[Ian McCallum]

Fantastic footage, never seen this before and know a Humber owner who will love seeing it.

Alex, like Ron my canvas was already on the WOC1 when I bought it and it is the very one restored in the '80's by John Worthing. He even managed to find at that time some of the original brown canvas and it is still in excellent condition. When David Skinner restored his Humber PU he asked John if he would make an exception and the answer was a definite no! One thing you also have to remember is that although you can refer to an existing vehicle as an example all rear tubs may vary slightly. Yes, they were all made to a standard specification but were made by a variety of different manufacturers. Add to that the majority of bodies around are replicated to the correct pattern with possible variances in hoop heights and you will never as such have two exactly the same. Certainly you can use existing canvases as a guide to 'this is what it should look like', but would be dangerous to use as exact dimensions to manufacture to. Also remember the cab tilts were unique to the individual vehicle manufacturer. David found a very good chap, local to us in Norfolk, who also made a new tilt for his Humber 4x4 PU FFW and since then for other PU owners. In every case however he has required the vehicle in order to ensure a 'custom fit'. First photo shows us both in Dunkirk in 2015, second just after the Humber's Restoration in 2013, taken because the cat found it a great place to bask in the sun!