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A Volvo of a different kind


proosen
07-21-2007, 06:56 AM
Look what I got for free from a fellow modeller!
A Volvo T31 from 1949 with kerosene/petrol engine.
It stod outside with no cover over it and hadn't been started for about 1½ years but that posed no problems.

Nj, nj, nj....WROOOOM! :screwy: spooky how old iron just keeps working.
Here's a movie clip when it got loaded with the old owner at the wheel and my father and cousin pushing on the snowblade. A bit slippery but it finally worked out.
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k137/Nickelilltroll/Volvo%20T31%201949/th_47d543a4.jpg (http://s87.photobucket.com/albums/k137/Nickelilltroll/Volvo%20T31%201949/?action=view&current=47d543a4.flv)

The steering is out of order due to some splines being stripped clean at a joint.
So we had to us an iron bar to pull the wheels by hand.
To the right you can see the steering, my father :naughty:
Was a bit fiddly and hard work to get the tractor around the house and lined up with the trailer.
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k137/Nickelilltroll/Volvo%20T31%201949/Transport01.jpg

This is where it lives now, our summer house. A lot of forrest to pull lumber out of and a piece of gravel road to take care of.
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k137/Nickelilltroll/Volvo%20T31%201949/Nya_hemmet_01.jpg
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k137/Nickelilltroll/Volvo%20T31%201949/Nya_hemmet_02.jpg


Niclas

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