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Puzzle #1894 - Strength Test / 1907 Scania Truck
« on: February 06, 2011, 06:10:29 AM »
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Re: Puzzle #1894
« Reply #1 on: February 07, 2011, 06:32:15 AM »
Still waiting for the seatbelt to be invented, I take it. ;D
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Re: Puzzle #1894
« Reply #2 on: February 07, 2011, 06:46:08 AM »
Quote from: Allan L on February 07, 2011, 06:32:15 AM
Still waiting for the seatbelt to be invented, I take it. ;D
They're not even seated... Maybe this is where Ryanair got it's inspiration from...
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Re: Puzzle #1894
« Reply #3 on: February 07, 2011, 09:23:59 AM »
 ;)
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Re: Puzzle #1894
« Reply #4 on: February 14, 2011, 05:24:02 AM »
Experts?
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Re: Puzzle #1894
« Reply #5 on: February 14, 2011, 05:40:43 AM »
They took the truck, because the cars were already crowded  ;)
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Re: Puzzle #1894
« Reply #6 on: February 14, 2011, 05:41:38 AM »
Is it a chassis strength test?
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Re: Puzzle #1894
« Reply #7 on: February 14, 2011, 05:42:55 AM »
Quote from: Wendax on February 14, 2011, 05:41:38 AM
Is it a chassis strength test?

Yes! Now, what kind of truck is that?
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Re: Puzzle #1894
« Reply #8 on: February 14, 2011, 06:59:43 AM »
Quote from: Otto Puzzell on February 14, 2011, 05:42:55 AM
Quote from: Wendax on February 14, 2011, 05:41:38 AM
Is it a chassis strength test?

Yes! Now, what kind of truck is that?
Military?
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Re: Puzzle #1894
« Reply #9 on: February 14, 2011, 07:31:24 AM »
Daimler?
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Re: Puzzle #1894
« Reply #10 on: February 14, 2011, 08:18:17 AM »
It looks a bit like a MAN, but let's start with country: Germany?
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Re: Puzzle #1894
« Reply #11 on: February 14, 2011, 11:05:03 AM »
Quote from: D-type on February 14, 2011, 06:59:43 AM
Quote from: Otto Puzzell on February 14, 2011, 05:42:55 AM
Quote from: Wendax on February 14, 2011, 05:41:38 AM
Is it a chassis strength test?

Yes! Now, what kind of truck is that?
Military?

I should have been clearer - what company made that truck?
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Re: Puzzle #1894
« Reply #12 on: February 14, 2011, 11:05:15 AM »
Quote from: DeAutogids on February 14, 2011, 08:18:17 AM
It looks a bit like a MAN, but let's start with country: Germany?

No
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Re: Puzzle #1894
« Reply #13 on: February 14, 2011, 11:39:31 AM »
Let's try USA
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Re: Puzzle #1894
« Reply #14 on: February 14, 2011, 11:52:12 AM »
It's a load of blokes strength-testing a Scania truck in 1907 in Sodertalje, Sweden, which is where their factory was/is.  That was 4 years before the merger with Vabis AB (short for Vagnsfabriks Aktiebolaget or, translated into English, Wagon Manufacturing Company).
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Re: Puzzle #1894
« Reply #15 on: February 14, 2011, 12:55:13 PM »
That's it!
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