Humber FV1600

[Phil Waterman]

Hi Clive

Enjoyed the read about the Humber manual, snip its of different military vehicles are interesting to read and point out details that you have not seen before.

Got a kick out of the video of backing the Humber into the garage always a challenge big truck into small door way. After hooking the door casing on the barn door with one of the lift hooks on my radio box, I borrowed a fire house trick of painting lines on the floor which guarantee truck is centered in the door and as long as noting is left inside the box you don't hit anything.

Even with the small military mirrors it is just a matter of lining the rear tire up down the inside of orange paint line and backing in. The cross lines are for wheel chocks for the different trucks.

PS the truck won the argument with the barn scratched the paint on the lift hook and tore the door casing right off the barn.

Cheers

[fv1620]

Phil, I'm glad you could sympathise with exercise. It was a bit nerve racking as you can appreciate.

When it was driven in 10-15 years ago it went in forwards but the extraction was complicated as a lot of shelves & racks have since appeared. Yes the small mirrors have limitations & only one could be positioned to be functional.

The tilt frame was too high, so we lowered that & got it halfway through the garage then hit a beam. So out it came again & the frame was removed completely. I suppose if that was not enough the next step would have been to wind down the torsion bars & pretend we were loading it into a Beverley. That would have dropped about 4" in height.

The FV1601 that followed was easier as it was facing forwards & there was no body!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXeDOkJ_PU4

[Richard Coutts-Smith]

Yup, That is a tight fit. Vision down the left side being next to non existant thanks to the spare wheel bulge, no wonder you had a few helpers. I take it the brakes are a little on the doubtful side as well. Is it the accoustics? Sounds like a diesal under the bonnets.
Well done.
Rich.

[fv1620]

Rich, yes you are right about the rear vision, that darned spare wheel!

Well there were no brakes, the servo was in the floor of the cab. Your hearing is good, what you can hear is a Massey-Ferguson at the other end of the bar at the rear!

Although the FV1622 engine does run, it has to be drip fed. The bar was not just the traction but the braking. I had not tried the FV1601 engine but that at least was facing the correct way round.

[FV1611A]

Great viewing. Thanks for sharing the clips Clive.

[Richard Coutts-Smith]

Humber getting the Welly off-road UK style.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtHYl5G_n1s

Rich.

[fv1620]

Rich thank you that's a nice clip. I did once see that Humber itself just static at a show, nice to see it doing what its meant to.