Humber FV1600

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by Richard Coutts-Smith

Hey Rick,
Have you noticed if the chassis plate behind Front pass side wheel shows your truck as being a Commer?
Mine was registered as a Commer 1 Ton Utility.
I know that they were all Rootes Group, but must have been a naming change somewhere, can't remember this being mentioned anywhere.
Any idea how many served in Aus? Full production was only about 3700.
Rich

Rich,

The man who knows a bit about the Commer badged FV1600 vehicles is Clive Elliott, and as he gets on here at times, he will know more. But it seems it was only those that were shipped to Australia that were so named. This sort of thing is not unusual in vehicle exports, sometimes a more well known name is used. For instance, Humber would have been more associated with cars at the time, where as Commer was one of Rootes truck brands. In fact they were not built by Humber, and may only have carried that name because of the reputation gained from Humber 4x4 vehicles during the war.