Scariest Vehicle I Have Ever Driven! Volvo C303 4x4 Van
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I was fortunate enough to borrow some time from my friend Ryan who is the owner of this 1975 Volvo C303 Military transport vehicle. He gave me a tour of some of the unique quirks and features of this awesome 4x4 van. It has some features I have never seen before in a vehicle that I am sure you will be interested in seeing as well. Then I got to take it for a test drive, and wow, was that an experience driving this 120hp stick shift off road rig!
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About the keyless comment:
Try shorting the 12th and 13th fuse.
The red button on the blackout switch is just a mechanical guard so one can not accidentially switch into blackout mode. It does nothing electrical, but for switching the blackout rotation switch the red button needs to be pressed.
Was just about to write that. In the BV206 it's black - but serves the same function.
No no, The red button is the eject botton. Seat eject for giggling youtubers....
lol I knew someone in the comments would know what it is for, awesome
@@kaerscarface You mean Catapult? Imean if an enemy enter the vehicle during ride u cod have sume total use for that.
@@kaerscarface You mean Catapult? Imean if an enemy enter the vehicle during ride u cod have sume total tactical use for that.
As a conscript soldier in Sweden back in the early 90's we runned the open top variant with ATGM and I can ensure you those heaters are very effective.
I drove Valpen... I drove the one without the syncro mesh and that was an experience trying to double clutch, force the gear in and making certain of not going too fast or it would just tip over. Made out of plywood and hope.
I own a TGB 1111, the anti-tank missile variant. Love it and so much fun to drive.
I am from Sweden and have driven 303 for many km. It is a very good off-road vehicle.
What memories this video brought me!
In the early 90s I used one of these during my conscription military service. We called then "terrain vehicle 1112" or just "11-12". They had a nickname, "the puppy". Enormously fun to drive off road. Just remember to keep you thumbs on the outside of the steering wheel as it may spin violently if you touch a big rock with one of the wheels.
Wrong. Valpen was the older version before this.
Valp, or "puppy", isn't this. It's a 903, or the L3314 Laplander if you prefer. Specifically, it's the Pltgb 903.
The 1112 is the radio version, the proper military term for the 303 is the Tgb 11.
@@mooneyes2k478 Precis
The purpose of having a front window that opens is so that you can see better during night driving.
This was common on military vehicles in Sweden prior to night vision.
Thank you, I was going to tell them this!
Yes - fleeing from fighting is the real Swedish thing to do. Had to be done when dark so nobody could see how cowardly we were / are.
@@swedishpsychopath8795 That's incorrect, and silly.
As a norwegian i can confirm
Thats Bullshit. you could drop everything down, even partial the rollcage for huge loads, like a anti-tank gun and to drop it when you just cant see anymore or need to navigate in ruff terrain. the view through the window or not at night makes no big difference ... similar to the jeep
I drove a TGB11 (the military designation in Sweden, "Terrängbil 11") everywhere and all the time in the Military during the 80-ies. Really miss the wild terrain driving we did. This one was actually a lot better than the 6x6 version TGB13 or Volvo C304. Still working at Volvo by the way 🙂
You make a lot of fun, about the basic nature of the "Valpen" (puppy). It was made to be repaired in the woods, during wartime. Not for leisure. And its forty-seven years old, still runs!
This is not Valpen though
@@CarlSöderquist Petimeter :)
@@eskileriksson4457 Haha! It is like calling you Erik Eskilsson.
When you shift to low range front wheel drive is also engaged without pressing the button. Front wheel drive is also engaged when braking to prevent rear wheels from locking. Front wheel drive is also engaged when ignition is turned off which means parking brake works both front and rear.
Is it has differential locker front and rear?
@@setyowibowo6598 Yes
I've had the honour of driving the Pinzgauer 6x6 in the military. Absolutely amazing vehicle. It could scale anything I threw at it. A true apocalypse vehicle. I have a large place in my heart for that vehicle.
I like the little Haflinger.
Swedish engineering…….long before canbus,bluetooth,touch-buttons…….without powersteering this wasn’t made for Grandma
But i guess it can take an EMP and still running
Cheers from sweden
The C303/304 along with the bigger Scania SBA’s are good solid trucks.
