Rob K:
It sounds like Volvo are taking backwards steps to me. They should scrap the current models and go back to the Mk1 FH as the basic design and work up from there. Granted, the Mk1 didn’t have many of the toys that the current model has, but it was a lot nicer/comfortable to drive and live in than the current version(s), imho, and I’d take one over the current model any day.
I think you are right with that Rob. I remember my first FH had room under the folding passenger seat for a toolbox, it had the radio on the back up wall and the dash seemed more driver friendly with more cubby holes for essential crap that we all accumulate. apart from the face lift lights, there wasnt much wrong with the early FH