The Volvo Snabbe and Trygge was a series of light

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s produced by

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between 1956 and 1975.

Volvo L420 Snabbe

Volvo introduced its first

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truck L420 Snabbe ("Fast") at the end of 1956.Volvo Trucks Global – L42/L43
/ref> It had a payload of approx. 3

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s. The truck’s

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had been developed by Volvo for a planned

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called

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in the early 1950s. A V8 engine in the lightweight vehicle meant impressive performance for a truck. The downside was the gruesome

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and from 1964 onwards the Snabbe was offered with a

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as an alternative.

Volvo L430 Trygge

In early 1957 the program was supplemented with the larger L430 Trygge ("Safe"). With sturdier

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and

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the payload was increased to approx. 5 tonnes. From 1963 onwards the Trygge was offered with a more economical diesel engine as an alternative. Since Volvo didn’t have the resources to develop an engine of their own, they chose to buy a matching

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engine from

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. With only 65 bhp, performance was rather mundane.

Volvo F82/F83

Volvo introduced its "System 8" in 1965. Changes for the smallest trucks were restricted to new names. Snabbe became F82 and Trygge became F83. Production of the B36

halted in 1966, and thus disappeared the last petrol engine Volvo truck. In 1967 Volvo replaced the Ford diesel with a stronger engine from

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. 1972 saw the last modernization of the model series. The engine was moved forward in the chassis to provide better space inside the cab.Volvo Trucks Global – F82S/F83S
/ref> The main exterior change was a new radiator grille in black

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. The trucks were now called F82S and F83S respectively.

Engines

References

External links

Volvo Trucks Global - history

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