A bunch of moms and grandmas knows how to drive this! Lottakåren is a female volunteer support force for the swedish military
They even added advanced AC(cut the roof and strapped on a 90mm recoilless gun) on some of them.
I drove one 29y ago, during military services in Sweden.
In the back, the seats was on the sides, so you could put a stretcher between the seats on top of the battery house that was in the middle behind the engine, not on the side. We never used the side hooks.
The roof hatch has a machine gun mount. (KSP-58, based on FN MAG)
The "Pizza cutter" spare...
Thin wheels was used during the winter, to "Pizza cut" through the snow.
Max speed was 70km/h by military rules, but it did 110 km/h. (You could make it go faster, by opening the front engine cover, and fiddle with the carburetor. But also fiddle with it again at lower revs, so it wouldn't die. )
It was mainly used as people carrier. But think of it as a "Fast tractor" . (At low gear setting, and 4wd, it really was a tractor. Stupidly strong)
One cool feature is that the wheels are not centered on the axles and the engine is kind of backwards because of the 1:1 gear that gives the 303 a few extra centimeters clearence ..
Diff spärr - diff lock
ur- disengaged
bak- back
fram - front
framhjulsdrift - front wheel drive.
We had these back in the 90s when I did my mil service. I have never seen on get stuck ever. Sometimes sarge had to use the front diff locks but thats it.. Oh the dayz.
Yes, if needed use front lock, but don't plan on turning at the same time, but you won't get stuck!
The C304 is a longer 6x6 version. Fun vehicles to drive around in the forest.
C306
The C303 is Terrängbil 11 (4x4), the C304 is Terrängbil 13 (6x6) and the C306 is Terrängbil 20 (6x6). The Tgb 20 were a troop carrier that could carry 19 soldiers or an AA unit of 11 men and equipment.
The blackout switch doesn’t affect anything except the lights. One setting for semi- dark, which allows the use of special lights that point the light beams downward so the driver gets a little aid in driving in the dark while at the same time it hard to see the vehicle from a distance. The next setting turns all lights off, including inside the car (dashboard). We were trained to drive the car in pitch darkness with only a luminous weave tape attached to the car in front of you to keep track of where we were going. Great memories
Hi there. I also drowe this in my army service. An then we bought one. But sold it last year. After 18 years of fun. Now i am going to participate in Aurora 23 military repetition. Love this cars soo much.
Greatings from sweden😊
And we put a diesel inline 6 in it. But the b30 was better. 😊
my father served during the 80s in Sweden, and he have told me so many horror stories with these cars, how they would sway around almost tipping over during hard winds( and some did according to others), and also when he and his buddies lodged one of these between to trees austinpower style haha, they much preferred the old gray 60's volvo disel trucks, me as a kid i always dreamt of having one of these as i saw 100's of these in my region near P7
Volvo invented the 3 point seat belt. :)
Cool to see. We used to have one of the later civil versions of this vehicle when I was a child. We lived in Rwanda and they were marketing NGO aid-organisations with that model. We were seven in my family. It was the first vehicle my father let me testdrive ...
Great to see, worked with these 4 and 6 variants for 20 years in the Swedish Army, very durable. One advice if you are going up or down steep rocky roads. Always go in low gear, only use the differentials when really needed (mud) and get chains and use them in rough terrain even in summer. Greetings from Sweden PS we called this Tgb 11
I med låg och bara styr,ge fan i kopplingen 😁
The manual says 97 octane RON, so you are good with the 94 octane (AKI) fuel.
The red button on the blackout light selector is just a stop to prevent accidental change of the switch.
The B30 engine that's in this vehicle is the same engine as you can find in the Volvo 164, and that was available in a fuel injection version.
My grandfather bought one of these here in Nova Scotia. Ge got it running with a new engine and got to enjoy it a few times before he passed.. his was brought here to transport linemen and parts into hard to reach areas to service lines ..
The old Swedish electrical and phone line services also used the civilian version of this for the exact same purpose your grandfather did, back when those services were still 100% govt owned up to the mid 1990ies.
