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Scania car clocks up a century
One hundred years after it rolled off the production line, a Scania-Vabis Typ I car has surfaced at a vintage car show in StockholmThe name Scania is readily associated with heavy trucks and buses these days, but in the early years of the company's history it also produced cars – like the Scania-Vabis Typ I, of which 305 were produced between 1914 and 1925.
Vabis was a Swedish car and truck manufacturer that, after falling into financial difficulties, merged with Scania in 1911 to form AB Scania-Vabis. The name continued until 1969, when a merger with Saab saw the name change to Saab-Scania AB. Saab and Scania then split in 1995, the truck company simply becoming Scania AB.
Now, 100 years after it first turned a wheel, the Scania-Vabis Typ I shown here has won the coveted 'Concours De Charme' prize at the Prins Bertil Memorial vintage car show in Stockholm, Sweden.
Rarity and excellent condition aside, what makes this particular Typ I so special is that it's only had three owners, all of whom are from the same family.
Originally purchased for 7584 Swedish kronor by one Dr A. Gustaf Nyblin on November 6, 1914, the car was used in the doctor's practice in Gnesta, a rural town to the south-west of Sodertalje, where the vehicle was built and where Scania's headquarters still stand today.
Dr Nyblin purchased the car, which was duly christened 'Olle', for its ability to handle steep gradients. It was powered by a 22hp four-cylinder petrol engine and featured a Phaeton body that could accommodate five people.
Dr Nyblin had to obtain special permission from local authorities to use the vehicle on roads narrower than 3.6 metres, so he could traverse the region's tighter tracks. At the time it was only the second car in use in the district.
Dr Nyblin passed the vehicle on to his son, Sigvard, who used it as daily transport up until the 1950s, and now the vehicle's upkeep is shared between the Nyblin family and the Scania Museum.
Today, with a century of history behind it, the Scania-Vabis Typ I is still pressed into service by the Nyblin family each year, the recent award in Stockholm a fitting accolade for a family that clearly cares for its car in its centenary year.
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Written byRod Chapman
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