Volvo F86

leej · 22 October 2013 08:28

Phil - bet you could keep your chips warm on that engine hump after a good run…

greek · 22 October 2013 14:19

leej that was were you kept your chips warm till you parked up
Is that the finish on the dash phill looks grey on photo dont want to criticise a great resto & you can do what colour you like mate but cream paintwork & blue or brown trim on seats depending on yr if going for original . Cant wait to see it when finished

jonb1973 · 22 October 2013 15:57

Looking great phil, i spent many a happy hour travelling the country with my grandad in an F86 artic for I J Blakey haulage of Hull
Would love to restore one myself one day if i had a large workshop

philip_allanby · 22 October 2013 20:34

Hi greek Yes grey is the colour of the dash the early one were grey the bit thats wrong is the grill being plastic but the steel ones are like hens teeth
But if any one has a steel grill I would pay good money for it
Phil

philip_allanby · 22 October 2013 20:46

This is The one Volvo one,it has the same grey trim as mine

michel · 23 October 2013 09:59

This Swedish company has perhaps a metal grille.
roslundsbil.jetshop.se/

leej · 23 October 2013 10:48

Philip Allanby:
This is The one Volvo one,it has the same grey trim as mine

complete with hotplate to keep ya chips warm ha ha

greek · 23 October 2013 16:45

Sorry for being picky Phill it was the grill that put me off, I think that grill came in back end of 73 or early 74 & first had Cream & Blue then not long before F7 changed to brown & cream, Mine was a K reg & that was grey.
Just for leej there was another use for the internal engine flap, it was a pressure relief valve when parked up overnight & been out for a few, my gaffer was always complaining about the white salty deposits over the radiater

b_waddy · 23 October 2013 16:55

Hi, Phill, A fine bit of fabrication u are doing it will be fantastic , We had 2 F86 s one on the road the other to keep it going it was ok running at 24 ton Gross over that o ,boiling Gear box trouble , How they could say they were 36 ton gross i will never know nearly broke us ,Still all thease things are sent to try us ,Cheers Barry

steelboyf10 · 23 October 2013 21:20

b.waddy:
Hi, Phill, A fine bit of fabrication u are doing it will be fantastic , We had 2 F86 s one on the road the other to keep it going it was ok running at 24 ton Gross over that o ,boiling Gear box trouble , How they could say they were 36 ton gross i will never know nearly broke us ,Still all thease things are sent to try us ,Cheers Barry

Hi Barry! remember HDM 773K ex Shones motor you had in the 80s?, we re crabbed the truck after a shunt on the 41 with a refurb cab, didn’t use it long before it was part ex ed for…I think a Seddon A tiki 400 maybe that’s how you got it from the dealer next door?
Would love an 86 now, great little truck

spud1960 · 24 October 2013 05:56

Philip Allanby:
Hi greek Yes grey is the colour of the dash the early one were grey the bit thats wrong is the grill being plastic but the steel ones are like hens teeth
But if any one has a steel grill I would pay good money for it
Phil

Looking at the quality of your metalwork, just make one

zb_anorak · 24 October 2013 08:21

Spud1960:

Philip Allanby:
Hi greek Yes grey is the colour of the dash the early one were grey the bit thats wrong is the grill being plastic but the steel ones are like hens teeth
But if any one has a steel grill I would pay good money for it
Phil

Looking at the quality of your metalwork, just make one

I was going to say that, but thought the better of it!

mrken · 24 October 2013 09:09

When I did my one they said it was called californian grey

michel · 11 November 2013 11:08

Australian preserved.

greek · 11 November 2013 13:10

Australian one looks good ,could it be a 3 axle tipper chassis, bull bar will slow it down a bit

lilladan · 18 November 2013 01:54

Its a 6X4 DOUBLE DRIVE TRACTOR

nz_jamie · 18 November 2013 07:41

The Aussie F86’s had a Rockwell back end I think with 38,000lb diffs riding on Hendrickson suspension. They look good as a 6x4 tractor.

greek · 18 November 2013 14:12

Thanks gents never saw a double drive 86 tractor in Uk. Not sure whether they built double drives over here if they did it would be for the tipper market in 6 or 8 leg chassis. Would that have been built in Ozz or imported think the little 6 ltr would struggle at 38t.

philip_allanby · 5 December 2013 21:42

Hi again after the last post I was told there was a 86 in Rush Green with a metal grill so, I asked my wife if she fancied a day out
and she fell for it so we had a 3 hour drive to Rush green, Breakfast at Grantham (what more could she want ) Then on to Rush Green
What a place 48 acre’s of trucks from day one.
The one i was after was the green 86 (a few photos on the net ) The top grill came of in my hand the end bits came of with a pull with
some pliers as did the top piece but the two small bits at the bottom were tight up to the bumper but came in the end
The only parts i can use are the end c pieces but the other parts are good enough to use as patterns to make new ones
Here are the photos
[http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i178/M449TJA/012_zps596042a0.jpg](http://s72.photobucket.com/user/M449TJA/media/012_zps596042a0.jpg.html)

philip_allanby · 5 December 2013 21:46

Ps It looks a lot better with the metal grill just have the bottom bit to make now
And I picked you a grill badge for it on ebay too

Phil