Swedish bike hauler

purplepickup · January 09, 2007, 10:58:51 AM

I'm on a bicycle forum and one of the members there also collects old military vehicles. This one is a 1956 Volvo command car built for the Swedish military. There were 724 of them made. It came with a factory bike rack that holds two bikes. It's pretty cool so I thought I'd post a couple of pics.

Grandadeo · January 09, 2007, 11:03:28 AM

From the side view it kinda looks like and English Ford Prefect on steriods.

Lee

Charlie Chops 1940 · January 09, 2007, 12:14:36 PM

That'd be really cool to haul our bikes to Bonneville, huh?

Charlie

Fat Cat · January 09, 2007, 06:18:41 PM

That thing is so ugly its cute. I want one.

Carnut · January 09, 2007, 07:25:20 PM

Them bike haulers haven't changed a whole lot over the years, they're still ugly.

EMSjunkie · January 09, 2007, 08:10:46 PM

Does it come in a fenderless version?

ole' stickybritches may want one for his collection

Vance

Sean · January 09, 2007, 08:46:13 PM

Quote from: "purplepickup"This one is a 1956 Volvo command car built for the Swedish military. There were 724 of them made.

Thats one of the toughest looking command vehicles I've ever seen. Only one I can think of that looked meaner than that, is that thing that Michael Caine rides in in "A Bridge too Far"....

Carnut · January 09, 2007, 09:02:29 PM

Quote from: "Sean"
Quote from: "purplepickup"This one is a 1956 Volvo command car built for the Swedish military. There were 724 of them made.

Thats one of the toughest looking command vehicles I've ever seen. Only one I can think of that looked meaner than that, is that thing that Michael Caine rides in in "A Bridge too Far"....

Oh, you mean the trusty ole Daimler MK1 FV107J 'Ferret' Scout Car?

Sean · January 09, 2007, 09:13:58 PM

Quote from: "Carnut"

Oh, you mean the trusty ole Daimler MK1 FV107J 'Ferret' Scout Car?

Yep, that looks like it, 'cept they look better without the guns and extra baggage. I always thought Daimler was a German company, but they must not have been if the Brits were using that in WWII.

Carnut · January 09, 2007, 09:25:28 PM

Quote from: "Sean"
Quote from: "Carnut"

Oh, you mean the trusty ole Daimler MK1 FV107J 'Ferret' Scout Car?

Yep, that looks like it, 'cept they look better without the guns and extra baggage. I always thought Daimler was a German company, but they must not have been if the Brits were using that in WWII.

Well, there's Daimler and there's Daimler.

Daimler Automobile History

Did you know that most of the tanks in 'Bridge' were replica bodies fitted to Rover Chassis? In several scenes you can see that the treads don't even move while the tank is.

Heh, heh, as a matter of fact I've got the DVD playing right now.

Rayvyn · January 09, 2007, 09:57:47 PM

Quote from: "purplepickup"

Much neater than the old Gama Goats we used to plow around Alaska with. We spent more time fixing them than driving them. Dang things had 6 wheels, and all of them turned when you turned the wheel. Very few guys got the hang of driving them. Extremely noisy, too.

Sean · January 09, 2007, 10:31:08 PM

Quote from: "Sean"

Yep, that looks like it, 'cept they look better without the guns and extra baggage

Here's one without all the extra stuff. The Humber Scout looks pretty mean too. It actually looks more like the one in "a bridge too Far" to me, but its been a few months since I last watched it.

Carnut · January 09, 2007, 10:32:04 PM

Oh Ferrets were the HUMMV of the British Army, came in all sorts of configurations.

Here's one 'up armored' so to speak with a turreted canon.