914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
7/11/13 5:57 a.m.

Black vehicle in the background.

stuart in mn
stuart in mn PowerDork
7/11/13 8:06 a.m.

I've seen pictures of a number of Volvo trucks like that, but according to Wikipedia they weren't exactly factory built:

The design is based on the Volvo PV sedan and shares its engine and front suspension with that model. However, unlike the PV, which had a unibody design and a coil spring rear suspension, the Duett used a ladder frame with leaf springs supporting the rear.

While the Duett has been criticized as a regressive design by those who point out that the ladder-frame car was based on Volvo's first unibodied car; the use of a separate ladder chassis provided Volvo with an easy solution in their desire to produce a suitable commercial vehicle. The availability of the bare chassis also allowed Swedish coach builders such as Grip, Valbo and Nordbergs to build Duett-based pickup trucks

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volvo_Duett

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