or do we have a “special sub thread”> F7 HYBRIDS ?
or am I just being petty?
Great looking truck though! Pics courtesy of Wilsons.
I remember that truck, it use to come into our Volvo workshop for warranty work, I worked on it, I think there were problems with the warranty as some parts were Terberg and some Volvo. Started work with a Volvo dealer in 1979, worked on all sorts of F7’s, done many mods on them, anyone remember riveting a plate to the underside of the cab, where the gear lever came through?, cabs used to split here.
Those were the days, no v-vads to worry about.
I had an F7 brand new (JAT 579V) great motor used to do Northern Ireland with it, Belgium - Dundonald round trip. Never put a foot wrong only down side was the exhauster brake was bloody US.
Not sure if this has been posted before, was sent to me by an old workmate of mine who I have just got in touch with through this site.
IIRC this was Harry’s motor that carried cooking oil to the Smiths/Tudor factory at Peterlee.
At the time I was driving an F86 wagon and drag from Cheadle Hulme to Leeds twice a day, was always envious of the F7, most of the artic fleet was ERFs at this time - now they were draughty !!
