bma.finland:
from aja1/89 scania vabis whit the resting cab (narrow bed)
Looking at the BeGe catalogue above, that would be a 1350 cab. Presumably, the number refers to the length in mm. You mention that 2 different Woody sleepers were offered as standard by Scania Vabis- which was the other standard one, from the range?
Was the 1800 mainly a crew cab, for fire engines etc? It would certainly make a luxurious cab for the 1960s- the modern Scania cabs are only 1900mm long, I think.
in national service the 1350 and 1450 where the common ones and in the pic is the shorter.then the 1600 where on some of the international haulage motors.1800 i haven,t seen in scandinavian pic,s as sleeper.
Thanks bma. Great stuff. You don’t get this sort of detail in the books!
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anorak:
Thanks bma. Great stuff. You don’t get this sort of detail in the books!
your welcome but have to remember i,m not the bible either ,there can bee many things out there i do not know about, and scania vabis and volvo where sold whit only boneted chassies ,so there were no standard motors untill scania 0series and volvo N7-12 series in bonneted.the cabovers where standard,and volvo owned nyströmshytten since 63? when first tiptop cab where introduest
Here are some photos of an unusual cab from the Be-Ge factory, specially made for the Middle East traffic. I´m not sure of how many cabs that was made, but I´ve heard the figure five… and one of them was restored a couple years ago in Norway.
/Stellan
hej stellan the big ones i rememered to,are the other facts about right? so i can sleep well 
bma.finland:
your welcome but have to remember i,m not the bible either
No problem bma. We don’t need a bible to entertain us. Old lorries is not a religion. Not quite. 
Autotransit:
Here are some photos of an unusual cab from the Be-Ge factory, specially made for the Middle East traffic. I´m not sure of how many cabs that was made, but I´ve heard the figure five… and one of them was restored a couple years ago in Norway.
/Stellan
When were these lorries built, Stellan? They are fabulous. BeGe’s logo is pressed into the door frame: bma used the word “class”, to describe their work. It is the exact right word for it.
if you love sweedies classic lorrys and truck,s this is your magaszne man,one of mine favorit s
evensen.s big cab seems to bee -63,don,t no about the cab for shore
I have done some research about this cab, and it was made ten of them between 1963 and 1965. But the cab was not specially made for the Middle East, it was “only” for the European traffic… mostly to Germany for Schenker.
/Stellan
Some cracking pics on here
risno.com/trucking.htm
Suedehead:
Some cracking pics on here
risno.com/trucking.htm
i will 2nd that!
Here´s a Norwegian film about Evensen´s truck and four other trucks from Sweden on a trip from Sandefjord to Bergen in June last year, and if you don’t mind the language it´s a magnificent film.
/Stellan
Thanks for that Autotransit, and i dont mind the language at all!
Excellent film. How can I download/buy it? Does anyone know?
NRK is the Norwegian equivalent to BBC, and if you have a look on this site you find more information about how to purchase the film: nrk.no/informasjon/organisas … /1.3698586
But there´s maybe someone out there that knows how to download it, that would of course be much cheaper
/Stellan
now what to do, to superb sites about my favorite
This LBS76 6x2 I found in Örnsköldsvik, 530 km´s north of Stockholm last summer, and it looks like it´s restored a couple of years ago. It had two gear sticks, but the stick for the additional gearbox was put into low when I took the picture. Unfortunately they had modernized the rear of it, but when you put a trailer behind it would not show 
/Stellan
a nice one there stellan,you have acouple left in sweden,anfourtunatly don,t no more then one hands finger left in finland.the one i owned havnot been seen ,and the guy who bought it is noot in buisnes anymore.
Regarding those “extra long” LB76 sleepers, I have come across this: conam.info/carrosseriebouwer … n-v-meppel
It is clear that BeGe had a fully-equipped cab plant in Meppel, as well as the one in Oskarshamn. I assume that the Swedish plant supplied Södertälje and the Dutch one did the sheet metalwork for Zwolle. Is it a reasonable assumption that the longer cabs were proper factory jobs (rather than conversions), but only on Dutch-built chassis?
The rest of that Conam site is well worth a read. While c*r enthusiasts drool over Italian coachwork, us lorry nuts must favour the Dutch coachbuilders, for their ingenuity and craftsmanship. Have a look at the superb joinery on this van Trigt effort: conam.info/carrosseriebouwer … ravenzande. Would such extravagance have graced the chassis of an Atki or an ERF?
