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Volvo N 10 
Ep. 8.17Class: Trucks, Simple truck — Model origin: 
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Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene
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◊ 2014-02-25 08:48 |
As far as I understand this is a SKD (semi knocked down) Volvo N-series originally made in Sweden, but assembled in Australia http://www.oldaussievolvos.com/background/volvo-trucks-in-australia-history . The badge concisted up until the early 80's of one letter (N if "Normal" or with bonnet, F if cab in "Front" position (COE = Cab Over Engine)) followed by a three or four digit number. The first part of the number was depending on the size of the engine in litres with options for 7, 10 or 12. The last two digits tells the load capacity and is anybody's guess. The badge on this particullar Volvo is rather long which indicates it's not a 7-litre engine, but the picture is too blurred to make any more sence out of it. |
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◊ 2014-02-25 09:36 |
Actually it could be a N717 |
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◊ 2014-02-25 11:13 |
Here we go again /vehicle.php?id=550823 . As I explained on that page the last two digits can be plenty of different combinations and is very difficult to tell apart. N717 is indeed one possibility, others are N706, N707, 08, 09, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 20, 23, 25, 27 and 33 and also N1020 etc or N12... |
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◊ 2014-02-25 11:41 |
In the future I will be careful not to comment on your comments, @zodiac. |
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◊ 2014-02-25 11:43 |
The badge on the front says 10, in another shot... |
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◊ 2014-02-25 12:17 |
@tore-40: I certainlly don't want to stop encourage you to make comments. Neither on mine nor others. What I meant is that I far too often on imcdb see exact comments concerning a blurry picture, where it's just not possible to tell whether it's one model or another. One prime example is Mercedes where a body number is often all there is to say about it (W123, W113, W108) while many insists it's a 280S, 230E or 230SL. It might be, but it's very likely it isn't. Before commenting I'm trying to make sure the information is as accurate as possible. Especially as the information, when posted, can be read as a fact. And everything written on the Internet is true, isn't it? For a brief moment I saw this turning into a meaningless discussion. God forbide it would be .gif ";)") |
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◊ 2014-02-25 18:05 |
It is an easy mistake: finding a picture of a vehicle which looks similar, without knowing that there is a whole range of models with the same style, only differenced by engine or trim. Now do we name it then? N-Series? |
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◊ 2014-02-25 18:08 |
So N10??? |
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◊ 2014-02-25 19:27 |
If we have a proof that it says N10, that what it is. Also Volvo decided, around 1984 I believe it was, to simplify and skip the last digits. Thus it was just called N7, N10 or N12 after that. Perhaps one possibility to simplify is to skip the last two digits all together. But that would remove the possibility to name a F1233, the toughest there was on Swedish roads in those days... Otherwise the model was introduced somewhere around 1973 or 1974, but I believe the one above is considerable later than that. Edit: Sorry for being grumpy at my first comment, but it's very easy to throw in a model name at randomn, and takes loads of time going through catalogues, brouchures and magazines to rectify. The question is as always if it's worth it. It is, sometimes, as in the case of the rare W108 300 SE a while ago, but not for any N-series Volvo. -- Last edit: 2014-02-25 19:55:45 |
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◊ 2014-02-26 13:06 |
What I meant is that this is a model made BEFORE 1984, but probably not as early as 1974. |
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◊ 2015-05-09 12:38 |
The Volvo N Series started production in 1973, if i remember correctly, and then in 1977 the cabover F10 and F12 was launched. |
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