Volvo LV60

Volvo
Volvo LV60
LV60
Manufacturer:	Volvo trucks
Sales designation:	LV60
Production period:	1929-1932
Previous model:	Volvo LV4
Successor:	Volvo LV76
Technical specifications
Engines:	Penta - Otto engine , 6-cylinder in-line engine
Power:	41-48 kW

The Volvo LV60 was a truck model by the Swedish manufacturer Volvo , which was manufactured between 1929 and 1932. The abbreviation LV60 stands for LastVagn (“truck”), 6 cylinders.

history

In 1928, Volvo began building trucks. The first model LV4 (also called Series 1 ) was equipped with a four-cylinder engine that was already used in the Volvo ÖV4 passenger car . However, this soon turned out to be too weak for the transport of goods. That is why the next generation of models was equipped with more powerful six-cylinder engines just one year later . This vehicle was marketed as the Volvo LV60 .

Volvo LV61 as a minibus

The LV60 to LV65 models were quite successful and met with approval from both transport and bus companies. This model served the latter as the basis for a simple minibus ; a bus body in mixed construction was mounted on the ladder frame, i.e. a wooden skeleton construction that was covered with nailed sheet metal. Production ended in 1932. The robust vehicles are considered to be indestructible and can still be found today at classic car shows in Scandinavia .

Engines

When engines in-house were Penta - 6-cylinder in-line engines with side valves used. During the construction period from 1929 to 1931, these gasoline engines had an output of 55, from 1932 65  hp .

technology

The vehicles of the previous version LV4 had a track width of 1.3  m . The roads that were common at the time mostly consisted of paths driven out by horse-drawn vehicles with pronounced ruts at a distance of around 1.5 m. Driving on such roads presented considerable difficulties; the vehicle was "difficult to keep on track". Therefore, the LV60 got a wider track width of 1460 mm. This was created by moving the semi-elliptical leaf springs to the outside of the ladder frame (in Series 1 the springs were placed directly under the frame). As with most vehicles of the era, many components were made of wood, such as the cab and the spokes (artillery wheels ). The wooden steering wheel of the previous model was replaced by one made of Bakelite . In the LV60 , as was common with other trucks until the mid-1930s, the heating was limited to the engine heat that got into the cab through the sheet metal that separated the engine from the cab.

Web links

Commons : Volvo LV60-65  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Volvo Trucks of the 1920s in the company history

Remarks

1. ↑ This is a good way of distinguishing the LV60 models from the earlier LV4 models .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Volvo 1920 website of the manufacturer. Retrieved February 24, 2019.