Theirs were painted bright orange.
The fire services also had some for forest fires and for beach rescue, painted bright red with red and white quarter painted wheel rims.
@@SonsOfLorgar I know I got one that was a Vattenfall-operated C303 (so it was white). 12V electric system and a transfer case mounted PTO mounted mechanical winch (117hp winch power...), so 4 gears winching speed (when high/low range are in neutral) and it can operate at the same time as driving (preferably selecting low range), so wheels driving and winching at the same time from low 1 to low 4 with locked axels, it will not get stuck... The winch can lift the C303 straight up on a single line. 45-meter wire. But my C303 also has power steering through hydraulic power amplifying steering assist. The hydraulic pump replaces the engine fan so it has an thermostat electric fan.
Off-road you never use the clutch, low range, first or second gear, speed regulated through the accelerometer pedal only. Diff lock only when needed. You use the torque and traction, not the inertia to pass obstacles.
One correction to the info in the video. TGB11/C303 does not have SU carburetors, the carburetors are Zenith Stromberg 175CD-2SE.
As my uncle was in the army stationed on Gotland in the early 90's I got to drive one of these as a 7 year old.
Also got to shoot a CG m/45, with assistence of course.
so in sweden it's called a TGB11 , you also have the TGB22 and TGB33 , of course there are c-class names for them as well. they can take pretty much anything you throw at them.. I jumped mine during military service, that was a fun evening =)
22 and 33? I suppose you mean 13 and 20. There were also Tgb 30 and 40, but those were huge Scania beasts.
@ yes... magnus, i was way to tired, you are in deed right. However i did drive a huge old scania. a menace to drive
@ I drow TGB30 in tanker variation during my service. An absolute beast offroad!!!
Tgb is the abbreviation of Terrängbil, terrain car.
Tgb 20 is the class name, the infantry version is Tgb 21, and the Tgb22 is adapted for AA units with special racks at the rear. Most call them Tgb 20 though. Tgb 11 and 13 have many sub-variants too.
My C303 is easy to drive! love it.
In Norway, these are known as "veltevogn" - roll-over wagon, because of the very narrow track with high ground clearance - easy to tip over.
Good thing they're easy to tip back as well!
Also a pun! In Norwegian "beltevogn" means tracked vehicle (lit. belt wagon), and the ones used in our military are sort of similar to the 303.
And that is why the spare wheel is mounted to the back of the vehicle and not on the roof, as it is on the 6x6 version :)
It is narrow so it can fit in between the trees.
The wheel width is as the Hummer, actually. Ground clearance is about the same.
The C303 actually won the Paris-Dakar race in its class. Its narrow width has to do with how close we trim? our trees (hmvee are to wide). Ithink the point of beeing able to switch from L to H is when pulling high loads, like trucks do. The orange button is just a stop for the turn knobb for the lights, so you dont accidentaly turn all lights off.
Thx for the cool clip :)
97 octane is not the same as your north american octane rating, we use RON octane and you use PON. Long story short, 97 octane in the manual should be about 91-92 octane over there. Pretty sure you have to run lead substitute for the B30 engine though, we had leaded 98 RON up until the early 90s (iirc, i was a kid) and 98 RON pump gas had lead substitute almost into the 2000s for the older cars. If the head's been rebuilt with hardened valve seats, no problem without the lead substitute.
Now-a-days we can buy lead substitute in bottles to add ourselves.
The B30 should put out about 120 hp and isn't really a high compression engine.
The trailer electrical connector is a military one, not a european standard civilian one as if anyone cares =D
I guess the valve guides and valves wouldn't be to hard to replace on this cylinder head to make it not need lead.
I was passenger in one of those when it tipped on it’s side , doing a very slow 180 over a hidden mud sinkhole , WITH 2 BOXES OF HANDGRENADES IN THE BACK !!! I’ve never seen six men exit a sidways vehicle that fast. No injuries though. Only scrapes , bumps & bruises.
