Description
1957 Volvo TP21 with European import documents.
Driving condition but with a bad body.
Nice project to restore a very special car.
In the Netherlands, one has already been converted to electric drive!
The Volvo TP21 was based on a shortened Volvo truck chassis that was then equipped with a modified version of the all-steel body used on the Volvo PV831 sedan, a vehicle that was often used as a taxi in Sweden. The name "Sugga" came from the Swedish word for "sow", a female pig, based on the appearance of the PV831. The nickname would follow the body and also be applied to the TP21 4×4.
The power was provided by the Volvo 3. 67 liter flathead inline-six engine with a Rochester carburetor. This produced 90 hp at 3, 600 rpm, which gave a top speed of 65 mph, although the vehicle was rarely driven at these speeds.
Power was sent back through a four-speed unsynchronized manual transmission and a two-range transfer case. The transfer case offered both high and low ranges, and the Sugga was equipped with vacuum-locking front and rear axles that rode on leaf springs.
As was common at the time, drum brakes were used front and rear and the vehicle used a six-volt electrical system, although the military radio system had a 12-volt circuit to power the radio system and a large aerial.
720 military versions of the Sugga were made, as staff cars, troop transporters and radio vehicles - the latter were called Radiopersonterrängbil in Swedish, or "radio vehicles for across the country". It is said that the Swedish Armed Forces kept a few examples of the Sugga in active use until the 1990s, an exceptionally long lifespan.
Now the remaining examples are all in private hands or in museums, and we rarely see good examples for sale.
