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The Romanian lorry factory Steagul Rosu (The Red Flag) was created in 1948, on the remains of the pre WWII factory ROMLOC (ROManian LOComotive and wagon factory). In the beginning the factory built local versions of the soviet ZIS-150 truck, but in 1958 began production of their own vehicles. Most of these were powered by […]
In 1954, Lars Larsson had an idea.Lars wanted a vehicle that could bring him, and his brother out on fishing trips in the winter. Being the chief design engineer of “AB Westerås maskiner”, he was used to build complex machinery for the agricultural sector. Lars ended up with a design, that he chose to mass […]
This Opel is one of the first snowploughs, from “Øveraasen”, a company that still exists today, creating huge snow removal systems for use on highways, railroads and in airports. The company was started by two brothers, Hans and Even Øveraasen, in 1923. From early on, the company produced snowploughs for almost any kind of transport. […]