What all the other Swedes said. Also, switching high to low while rolling is pretty common on trucks. It's basically a small truck. Back then, Volvo the trucks and Volvo the cars were the same company, so they obviously borrowed a lot between the divisions. Also, you for a very long time could order parts for these from the Volvo dealerships in Sweden, because most of the sundry items are standard bits, sometimes painted olive drab. I've got a friend who owns one, and he got the spares for his engine rebuild by doing exactly that. Same goes for the Scania SBA111; it's 80% standard Scania truck parts. They still stock those as well.
The engine indeed is a B30, like in the 164 luxury sedan, but the cam is a bit different, being tuned for more low rpm torque.
UK here: That seems very reminiscent of our Land Rover Forward Control 101 and similar to the Pinzgauer all very versatile vehicles, horses for courses. Respect to anyone keeping these old girls on the road, they deserve respect.
He said something like »Pinzgauer from Germany« - no, it is from Austria. There is something like a little brother, the Haflinger, only 1.35 m wide in order to drive on about any Alpine trail a cow can walk on.
Red button prohibited turning the dark mode switch on unintentionally 🙂Your car is commonly known as a TGB11, not a C303 which was the name used for the civilian version (although it is also the model code). Btw - the TGB11s are still in use in some of the Swedish National Guard battalions - pretty cool!
They were called C303's at Volvo when we built them in 1975, the smaller version "Valp" was a C202
@Teo Phil The Pansarvärnspjästerrängbil 1111 version has deleted roof , a bazooka and is made for soldiers to be able to fire without dismounting the vehicle. I did my armyservice as a heavy machinegunner in one of these and also in PV-ROBOTBANDVAGN 2063 with the guerilla tactics of operating in dense forest terrain without being seen. Fast in, fire, fast out. Warms my heart to see these vehicles get a second life in civilian use. Would love to see a video with some rockclimbing and some trailruns. Thanks for sharing! 🙂
The Latvian army still uses these little beasts. I got to ride around in one while in a rotation in Europe and they are as fun as advertised, even when left stock.
I'm so happy we can use these in Canada! I live just across the moat from Vancouver! I want one!
Did my conscript time as a anti tank robot shooter (bantam) and we used these T11 for some crazy driving when regrouping.
Shooters where sitting at the back and we found out very fast it was much more comfortable to sort of crouch and hang in the roof hatch steel bars than sit when driving in terrain. We also learned very fast to use the helmet when doing that.
The light dead man switch is no joke. This has to be going on 20 years ago...bought a chevrolet Sierra diesel truck from a Canadian military auction...was driving it once with the switch set to all off when I got rear ended...quickly realized it and flipped it on. The guy that hit me barely scratched my rear bumper...but messed up his whole front end...radiator steaming etc...but insisted on calling the police as my rear brake lights didn't work "according to him". Police comes by...sir please step on your brakes...(Deadman switch on of course)...brake lights come on...cop says to me...I'm going to give him a reckless driving to wake him up...God damn
Brother, you just admitted to a crime on internet with your name... also that isnt funny at all, you fucked over that guy because you were reckless
Cool. My father used to drive theese, both the C303 and the C304, 304 has 3 axels, 6x6 during his conscription in the Swedish army in the late 1970:s. The funny thing is that these are still in service in the Swedish military. Mostly in the Swedish national guard or Hemvärnet but also in many other regular units. The Swedish army is slowly replacing these with a mix of new Mercedes Geländewagons, Sprinters and other models. The terrain capacity is not longer that important as it used to be during the cold war era. One civilian model actually won the Dakar rally 1980 in the class of light trucks. It was only briefly modify to run on low quality petrol fuel and had and anti roll bar installed. The crew only had experience of driving in Swedish terrain but they got their license and proved that the C303 was capable of every kind of terrain. Back here in Sweden the C303/304 is starting to have collector status among private owners and good ones in great condition is hard to get now.
Used to drive around in these back when I was in the army. My platoon had three of them, a 303 like this one and a pair of 304's with six wheels. We had customized them by installing ring turrets over the roof hatch and a slot at the front end of the roof to set a wire cutter in, as well as larger doorsteps. Since I was an MG gunner, my usual station was on the turret. On field exercises, we'd often remove the side doors or their top halves, making it easier to dismount quickly and for the passengers inside to shoot if there was trouble. Guys really liked them.
