Advertising Last completed movie pages 1975 Volvo F 609Class: Trucks, Simple truck — Model origin: 
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◊ 2022-12-17 19:19 |
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◊ 2022-12-19 19:04 |
I didn't expect this. I had this Volvo range, in this particular colour, on a poster in my room when I grew up. It was published when the range was presented in 1975. Anyway, the range was formed by the 4-, 6-, 10- and 12-series, but only the 4-series had these small wheels. With an F in front if the cab was mounted on top of the engine (otherwise an N). But in the early days, they were not called just F4, but F4xx, where the x's told the maximum weight. I don't know if that was the total weight or the maximum carrying weight. There were several alternatives: F406, F407, F408 and F409. Earlier MY's had smaller V-O-L-V-O letters in black and a standing rectangular figure in the grille. That can be seen here http://towpunktse.blogspot.com/2016/07/volvo-f409-76-jmm470.html . This is at least a 1975+ Volvo F406, but could also be a F407 or a F409 (the F408 was introduced later). Link to "public.fotki.com" (a 1978 facelifted version, F408 from MY 1978) It's very difficult to find specific information on rare thing on the internet, but I've managed to find a brouchure currently for sale, but the link might disappear rather quickly: Link to "www.tori.fi" (unfortunately the pictures mostly shows the heavier F6 with the bigger wheels) -- Last edit: 2022-12-19 19:17:08 |
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◊ 2023-01-18 14:18 |
When I looked in the Volvo HGV magazine (Volvo på väg) issue 1 1975, I notice that there were also one model of the 6-series with small wheels. All the others had big wheels. One particularly noticeable difference between the 4- and the 6-series is that the 4-series had an 80 litre fuel tank (Inline 4-cylinder 4 litre fuel injected Diesel) while the 6-series had an 130 litre fuel tank (Inline 6-cylinder 6 litre fuel injected Diesel). From 1975 onwards there were five models on offer with this cabin: F 407, F 409, F 609, F 611 and F 613. F 407 until F 609 had small wheels while F 611 and F 613 had large wheels. The above example has a 130 litre fuel tank https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zVJ-3iS3j8 (at 1:12:42) and should thus be a 1975-77 Volvo F 609 as first choice. Small fuel tank Link to "files.klaravikcdn.com" Large fuel tank http://www.tow.se/oldcartowvolvo004/volvo-004-s5117.jpg 1975 brouchure Link to "www.picclickimg.com" -- Last edit: 2023-01-18 14:29:39 |
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◊ 2023-01-20 18:59 |
 This is a 1975-77 Volvo F 609. (Unless a F 407 or F 409 specifically ordered with a large fuel tank, but that has to be as second choice. There's no sound and no picture of the number plate.) |
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