Volvo C303

The Volvo C303 was an off-road vehicle of the Swedish automaker Volvo from the 1970s. He is considered the " big brother " of the Volvo C202, of which he, however, is fundamentally different in technical terms.

Only their box shape they have in common, and the 303 has, like the 202 a lead frame on which the body is bolted directly. However, here are portal axles (probably of Salisbury, now Dana ) installed (though with cast Volvo logo on the portal housing ) guarantees that a ground clearance of 38 cm. The car from the carburetor in-line six -cylinder petrol engine, type Volvo B30A of the first copies of the Volvo is powered similar to 164 The manual transmission (type S4- 18/3 in the C303 and C304 or S5/18-3 the C306/TGB20 ) was designed by German supplier ZF Friedrichshafen contributed. The transfer case is a proprietary design of Volvo. There was the car that was actually a small truck, a two - and three-axle. The name changed depending on the total weight of C303 to C304 or C306. Even a four-axle and an amphibian version were in the planning, did not get past the prototype stage with a built vehicle but also. Differential locks on all axles awarded this vehicle a high cross-country mobility. Today only take a few of these off-road vehicles on the roads of the world.

The C303 / 6 was built from 1974 to 1980 in an estimated number of about 8000. A C303 won the 1983 Paris-Dakar rally in the class for light trucks. The race car was supplemented only by a roll bar and a larger tank, the rest corresponded to the state series.

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• Pinzgauer ( Austria )
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