Story of the exhibit
Tidy, but the engine has seized. Used by the Tallinn Separate Rescue Company and before that by the Örebro fire brigade in Sweden. The bodywork was built in Stockholm by AB Henrikssons Brandredskap.
About the model
Production years: 1956–1965
Volvo's first widely produced bonneted truck, known by the nickname "Trygge". It is also practically the only Volvo truck with a V8 petrol engine.
Manufacturer
AB Volvo
Sweden
In 1915 the well-known Swedish ball bearing maker AB SKF registered the trademark Volvo (Latin for "I roll"), intended for a new brand of ball bearings. That plan came to nothing, but in the following decade the name came into use in the car industry. The first car bearing the Volvo name was…
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