Brandautomobil 1915

Poster Brand Automobile 1915

This combined spray and step wagon was one of the first specially built fire trucks in Sweden. It was delivered on 22 June 1915 from Scania-Vabis in Södertälje to the Norrköping Fire Brigade. Price on delivery SEK 20,245. Chassis: Type SLa / special, production number 540. Engine: type Scania-Vabis K1, production number 586. Four-cylinder petrol engine with side valves, double camshafts and magnetic ignition. Cylinder diameter 135 mm, stroke 150 mm. Maximum power 50 horsepower at about 1200 rpm. Tires: Massive rings from Trelleborg. Dimensions: Rear 950 mm x 120 mm x 2, front 760 mm x 100 mm.

Anders Österlin, who drew this poster, also had a wooden model of the fire truck built, which he designed himself. The wooden model is today owned by his son Lars Österlin.

Designer: Anders Österlin, John Melin for M & Ö (Swedish Telegram Agency), 1961 
On behalf of Trelleborgs Gummifabrik.
Measure: 64.5x45.5 cm