RHD Cars in LHD Countries
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Typ: Lokalbahnlokomotive, Bauart D1' h2t, Gattung Gt 45.12, GtL 4/5 (Nachfolge der bay. GtL 4/4, DRG Baureihe 98.10), Gruppenverwaltung Bayern in der Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft (DRG) [1]
Vorbild: 98 1001, gebaut 1929 bei Lokomotivfabrik Krauss & Comp. AG mit Fabrikummer 8466 [2]
Nachbildung: Epoche 2; Zweilicht-Spitzensignal, Farbgebung gemäß Gruppenverwaltung Bayern
Modell: H0, DC, Räder brüniert, Gestänge matt, NEM-Schacht [3]
Informationen:
[1] EFA 2.5: Lokomotiven bay. Eisenbahnen: Seite 230-232
[2] www.albert-gieseler.de/dampf_de/lokdaten16/lokdet165650.s...
[3] BRAWA Neuheiten Katalog 2012: Seite 23
Leihgabe: JSN A446.2292
A circa 1974-1976 Vauxhall Viva HC 4-door saloon, LHD export model sits abandoned and neglected in a field by the roadside on the Ionian island of Kefalonia, Greece. Not too far away from a local scrap yard. Despite a broken headlight, small dents and numerous patches of light surface corrosion, the car looked to be in otherwise very complete and solid condition, with good glass and a fairly clean interior. The engine block likely has since had a few parts picked-over, given that the bonnet/hood was open, and the front end was sitting a bit high.
1976 Scammell Crusader at the PS.Depot in Einbeck.
One of only 74 left hand drive trucks for the Rhine Garrison.
Manufacturer: VOLVO Personvagnar AB, Göteborg - Sweden
Type: P1800 S Model E
Production time: August 1964 - July 1965
Production outlet: 4,500 (Model E)
Production time: 1963 - 1969 (all Series)
Production outlet: 23,993 (all Series)
Engine: 1782cc straight-4 B-18 B OHV I-head
Power: 103 bhp / 5.600 rpm
Torque: 147 Nm / 3.800 rpm
Drivetrain: rear wheels
Speed: 176 km/h
Curb weight: 940 kg
Wheelbase: 96.5 inch
Chassis: box frame with all-steel unibody
Steering: worm & roller
Gearbox: M40 four-speed manual / all synchromesh / floor shift
Clutch: single dry plate disc
Carburettor: twin SU HIF6 for RHD cars and twin Zenith Stromberg 175-CD2-SE for LHD cars
Fuel tank: 45 liter
Electric system: 12 Volts 60 Ah
Ignition system: distributor and coil
Brakes front: Girling servo hydraulic 10.6 inch discs
Brakes rear: hydraulic dual circuit drums
Suspension front: independent trapezoid triangle crossbars, curve stabilizer, helical springs + Delco hydraulic telescopic shock absorbers
Suspension rear: beam axle, longitudinal thrust struts, Panhard bars, coil springs + Delco hydraulic telescopic shock absorbers
Rear axle: live
Differential: hypoid 4.56:1
Wheels: 15 inch steel discs
Tires: 165 x 15 radial
Options: M41 five-speed (Laycock-Normanville overdrive) manual gearbox, Borg-Warner 35 three-speed automatic transmission, 1986cc straight-4 B-20 B (from 1969 on),
Special:
- VOLVO, founded in 1927 in Gothenburg, was formed as a subsidiary company to the ball bearing maker SKF. The trademark VOLVO was first registered by SKF the 11th May 1915 with the intention to use it for a special series of ball bearing for the American market, but it was never used for this purpose. Assar Gabrielsson was appointed the managing director and Gustav Larson as the technical manager.
- The first VOLVO car left the assembly line on April 14, 1927 was called VOLVO ÖV 4.
- VOLVO Cars was owned by AB VOLVO until 1999, when it was acquired by the Ford Motor Company and placed in its Premier Automotive Group along with Jaguar, Land Rover and Aston Martin.
- Not everyone was immediately amused by Pelle (Per) Petterson’s design in 1960 (then employed by Frua, Turin - Italy and called “Project 958”).
- To save some money the new sports car should use the mechanical parts of the Amazon, but would have a slightly shorter wheelbase.
- VOLVO and Wilhelm Karmann GmbH (Karmann), Osnabrück - Germany almost agreed to start producing but Karmann wasn’t allowed by Volkswagen to produce the car because the competitor of VOLVO’s new sports car was made at Karmann (the Volkswagen Karmann Ghia).
- VOLVO also contacted NSU, Hanomag and Drautz but believed these manufacturers couldn’t meet up the expectations VOLVO had.
- VOLVO went to Jensen Motors Ltd in Lyng, West Bromwich, west of Birmingham - UK to talk about a possible production of the new sports car at Jensen.
- But Jensen didn’t have the capacity to produce also all the bodywork for the car, so Pressed Steel Fisher, Linwood - UK was asked to supply the bodywork.
- Jensen signed an agreement with VOLVO to build 10.000 cars.
- The P1800, was presented in the press in 1959 (by some photos) and presented in public at the Bruxelles Autosalon in Brussels (Belgium) in 1960.
- Due starting-up problems, production of the P1800 (18 for 1800cc displacement) with the B18 engine (B for the Swedish word for gasoline: Bensin) started in May 1961.
- Bad quality cars (bad bodyworks made by Pressed Steel, poor paintwork (sometimes even without any primer), even the molds were gone for a moment ☺☺☺!, forced VOLVO to finished production in their new factory in Lundby (Sweden) in 1963.
- VOLVO paid Jensen a compensation for building only 6,000 cars. Pressed Steel was allowed to continu to produce the bodywork, because VOLVO wasn’t able to find as quickly a new bodywork producer, wasn’t planning to bailout Pressed Steel and couldn’t affort any delaying.
- The final assembly was done at the new plant in Torslanda - Sweden.
- With some modifications (hubcaps, emblems, indicators and some interior changes) the car was renamed P 1800 S (“S” standing for Sweden).
- In 1969 the production of the 1800 S stopped and the 1800 E Model T was introduced in 1970.
- This 2+2 Coupé (first series 1960-1969) was VOLVO’s second attempt Sports Car since their P 1900 debacle (1956-1957 and only 67 units built), built with 444 PV components and a fiberglass body (by Glasspar USA), which gave so many problems, so Gunnar Engellau, at that time the big boss, took this car out of production after a long test drive.
- Nevertheless, this sporty Swede sold well, partly because "The Saint" Simon Templar drove one in the Series.
Entry into Sydney harbour by USS Canberra. USS Canberra will be ceremonially commissioned into the USN while in port which is the first time such an event has been held outside the USA.
SASEBO, Japan (March 3, 2018) The amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) departs Fleet Activities Sasebo for a routine patrol in the Indo-Pacific. Wasp, an F-35B Lightning II-capable ship, is deploying as a rapid-response capable asset to support security and stability in the region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jordan Crouch/Released)