguments about the colour of the crank shaft machine operators underwear, or the thickness of the rubber mat on the 67 LB76 floor, (passenger side), perhaps a small seasonal question would be appropriate…

Launched one Christmastide…

Which Scania lorry was fitted with a Volvo cab?

In which market was this vehicle available?

And why was it so equipped?

A couple of clues…Birmingham and Lyon were in close collaboration…and the Thames Trader was a very popular choice…

I decided yesterday to finally sell my LB 76, today I took her out of the barn, and a quick “blast” along a mud strewn lane…led to a two hour jaunt…back to the farm, washed off, leathered, concern at the growth of rust, (never a problem in Bordeaux)! and back into the warm snug barn.

At dinner tonight, my long suffering wife said, “where will you advertise her”?..Never, I replied…it`s a love affair, I finally realised it today…

Dinner was eaten in silence!!!

Bon chance mes braves…

Cheerio for now.

Happy New Year Gentlemen,

Well I am surprised that with the collective amount of Scania Vabis expertise available no one has responded to my easy questions!!

The answers, the Scania Vabis in question was the model L55,fitted with the 6 cylinder 7.167 litre D7 engine of 120 hp. 402 such vehicles were assembled in the Scania workshops of the importer FJ Wolff, at 148 Avenue De Cassablanca, Marrakech. 402 examples were fitted with the identical cab to the Volvo N88 from 1959, to 1962.

Scania first arrived on the Morrocan market in 1953, with the importation of a number of model L60 all were fitted with the 8.476 litre D622 6 cylinder engine, and ran, (were designed for)! 12 tonne operation. Over 3700 examples were imported from 1949 to 1954.

Birmingham and Lyon in close collaboration??

The Berliet Moroccan plant at Ain Sebaa, produced for a number of years a hybrid vehicle fitted with a Berliet “Relax” cab, at the then borderline weight of 5.5tonnes, before needing HGV licensing. Fitted with a BMC 3.8 litre 4 cylinder 73hp engine designated the J1059JD. Later models incorporated a totally BMC designed vehicle fitted with a 5.1 litre BMC 4 cylinder 90hp engine designated BMC51VD. Both models were a total success in a very, very tough market place.

But the real favourite at the threshold 5.5 tonne weight was the Ford Thames Trader, assembled by the Moroccan concessionaire Auto Hall. the Fords 6 cylinder 108 hp engine giving it some edge over its 4 cylinder rivals at the 5,5 tonne non HGV threshold…all of whom were expected to carry at least 8 to 10 tonnes!!!

But of course Morocco was the realm of Volvo…perhaps the subject of another thread…but the Moroccan operators that I know spoke highly of Scania…especially with an N88 cab!!

Cheerio for now.

[bma_finland]

a bege build SCANIA VABIS Cab exulusive,63 even that scania vabis bought bege out in66;)

[michel]

To sell in Argentina.

[tiptop495]

michel:
To sell in Argentina.

Hey Michel, It would be welcomed here for restoration,looks still tidy.

Bye Eric,

[tiptop495]

bma.finland:
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a bege build SCANIA VABIS Cab exulusive,63 even that scania vabis bought bege out in66;)

Hey, nice drawing,beware of the dog.

cheers Eric,

[lilladan]

System 8 did not start until 1965 , so not a 1959 to 62 N88 cab , it would have been an L485 / L495 Cabin

[bma_finland]

it was a nystöm cab ,volvo bought nyström in the early 60,s the factory was placed in UMEÅ middle of sweden ,