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Volvo L3314 Laplander - northern off-road artist of the sixties

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Created on October 3, 2012

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Bruno von Rotz

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Volvo L3314 (1964) - dank Reduktionsgetriebe fast unschlagbar im Gelände

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Volvo L3314 (1964) - primär für den militärischen Einsatz gebaut, aber auch für zivile Zwecke sehr nützlich

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Volvo L3314 (1964) - die militärischen Versionen sahen noch etwas "kriegerischer" aus

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Volvo L3314 (1964) - auf Landstrassen ist er weniger zuhause als im Gelände

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Volvo L3314 (1964) - bei der Restaurierung wurde der Laplander optisch etwas aufgepeppt

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Volvo L3314 (1964) - Ersatzrad aussen an der Hecktüre

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Volvo L3314 (1964) - das Design wurde rein auf Funktion ausgelegt

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Volvo L3314 (1964) - das ideale Gefährt für den Alpöhi

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Volvo L3314 (1964) - der Fahrer sitzt über der Vorderachse

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Volvo L3314 (1964) - der Wagen ist für den Geländeeinsatz ausgelegt

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Volvo L3314 (1964) - die Fahrt hinunter sieht aus der Pilotenperspektive gefährlicher aus, als sie es ist

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Volvo L3314 (1964) - mit verschiedenen Aufbauten erhältlich - hier die Hardtop-Version

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Volvo L3314 (1964) - eine seltene Erscheinung in unseren Breitengraden

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Volvo L3314 (1964) - hochbeinig kommt er daher

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Volvo L3314 (1964) - wird bei höheren Geschwindigkeiten recht laut

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Volvo L3314 (1964) - in den hochbeinigen Wagen setzt man sich nicht hinein, man besteigt ihn

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Volvo L3314 (1964) - in der Mitte erkennt man den Antrieb für die Seilwinde

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Volvo L3314 (1964) - riesige Räder für das kompakte Fahrzeug

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Volvo L3314 (1964) - scheut auch vor starken Steigungen nicht zurück

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Volvo L3314 (1964) - über Umlenkrollen kann die Seilwinde nach hinten oder vorne geführt werden

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Volvo L3314 (1964) - wendig - kleiner Wendekreis

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Volvo L3314 (1964) - aussenliegende Scharniere an den Türen

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Volvo L3314 (1964) - typisch Frontlenker - Pedalerie an der Stossstange

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Volvo L3314 (1964) - karges Interieur

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Volvo L3314 (1964) - Cockpit mit dem Nötigsten - der Drehzahlmesser ist nicht serienmässig

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Volvo L3314 (1964) - flach stehendes Lenkrad

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Volvo L3314 (1964) - die 100 km/h sind sicher die Obergrenze

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Volvo L3314 (1964) - Beschriftungen in Schwedisch

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Volvo L3314 (1964) - der Hebel rechts ist für das Reduktionsgetriebe

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Volvo L3314 (1964) - der Motor sitzt zwischen Fahrer und Beifahrer

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Volvo L3314 (1964) - getrennte Schalter für Scheibenwischer links und rechts

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Volvo L3314 (1964) - Luxus - ein Aschenbecher

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Volvo L3314 (1964) - das Typenschild in der Kabine

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Volvo L3314 (1964) - auch für die Fondpassagiere gibt es wenig Komfort

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Volvo L3314 (1964) - Einstieg zum Fondbereich

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Volvo L3314 (1964) - geriffeltes Trittbrett

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Volvo L3314 (1964) - der Schriftzug auf der Front

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Volvo L3314 (1964) - mit Nutzfahrzeugcharakter

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Volvo L3314 (1964) - der damalige Volvo-Schriftzug

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Volvo L3314 (1964) - Tankstutzen und Türverriegelung

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Volvo L3314 (1964) - das Seil der Winde wird über Umlenkrollen geführt

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Volvo L3314 (1964) - Vorderachse wie Hinterachse sind starr und mit Blattfedern ausgerüstet

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Volvo L3314 (1964) - Niederdruckreifen

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Volvo L3314 (1965) - Ur-Laplander mit offener Ladebrücke

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Volvo C303 (1976) - nun mit Sechszylindermotor und noch geländegängiger

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Volvo C303 (1979) - der Kategorien-Sieger der Paris-Dakar Rallye 1983

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Summary

Long before the current SUVs, Volvo was already building off-road vehicles, mostly for military use. Between 1961 and 1970, Volvo produced almost 9,000 L3314/3315 all-wheel drive vehicles, some of which were also used in civilian environments, e.g. by fire departments, construction companies or airports. This report deals with the Volvo L3314 and its relatives and portrays an L3314HT from 1964 in detail.

This article contains the following chapters

Volvo with 4x4 passenger cars early on
Reaching into the spare parts shelf
Functional design without frippery
Into series production with the L3314
Special technical features
Civilian use as a police, fire department or multi-purpose vehicle
With the Series 2 to Hungary
Restored over six years
Sitting on the front axle
The off-road king
Still practical today

Estimated reading time: 5min

Preview (beginning of the article)

When you think of the earlier Volvo models, you generally remember the humpback Volvo (e.g. PV 444), the Amazon (e.g. 123 S) or the elegant P 1800 S coupé. But hardly anyone will imagine a high-legged off-road vehicle with the stature of a Pinzgauer. But between 1961 and 1970, Volvo produced almost 9,000 L3314/3315 all-wheel drive vehicles. Designed as a military vehicle, most of them were used in hard military service, however, and only a small proportion of the total production was used for civilian purposes. As early as 1943, Volvo built an off-road vehicle called the TVP on the chassis of the PV 800, equipped with a six-cylinder petrol engine that produced around 80 hp. The car, which ended up being called the TP21, was built until the early 1960s.

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