"It's very tall and narrow so I decided to put super soft springs on it and tons of crap on the roof"
Very quirky for sure but on the other hand, not bad at all either. You got a camper van with 4x4, can't beat that. And the components in the drive train are quality stuff.
I did my draft service 1976-77 in Norway, those Volvo 4x4s were by far the nicest vehicles we had. We used them among other things to pull 20mm anti-aircraft guns.
The c303 is a beast for its size. I think better than the Austrian Pinz in some regards. Have seen them with PTO winches as well as step-down 12v but the amperage draw is much higher on a 12v than 24v. There are some ‘Chinesium’ 24v winches out there but Warn is probably the best bet - even at $2600. Interesting that a NoN NATO vehicle utilizes the NATO style pintle and plug. These trucks were much advanced than the German/Belgian use of the Unimog S404. I have driven both the c303 and c304. The 6x6 is much more stable but the 303 is great fun !
Totally reminds me of a G.I. Joe toy from the 80's!!!!
I really loved driving different models of the "Valpen", as we called it, when I did the "Lumpen" military basic training in 1975
The windshield opens to ease drivning in the dark wihout lights.
That is the main purpose in military use. 👍
Good old Tgb 11 :-)
The spare wheel was moved from the bracket at the front on the roof to the rear door to avoid that the car with the front wheel drive activated, when braking could be driven with the rear wheels in the air by pressing the accelerator pedal and the brakes simultaneously.
I remember it as an easy vehicle to drive, both on road and off-road. Never used the differentials. But it was a long time ago, last time 1986...
This brings back memories from my military service in 1979... (Tgb 11 as it was called in the Swedish army). We had the 304 (Tgb 13) as well, same thing but 6x6.
Been driving them in the army in Sweden... just love them....
Nothing can stop them... well almost...
Man, that little bouncing sound the clutch makes really brings back memories of when I was in uniform way up north in Sweden!
It was a blast to drive
@@Casey250 I'd love to try one again myself, it's been 40 years, haha! Thanks for the video!
For the convoy lights, only the front vehicle uses the front lights to "light up" the path. The following vehicle only follow the shielded red light on the vehicle in front of them.
As the first manufacturer to put 3 point belts in vehicles, and the swedish/european road safety standards its not surprising to see them fitted. I think it was around the mid 1960s they became mandatory in europe.
the 303 is a very similar design, layout and function as the Land Rover 101 gun tractor developed for the British army around the same time period
Volvo also offered the patent on the 3 point belt to all car manufacturers for free
I drove those when I was in the army in 79/80 in Brigade Nord in northern Norway. There it was called Volvo Feltvogn (Field Wagon?). We also called it Volvo Jeep.
The one you got with all metal walls and roof was the ambulance modell, the type we used had a canvas top that could be removed so it was fully open.
But we did'nt take that off usually.
It was absolutely great offroad, I have drove it in terrain I would think twice before trying to walk 😂
They actually built it in my hometown Raufoss at Raufoss Ammunisjonsfabrikker, now NAMMO in the 60's.
I looked it up in Wikipedia, and they built over 2200 Volvo Feltvogn in Raufoss for the Norwegian Military.
The flip window and the 24 volt battery came in the Norwegian cars because of NATO regulations.
Used to drive a version of this when it did my service, except, the upper half of the car body was basically camouflage painted tarp, even the doors were made of it. You haven't lived until you've driven down a highway at 40+ mph in one of those babies!
Spent a few thousand hours in one of them during my years in the army i reckon. Hilarious vehicle. It goes places you wouldnt believe. Sat in one that rolled from a more daring atempt at a sideways run up a ravine. One lost its tire when we drove it. There was a "kablonk" and we was like "what was that?" then we saw the wheel gently coasting away next to us.
I drove one of those in the Swedish army back in the 90´s. Used to flip up the windshield up when driving in the woods at nighttime and you had the lights turned off to have better visuallls.
bring it on! would love to see that thing on an offroad trip.
