Hi ,PHil , Thats a fine bit of welding and fabrication ,keep up the good work , Cheers Barry
Philip Allanby:
http://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
What a great film Phil some great shots ,thanks for sharing it
ramone:
Philip Allanby:
http://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
PhilWhat a great film Phil some great shots ,thanks for sharing it
CJA1:
Good Motor in its Day, with not to much work could be a good Sleeper? Cheers Chris.
Brought back a few memories seeing that bit film used to backoad a lot out of the same places with bells late 70s ,86s 88s & the 110s also great to see. Will it be ready for shows in the summer Phill always thought your moters were a marroon colour, must be somebody else in your area I was thinking about.
Hi Greek I think you are thinking of H M Richardson from Slingsby they ran Volvos for a long time after my Dad and uncle sold up
Henry used to come and look at my uncles 1st 86 before he bought his first one
Phil
impressive metalwork 
That restoration job looks fantastic. Probably better built than the original.
Those Carters pics are brilliant
Philip Allanby:
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
wot a brilliant job you are doing there,start work in 1976/77 when the last ones came out ,i worked for a one transport leeds,and saw meny got repanaled due to rust,sill working on volvos to this day at a dealership,keith
Wow! Proper restoration work. How many of the polished tarts in the shows will need doing again in five years? Not this one. Superb sheetmetalwork, if I may say so.
Did you use a folder or a pressbrake for the folds?
Were the flanges on the curved edges hammered over a wooden former, or some other method?
Are those resistance spotwelds or TIG “melts”? If they are MIG blobs, they are damned neat.
Philip Allanby, you must have a very high courage to do such a work on a so rotten cab. I have done some lorries but were never in a so rotten condition. So keep on with your restauration,the F86 was very common in Britten of low weight and so high payloads; What wasn’t here in Belgium and you could overload if you wanted and without you were checked in those days.
Cheers Eric,
Thanks for the comments, I just do abit at a time, when I have a hour or so free I have a tig set, mig and also hand held spot welder plus foot spot welder so whatever does the best job on each part. The panels are made in a small brake press and
1m boxpan folder, I also have a shrinker and stretcher for forming curved panels,
The cab was very rotten in places but most panels had some part of the edge left so you could see where the bits should be
I am working on the windscreen area at the moment witch is giving me some problems but should be sorted in a week or so
Phil
I,ve been doing some more work,The dash has been removed to get to the panel with the holes for the air vents and where the windscreen rubber goes,this is rottern and needs remaking.The cab loom has been taken out, also the windscreen wiper motor is burnt out so I need to sort a fresh one as it needs to go in before all the cab is bolted beck togeather.
With the photos that Gert sent me from the blue and white 86 that Leo Bols did I have been able to see how the windscreen lip is put togeather .I am making the windscreen pillers at the moment then the top of the cab will be tackled
I have had 2 windscreens made 1 to keep as a spare just in case £600 to supply and fit one inc the spare made to order.
Phil
HI Philip, really a masterpiece of work you do here.I thought I have done much but compared with yours,hats off to you.
What I have seen in Gaydon says the Britisch can it and expecially “want” to do it,expecially most do it by there self.Letting doing is easy, but not everyone can be a do-it-yourselfer.
Do you this lorry/cab as a memory to that wagon,but otherwise couldn’t you find anything better of cab anymore .
Here my remembrance of the start after WWII.
1, as it was in it’s high days.
2,used as wrecker till 1982.
Cheers Eric,
the man is a true true work of art, respect to you phil on this project,
Come on Phill Tees Tyne run 1st sunday in june get your finger out 
Cracking work need new windscreen & rubber in me old Transit but frightened to take it out for fear of what I might find I`l just bring it to you if its rough
Hi thanks for the comments, tiptop 86s are vary thin on the ground now as they were abit like fiats in that they started to rust the minute they left the factory and yes I am doing it because of my uncle who passed away 2 years ago
I dont think I will make the Tyne tees run this year in it but may go in the car, but I think the major work is done and I think I can see a light at the end of the tunnel
Phil
Philip Allanby:
Hi thanks for the comments, tiptop 86s are vary thin on the ground now as they were abit like fiats in that they started to rust the minute they left the factory and yes I am doing it because of my uncle who passed away 2 years ago
I dont think I will make the Tyne tees run this year in it but may go in the car, but I think the major work is done and I think I can see a light at the end of the tunnel
Phil
Hi Phil,i drove past the place where you bought the 6 wheeler doner F86 in Leeds today and the whole premises are up for sale ,so if anyone wants old Commer and Dodge parts that could be the place
I can congratulate anyone who has both the time,patience and finance to rebuild any old motor of whatever make and best of luck Phil with your endeavours! However, as far as the venerable F86 goes I can say that I did consider,very seriously,buying a few in the early 70’s as I was offered a more than generous deal by our local dealer.But my decision not to take up their very tempting offer proved to be the correct one,I thought they were underpowered for 32 ton operation and the cab was not really a sleeper although Volvo maintained it was,well it was termed a “rest cab” ?IIRC.I did eventually buy a number of F88’s which were a totally different proposition,although not quite a Scania they did us a fair job!! Cheers Bewick.
Bewick:
I can congratulate anyone who has both the time,patience and finance to rebuild any old motor of whatever make and best of luck Phil with your endeavours! However, as far as the venerable F86 goes I can say that I did consider,very seriously,buying a few in the early 70’s as I was offered a more than generous deal by our local dealer.But my decision not to take up their very tempting offer proved to be the correct one,I thought they were underpowered for 32 ton operation and the cab was not really a sleeper although Volvo maintained it was,well it was termed a “rest cab” ?IIRC.I did eventually buy a number of F88’s which were a totally different proposition,although not quite a Scania they did us a fair job!! Cheers Bewick.
They did earn money for quite a few hauliers though Dennis ,A One ran them and so did ACL in Leeds to name a couple.I suppose its horses for courses,what suits 1 may not suit another