The Scania-Vabis L75/L76 was a series of heavy duty

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Scania-Vabis Scania AB ( , ), stylised SCANIA in its products, is a major Swedish manufacturer headquartered in Södertälje, focusing on commercial vehicles—specifically heavy lorries, trucks and buses. It also manufactures diesel engines for heavy veh ...

between 1958 and 1968.

Scania-Vabis L75

In the spring of 1958, Scania-Vabis introduced a new generation of trucks, with newly designed six-cylinder

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components and a new, more spacious and comfortable cab. The cab would be used for all

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s until 1980. The largest model, called L75, had a ten-litre engine. The truck was also offered with a

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. This version was called the LS75, with an “S” for "support axle". For real heavy duty work Scania-Vabis offered a version with tandem drive rear axles. It was called LT75, with “T” for "tandem". The L75 series trucks came with air brakes, but

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was still an option. From 1961 the truck was offered with a

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Scania-Vabis L76

In early 1963 the improved L76/LS76/LT76 series was introduced, with an eleven-litre engine and dual circuit brakes. Since the 345 model had disappeared in 1939, Scania-Vabis had only built

s, as it was the most popular design in the Scandinavian market. By the early 1960s, many European countries introduced regulations limiting the maximum length for truck and trailer. This resulted in increased demand for

forward control Cab-over, also known as cab over engine (COE), cab forward or flat face (U.S.), flat nose (Canada), or forward control (UK), is a body style of truck, bus, or van that has a vertical front, "flat face" or a semi-hood, with the cab of the t ...

trucks. With the introduction of the L76 series there was also a forward control version, LB76 (LBS76 with trailing axle). The “B” stood for "Bulldog" which was Scania-Vabis’ name for forward control vehicles. The LB cab was fixed, which made access to the engine for service and maintenance difficult.

Engines

Gallery

File:Scania-Vabis LS75 Truck 1960.jpg, 1960 Scania-Vabis LS75 File:Scania-Vabis L76 Fire Engine 1967.jpg, 1967 Scania-Vabis L76

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File:1963 Scania LBS 7631 (1963), Dutch licence registration BE-60-07 pic1.JPG, 1963 Scania-Vabis LBS76 File:Scania-Vabis LB76 Truck 2.jpg, Scania-Vabis LB76 Truck

References

External links

Scania Group - history

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