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DAF F241 Series
The DAF F241 series is the name of a cab used on a series of heavy-duty, mostly long distance trucks produced by the Dutch manufacturer DAF from 1973 until 1994. They are better known as the DAF 2800, 3300 and 3600. The cab was a wider development of the F218, DAF's first tilt cab placed on among others 2500. The names reflect the cab width in centimetres, at respectively. The cab was also used by Hungary's RÁBA for various applications.Peck, p. 31 History Introduced at IAA in September 1973 the '2800' was DAF's replacement for the comfortable and certainly not outdated 2600. The DAF 2800 had the first European intercooled turbodiesel under the hood of its new tilt cab. The 11.6 litre DKS engine produced 320 HP and 1260 Nm. Other engine choices were the turbocharged 280 HP DKTD and the naturally aspirated 250 HP DKA. While based on the modular design of the 1970 F218 cab, the front of F241 cab was redesigned and the new wider cab required the use of a set of three wipers, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DAF Trucks
DAF Trucks is a Dutch truck manufacturing company and a division of Paccar. Its headquarters and main plant are in Eindhoven. Cabs and axle assemblies are produced at its Westerlo plant in Belgium. Some of the truck models sold with the DAF brand are designed and built by Leyland Trucks at its Leyland plant in England. History In 1928, Hubert "Hub" van Doorne founded the company as ''Commanditaire Vennootschap Hub van Doorne's Machinefabriek''. His co-founder and investor was A. H. Huenges, managing director of a brewery. Van Doorne had repaired Huenges' car several times, and Huenges, pleased with his work, offered to finance him in business. Hub started to work in a small workshop on the grounds of the brewery. In 1932, the company, by then run by Hub and his brother, Wim van Doorne, changed its name to ''Van Doorne's Aanhangwagen Fabriek'' (Van Doorne's Trailer Factory), abbreviated to ''DAF''. Huenges left the company in 1936 and the DAF company was then complet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rába (company)
The RÁBA Automotive Group ( hu, Rába Járműipari Holding Nyrt.), commonly known as Rába, is a Hungarian public limited company, listed on the Budapest Stock Exchange. Rába engineers, manufactures and customizes automotive components, specialty vehicles and axles for commercial vehicles, agri-machinery and earth-movers. The Rába has been building axles as well as complete vehicles since 1902. The company has three strategic business units. The company is headquartered in Győr, employing more than 2000 people. History Establishment 1896. On March 27, a group of capitalists filed a petition with the City of Győr. In the application, they requested and were granted State benefits, duty exemptions and pre-orders. According to the share subscription form, the task of the factory is: " Factory production of wagons, machines and steam boilers, production of all kinds of electrical plants and equipment (…) ". The share capital of the company was HUF 500,000 (of which HUF 440,0 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