This vehicle was designed before NVG so the windshield that can be opened is for driving at night to get slightly better visibility.
Remember in war you drive with all lights out execpt for perhaps the lead lights as you mentioned.
Greetings from Sweden!
The most amazing thing is, that when it was new, it could swim. but the floor started to leak pretty soon.
With new tyres it is supposed to do 3 knots in the water.
Tgb 11, the car with the highest free height under the floor, without being to high, BUT You can nearly flip it in a sharp corner on tarmac if You are heavy on the accelerator. Took one at the barracks, one wheel in the air, summer of 82!
Btw: Pinzgauer is not german it's austrian.
What a fun video to watch. I drove the 303 when I was doing my military service in Sweden some 30 years ago. Correct me if I’m wrong but I think that it runs with the B-18 engine. A Volvo engine that was used in a lot of vehicles they produced at the time. They even produced a marine version of the engine. Thanks once again for the cool video. 😊
I though he was joking when he said it runs on premium gasoline. Not very often you see a military vehicle that isn’t a diesel.
Would be so cool to see a side by side comparison of this and a Pinzgauer.
they where made for arctic conditions too, so gasoline engines for the emergency cold starts
You dont want to be in a head-on collision with one of those. Oh and it takes some time for the Trelleborg tires to become round again if it has been stored. These things are from the 60s and are still in use in the Swedish army.
And definitely not with narrow vertical objects like trees...
There was a really horrible accident with two conscripts at a regiment where I grew up.
The one riding shotgun had to save the trapped driver from beeing burned alive by chopping off his legs above the knees with the axe that's part of the vehicle tool kit strapped to the inside of the rear door, and those axes were rarely more than just sharp enough to split firewood...😢
Cool machine. Always wanted to play in one of those.
I'm a Brit & it reminds me of my old 101 Forward Control. They were both meant to play off road with. Watching the video... well both have their good & bad points, but that Volvo looks a lot of fun.
I used to have one of these almost for myself at work a couple of years back. None of the other officers had done the actual training on the vehicle. And I've also held a course or two on it's sister variant TGB20 which seats driver, passenger and 16 soldiers in the back... on wooden benches of course nothing but the best for them
My son Steven built this Volvo bus out of Lego today. Thanks for the good influence guys.
there is an OEM winch
- PTO midmounted very powerfull
Nice nostalgic trip from my service time in Sweden
regarding the front windows ... in order to stop eating bees and such whilst driving with the window open, fit an ultra fine mesh scrim to the interior frame.....job done
I drove the forefather to the C303, the 903. It had tarp sides and roof. Did my conscripted military service in the Swedish Army in the early 80’s.
When it comes to the 24volt system, all heavy trucks and machinery uses 24volts here in Sweden and Europe, so I guess it was made 24volts so you can easily boost or get boosted by the rest of the fleet and general part interchangeability.
He could run a 12 volt winsch of just one batterie, the one closest to the earth, it should be doable with wires just for that.
I drove this vehicle , Volvo Puppy, in the mountains of Sweden in 1967 , while working for the Swedish Geological Survey! 👍😁🇸🇪 🚐
Pinzgauer (and Haflinger) are Austrian cars - produced by Steyr-Daimler-Puch for military purposes.
Had the chance to drive one once, they are so amazing.
That is a way to comfortable ride now, like cruising the country side in a Rolls Royce! You should've tried it original mil spec like we had in the army, stiffer and bumpy.
It has amazing offroad capabilities. I remember when we had terrain driving training (with the tire chains on) and you saw the terrain and obstacles before you and you thought "no way I can go there!", but sure enough, low and locked and it would take you there. Good thing to keep your thumbs outside of the inside of steering wheel when you're offroading, it might snap at you... 😉
I had a 1979 Ford pickup that I could shift between high and low range on the roll. NP205 transfer case. Coupled to a NP435 4 speed transmission, I could split shift and use 8 forward gears with the hubs unlocked: really useful for pulling stuck vehicles out and heavy trailers
A very good cross country vehicle
Is this the first time coming up close to an old military vehicle? This vehicle is actually rather standardised and modern for it’s time.
