Military Volvos - Sugga

A friend of mine (an 850 T5 driver) is looking at buying some sort of
smaller ex-military vehicle. He already has a Landrover, now he
fancies a Volvo Sugga
http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/4764/volvo_sugga.jpg

Anyone have any experience of them ? How about the Laplander, the
other ex-mil Volvo ?

 

If this is the same as the C300 series, they were also used for
non-military purposes. I've seen them used as ambulances, and
UN personnel vehicles in Botswana and maybe Rhodesia. This was
in the middle 1970's - and I was very young then.

If you can't find a suitable C300 in England, maybe you can
interest your friend in a Pinzgauer 710K. I think the British
military used them, so it might be easier to find one ....

Beverly

 

It's not the 303 series(which I like MUCH better) - it's the original
1950's Volvo Jeep - a real rarity.

It's not as good as a 300 series offroad, though, and lacks even the
most basic amenities.

http://www.real4x4.com/

 

Thank you for the explanation. I definitely haven't seen the Laplander;
I'm afraid it precedes me by a decade.

Most of Zimbabwe/Rhodesia was not regular roads, especially in the West
provinces like Matabeleland (toward the Botswanan border). These C300
trucks used to handle that terrain - I don't remember seeing one broken
down by the side of the road, and I remember seeing Landrovers with broken
axles.

The other trucks were these Mercedes knock-offs they brought from India.
They were called Tatis. Kind of looked like German army trucks from
WWII.

Beverly

 

Excellent Photograph, anyone got one of the Laplander ?

Regards,
Brian.

 

Anyone know about the Infinitely Variable Gearbox from
Torotrak Ltd. a NW U.K. Company, been under developement
for some time now. Likely to hit the roads in the next year or
so, would suit Volvo admirably. No gear changing, constant
drive, considerable savings on fuel consumption, reported to
be in the region of 10 to 20 %.

Both Ford and BMW rumoured to be considering it as well as
a Japanese motor manufacturer.

see www.torotrak.com/news_releases.html

Regards,
Brian.

 

Yeah - the real tough stuff - they send in the 303s, Unomigs, and Pinzgauers.
Check out that link above - there's a picture of the buys over in Croatia
with a 6*6 and until he broke his foot, he was in third and whomping on
everyone with his monster Pinzgauer.

The original mercedes trucks are also very good, as are the old Army ones.

 

The Swedish Army and Coastal Artillery have been seriously restructuring in
the past ten years. Have you checked with them? You never know...