Puzzle #1894 - Strength Test / 1907 Scania Truck

[Otto Puzzell]

Know the story? For 1 point, please respond below and identify the vehicle pictured, and what those guys are doing.  

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[Allan L]

Still waiting for the seatbelt to be invented, I take it.

[DeAutogids]

Still waiting for the seatbelt to be invented, I take it.

They're not even seated... Maybe this is where Ryanair got it's inspiration from...

[Otto Puzzell]

 

[Otto Puzzell]

Experts?

[Wendax]

They took the truck, because the cars were already crowded 

[Wendax]

Is it a chassis strength test?

[Otto Puzzell]

Is it a chassis strength test?

Yes! Now, what kind of truck is that?

[D-type]

Is it a chassis strength test?

Yes! Now, what kind of truck is that?

Military?

[Wendax]

Daimler?

[DeAutogids]

It looks a bit like a MAN, but let's start with country: Germany?

[Otto Puzzell]

Is it a chassis strength test?

Yes! Now, what kind of truck is that?

Military?

I should have been clearer - what company made that truck?

[Otto Puzzell]

It looks a bit like a MAN, but let's start with country: Germany?

No

[DeAutogids]

Let's try USA

[Carnut]

It's a load of blokes strength-testing a Scania truck in 1907 in Sodertalje, Sweden, which is where their factory was/is.  That was 4 years before the merger with Vabis AB (short for Vagnsfabriks Aktiebolaget or, translated into English, Wagon Manufacturing Company).

[Otto Puzzell]

That's it!