I am working in the military. And we do still use them 😊
Interesting vehicle, much like an improved forward control Landrover. Talking of the clutch, if anyone has owned early series Landrovers they will know about the Arnold Schwarzenegger left leg you develop after driving around for some time and having to double declutch just about every gear, not to mention upper body strength increasing from the Armstrong power Steering.
I drove these in my military service, super great.
16:47 It is a Volvo after all
I drove these sometimes in the Swedish Air Force 32 years ago.
Didn't they come with mechanical winches inside back half of the frame? I seem to recall seeing it on various blueprints and drawings of it.
It was definitely the case for other Swedish military vehicles, like the Volvo TL22
Then theres the predecessor Volvo TP21 "sugga" (the sow).. brutal looking
In my unit during swedish military service we had the two axle radio operator variant like this called TGB1112, the tree axle variant TGB13 that looks like this one just longer and the three axle variant which has a short cabin and a separate bigger cabin in the back for radio operators TGB 1313. In addition we had the big Scania 4x4 and 6x6 trucks TGB 30 and TGB 40.
They are amazing I had the pleasure of traveling and using one in Sweden
It's like 2 pinzguars had a BABY.
As a Dane I am culturally obligated to hate that Swedish trash. As a Scandinavian and scientist, I am compelled to love the genius in engineering. well done Volvo!
when i did my militery service in 03 i was a quartermaster in the army and had one of these as my vehicle, it can do 90km/h top speed, the vehicle i got was "brand new" it had been in storage since the early 70's and never used, it had been used less then 100km, the only thing's that had been done before i got it was add new radio mounts, and new mounts for the ksp 58 (FN MAG), it was alot of fun to drive at night whit the night lights on and 30-40cm of snow, but it was a pain to drive it when the snow was falling you could not see anything infront of you it was like watching a white wall and hoping nothing turned up infron of you becuse a crash in this vehicle in any speed over 25km/h you lost your legs. A few years before my service some conscripts had to chop a drivers legs of whit a axe after they had crashed and the vehicle cought fire and the drivers right leg was stuck the front metal had been bent around his leg so there was no way to get his leg lose and no time sence the engine was on fire and as you could see in this video the engine is in the center just to the right of the driver.
This car is called "valpen", the puppy. I think its because it's so small. Greetings from Sweden. Per
it´s called the same here in denmark 😄
volvo valp - volvo poppy
No, that was the predecessor, much smaller and turned easily over. "Valpen" used technology from the Volvo Amazon (B18 1.8 liter 4cyl). The TGB 11 uses the motor from the Volvo 164 (B30 6cyl 3.0 liter)
Should check the "TGB 13", it's the bigger brother, it got 6x6 instead. Or the TGB 30/40, its a lorry, check especially out the TGB 40.
You should try to get your hands on a C306. It's basically the same, but bigger.
You need to run premium because it's carburetted, both standard unleaded and standard E10 do not atomise properly from a carby because they are lower in volatiles
Very cool vehicle, worthy of treating with some respect and operating it in a sympathetic fashion.
Or, it needs more Cummins "B" and serious suspension work.
Not sure which.😃
The Wall socket is not to keep the battery charged. it's a standard NATO jump start wall socket for a cable with two of the same connectors.
Ah man I want one. I was smiling during the whole video 😁
They are able to hit 110 km/h, the engine is a downrated Volvo 6cyl found in the Volvo luxury 164, the power outlet is for vehicle to vehicle jump cables, good to have when the temperature is down to -35 C and the car hasn't been used for 12 hours and we should test what happens if You not maintain cold weather protocols, the oil is almost solid and the batteries are very low on power, even that they had heating built in.
I wonder if he got the external coolant heater with the blowtorch. Could be useful in those cold canadian winters 😀
When we had an exercise outside of Boden somewhere the blowtorch wasn't enough. The solution? Build a small fire underneath of course! One of the others missed the whole "small" thing. The mechanics that had to change everything that melted and what not in -30° wasn't super happy. Their...err...Sargent(?) thought it was a great real world test and a good thing to have tried. The next time it happened the fires were very small...