HI Phil , A fine bit of resro there the welding and shaping of the panels spot on keep up the good work ,hope u put the finished photo on show ,Cheers Barry
Sorry the first picture is not the one i was on the most, i was driving the one with reg JEC892H.
Hi klunk Thanks for posting the photos
Phil
The first vehicle I drove when I joined Ferrymasters in 1981. It had seen better days even then despite being a 1977 vehicle.
Had some good nights in Newark with them FM squad mid & late 70`s mostly teeside lads though
there were a few f86s and f88s at barnfather and wilkes , in the 70s , the drivers seemed chuffed to have them after the hotch potch of a fleet they had , power steering , heater , somewhere comfortable to sleep , and plenty of room for ropes n chains , i can remember well , and i was only a 10 yr old youth , dad was over the moon , as was bobby boad , cos they were only little blokes , dunno how me old man managed to drive the old AEC Mammoth major [no power steering ]
think theres pictures of f86 and f88s on here from barnfather
nice to see your getting on well with the restoration
are you sure there was a comfortable place to sleep in a f86 ■■
GAZ70:
are you sure there was a comfortable place to sleep in a f86 ■■
Slept as well in 86 as in any other wagon Volvo did a fold up bunk for the 86 although we made our own, posts on the subject somewhere on here 
greek:
GAZ70:
are you sure there was a comfortable place to sleep in a f86 ■■Slept as well in 86 as in any other wagon Volvo did a fold up bunk for the 86 although we made our own, posts on the subject somewhere on here
Evening all, ah the F86 “sleeper cab”. Now my new wife was a “dab” hand with the needle and thread, and I was selling F86s, and not bad on carpentry,and general DIY, and of course, desperately hard up, so it was logical, (or so it seemed), that my employer should offer, (to those who wanted such a thing), a sleeper package. (Or so I persuaded them)!!
6in sprung mattress, (I had contacts at Vono),that sat on a designed base that swept around the seats. Full Draylon curtaining, on “Swish” track, (another F86 customer), in Claret, Blue, or Green, complete with tie backs, tassels, and contrasting fringe!! Plus, (remember I had endured years of sleeping in Foden cabs), a set of Velcro secured “pads”, to sit against the rear windows, and prevent, “cold shoulder”.
All in all, they were b… good, and we never had a complaint, in fact I think had we really “gone for it”, it would have become a proper business!! Still she was studying to become a lawyer, I was driving lorries at night, as well as selling in the day, (remember how hard we all worked, to try to “get on” )! And dear old Ailsa Truck, could not supply enough F86s to meet the demand, let alone enough to meet the orders we, as a Dealer, were getting!
What an incredible machine the F86 was, everything that any of us who had suffered the discomfort of Gardner powered “coachbuilt” so called “classics”, could ever dream about!! Smooth, quiet, economic, warm, oh so warm,and rather nice to look at! The great surprise was always when you tilted that , so easy to tilt cab, and saw that, “Perkins” sized engine…and wondered where all the "power " came from!!Today, in hindsight, everyone reflects on the F88, and “drool”, over the F89, but it was that little F86, She was the end of the old, and the beginning of the new!!
I shall away to my nightly Bollinger, dream of the F86s I have known, and wonder, (just wonder), if I should swap me Franglais LB76, for an F86■■? I wonder■■? Cheerio for now.
Here. Here, Saviem,
Once had the spare moter away winter time, woke up with me hair froze to the side window (when I had hair) 
Our new F86 fresh from the paint shop in 1977, the first Volvo we bought 
Rear tag axle with a Millmoor alloy body
F86_VFA371S by old_n07, on Flickr
GalaxyTramp:
The first vehicle I drove when I joined Ferrymasters in 1981. It had seen better days even then despite being a 1977 vehicle.
I’ve got a pic of me somewhere in just about the exact spot that you’re sat in - only mine was taken in approx 1982 in Risley (the depot, not the prison) One thing I un-fondly remember about the 86 was, as a weakling of an apprentice, tilting that cab was not easy and they had a habit of not locating properly when you put them back down. You’d have the ■■■■ thing up and down like a bride’s nightee and my back still hurts from it even now!
Evening all I’ve been doing a bit more to the cab,I removed the panel under the cab floor and step as the panel had some holes in it.
Also the the lower door hinge has had to be remade. I have then refitted the door to see if it fits before I make the new door skin.
I hope to get some shot blasting done (if it ever stops bloody raining) to the inside of the cab and the inner front panel.
So here are some more photos Phil
Amazing pictures of the restoration Philip. I hope you are still enjoying it. Your new tinwork looks spot on, however the old tinworm does look like you could be at it a while longer 
As they say in Wigan
Keep the Faith
hi phil your doing a fantastic job there!! nobody really sees the effort thats went into a restoration!! keep up the good work
+1…This is Leo Bol standards of metal fabrication…excellent work
you can see by the exellant work this is going to bee agreat 86 regards rowland
youtu.be/aDuJHJBZ6_o This is an old 8mm film of our old Volvos and lorries of S A Bell of Malton taken in the 70s
The film starts at the Yorkshire show where the BMC Mastive with the tamplin body was on show,Then shows lorries of S A Bell coming through Rillington, Then our Lorries loading with Cocoa then the day they were sold and finishes at Hull docks watching the ferry load
Phil
Fantastic metal fabrication Phil cant wait to see it finished