CAB-BUILDING DAYS RECALLED
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WHILE I cannot lay claim to being a driver alongside Eddie Church (Bird'seye View, December 14) in the Siddle C. Cook days — we at Boalloy built at least three of the cabs he shows in the photograph (reproduced below). Starting from the left, the first looks like a CI5 ERF with a Jennings cab designed by the founder of Boalloy — Harold Lea. 'The second is a Guy Invincible with a front panel by Guy and the cab built as a prototype by Boalloy and really copied from the M44 cab, which I designed for ERE when
employed by Jennings in 1944. .
Number three is a hybrid, possibly by Duramin of Lydney, whilst tour and five are examples of the first production glass-fibre panelled alloy framed cabs by Boalloy. This cab we also sold to Foden, Leyland, Thornycroft, Rutland, Transport Vehicles Warrington (TVW) — the Tom Ward. Alf Sutton, Ronnie Mason and Jones or Aldridge consortium.
The last in line is a Guy Warrior with pressed steel cab — a design also used by
Thornycrolt and which we at Boallo replaced with a forward-entry version (pictured above) for Tate and Lyle, which was appraised by Volvo at the 1958 Motor Show — it certainly is reminiscent of the Volvo F86 which came on the scene sonic years later. Gerald Broadbent Matlaj?int? director
Boalloy Ltd Congletou Cheshire.