{{Infobox automobile | image = Scania-Vabis 2L12 Truck 1947.jpg | name = Scania-Vabis L10/L40/L51 Drabant | manufacturer = Scania-Vabis | aka = | production = 1944 - 1959, 14,090 produced<ref name=Lindh>{{cite book |last=Lindh |first=Björn-Eric |title=Scania: fordonshistoria 1891-1991 |year=1992|publisher=Streiffert & Co|location=Stockholm, Sweden|isbn=91-7886-074-1}}</ref> | assembly = | predecessor = Scania-Vabis 325 | successor = Scania-Vabis L55 | class = Medium/heavy duty truck | body_style = | layout = | platform = | engine = Scania-Vabis ohv inline 4 | transmission = 4/5 speed manual | wheelbase = {{convert|3.4|m|in|1|abbr=on}} - {{convert|5.0|m|in|1|abbr=on}}<ref name=Lindh/> | length = | width = | height = | weight = {{convert|8500|kg|lb|1|abbr=on}} - {{convert|11500|kg|lb|1|abbr=on}} (gross weight)<ref name=Lindh/> | related = | designer = }}
The '''Scania-Vabis L10/L40/L51''' was a series of trucks produced by Swedish automaker Scania-Vabis between 1944 and 1959.
== Scania-Vabis L10 == During the Second World War Scania-Vabis’ entire production went to the Swedish Armed Forces and other public institutions. The company designed a new generation of trucks for post war times, when the pent-up demand for new trucks was expected to boom. The first post-war model, '''L10''', was introduced in 1944.<ref name=Scania1>[http://www.scania.com/scania-group/history-of-scania/1940/ Scania Group - history] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927083151/http://www.scania.com/scania-group/history-of-scania/1940/ |date=2012-09-27 }}</ref> It was the first Scania-Vabis truck with left hand drive. The L10 Series had a four-cylinder variant of the module engine Scania-Vabis had introduced in the late 1930s, which was also built in the six- and eight cylinder versions, as petrol or diesel engine. The diesel engine in the L10 series was a pre-chamber engine. The truck could also be delivered with four-wheel drive, a version known as the '''F10'''. It had a war time chassis and military trucks were also sold with petrol engine.
Before the war, Scania-Vabis purchased many components from Germany and Great Britain, but these were now largely replaced by Swedish-made components. Unfortunately, production was in several cases started without adequate testing and those first postwar trucks suffered quality problems that cost Scania-Vabis both money and reputation to repair.<ref name=Scania2>{{Cite web |url=http://toolkitstatic.scania.com/scaniaworld/archive/pdf/ScaniaWorld_en.pdf |title=Scania trucks: A century on the road |access-date=2012-09-05 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043741/http://toolkitstatic.scania.com/scaniaworld/archive/pdf/ScaniaWorld_en.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== Scania-Vabis L40 == At the end of 1949, Scania-Vabis introduced a direct injected diesel development of their module engine. It had been designed in collaboration with British truck manufacturer Leyland Motors.<ref name=Scania2/> With the new engine, the four-cylinder truck got its name changed to '''L40'''. Otherwise the truck was mostly unchanged. In early 1950 there were also a small number of the four-wheel drive '''F40''' built, before that model disappeared because of low market demand. In 1951 the old fashioned non-synchro four-speed gear box was replaced by a synchronized five-speed transmission.
== Scania-Vabis L51 Drabant == In the spring of 1953 the final development of Scania-Vabis’ module engines were introduced, with larger displacement. The four-cylinder truck was now called '''L51 Drabant''', with a payload capacity of 5.5 to 6 tonnes. It was also the first Scania-Vabis truck with a proper name.
== Engines == {|class="wikitable" !Model!!Year!!Engine<ref name=Lindh/>!!Displacement!!Power!!Type |- style="background:#ffffff;" |'''F10'''||1944-49||Scania-Vabis B402: I4 ohv||{{convert|5650|cc|cid|abbr=on}}||{{convert|115|bhp|kW|0|abbr=on}}||Petrol engine |- style="background:#ffffff;" |'''L10, F10'''||1944-49||Scania-Vabis D402: I4 ohv||{{convert|5650|cc|cid|abbr=on}}||{{convert|90|bhp|kW|0|abbr=on}}||Pre-chamber diesel |- style="background:#ffffff;" |'''L40, F40'''||1949-53||Scania-Vabis D422: I4 ohv||{{convert|5650|cc|cid|abbr=on}}||{{convert|90|bhp|kW|0|abbr=on}}||Direct injection diesel |- style="background:#ffffff;" |'''L51 Drabant'''||1953-59||Scania-Vabis D442: I4 ohv||{{convert|6232|cc|cid|abbr=on}}||{{convert|100|bhp|kW|0|abbr=on}}||Direct injection diesel |}
== Gallery == <gallery> File:Scania-Vabis L12 Truck 1946.jpg|1946 Scania-Vabis L12 File:Scania-Vabis L44 Truck 1949.jpg|1949 Scania-Vabis L44 File:Scania-Vabis L5146 Truck 1954.jpg|1954 Scania-Vabis L51 </gallery>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == {{commons category|Scania-Vabis L51}} * [http://www.scania.com/scania-group/history-of-scania/ Scania Group - history] * [http://www.swedishbrasscar.com/scaindex.html Swedish brass cars - picture gallery]
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