Humber FV1600 - ARN 105-819 - Restoration moves forward.

[Dave Mills]

A few shots of the newly painted Humber Tub, it will be fitted onto the chassis this Saturday if all goes to plan. A very happy camper indeed; three years of restoration finally coming to a conclusion.
Dave.

[Dave Mills]

The weekend went well, a couple of helpers, a forklift and the tub was fitted. Took all of 30 minutes.

The tub fitted like a glove, a few adjustments to the suspension heights on the vehicle and a short but very good road test. It felt so good to be able to drive it on the road.

After 3 years of restoration it is pleasing to see such a rare vehicle back on the road.

Problems along the way, the tail pipe hitting the mudflap, front torsion bars required adjusting (Was waiting for the weight of the tub before adjusting so no real surprise here) a small water leak from the radiator blow off valve and the rear winch control lever fitted upside down not bad considering we have completed a ground up restoration. The Rolls 6cyl purrs beautifully at 75Kph at 3500revs.

Dave.

[Niels V]

simply stunning

[Dave Mills]

Thank you Niels, your comments are truly appreciated.

[Richard Coutts-Smith]

Just had a quick read of the thread from the beginning, (does not feel like 3 years), hard to believe the result.
For the record, I make that 2 trucks, 3 cabs minimum requirement for a resto....
Can't wait to see the next project, does the boss like Centurions??
Rich.

[Dave Mills]

It has taken a day of wading through the red tape to finally get our Humber registered; after 3 years it is a great feeling

Pic #1 - Our Humber upon arrival at Seymour. Towed by the "Mongrel" the challenge begins.

Pic #2 - Finally had all the Roadworthy and registration paper work.

Pic #3 - The registered vehicle in all its glory.

Thank you to all in the MLU community for looking at our rebuild over the last three years and to those who found the time to respond.

All that needs to be done is to drive it and enjoy the experience.

Dave.

[pauldavies]

It looks awesome Dave and well done mate, you should be very proud of what you have achieved.
Paul

[Robert Sexton]

Originally Posted by Dave Mills

A few shots of the newly painted Humber Tub, it will be fitted onto the chassis this Saturday if all goes to plan. A very happy camper indeed; three years of restoration finally coming to a conclusion.
Dave.

Hello Dave , I am soon to source the tail/stop lights for my Humber,you seem to have ones that look just right. Where did they come from?.I also assume that you have added the indicators as a separate wiring issue?
Robert

[Dave Mills]

Hello back, the bases came as NOS from Russell at Stawell. I recall that Russell had a fairly large collecting of these and the glass screw on lenses from Tim at Winton. Tim had a dwindling stock of the smaller lenses, however, a lot of the rather large lenses that screw into the same base. The indicator wiring was placed into the new rear looms I made. The rear loom picks up about midway along the RH fuel tank on the inside of the chassis rail and runs to the rear from a junction block in steel conduit, this can be sourced in Ringwood from Vintage wiring harnesses if you want some, he sells it by the metre with the ferels for the ends. They also have the wiring pattern to produce the new front loom with indicator wires included as they made one for me from an old loom and have the pattern and wire lengths on record. If you go this way you will need to supply the push in wire ends. They also weave the outer cover on the looms, I also had the wires for an electric fuel pump placed in the loom along with the indicator wires. From memory the front loom cost around $680.

Also from Vintage wiring harnesses you can purchase the two pole centres for the Stop/Tail light as the NOS only come with a single pole centre unless of course you add two red lenses.

Are you going to remove the cab?

Hope this assists you Robert

Dave.

[Dave Mills]

Thinking further about it Robert the NOS bases come with red lenses fitted and Tim has the Amber ones.

Dave.

[Robert Sexton]

Thanks for all of that info Dave.Bruce Sharman form WA has been doing the body work and painting for me,but more importantly he manufactures vintage harnesses for mostly British vehicles so I am OK there.My wiring loom looks intact with all the original amour present.I have some original NOS taillights with the single filament bulbs but can see that if I am going out on the road to play I will need all the good stuff that works.The Humber has to go onto part time resto whilst I complete the C60s water truck which has a greater priority at the moment. My past practice has been to disassemble everything down to the component parts and then work my way back from bare chassis takes time but you do find all the things that will give you trouble in the future. So the cab will certainly come off,I am fortunate that I have a sandblaster nearby who does the preliminary work and puts the base etching coat on.I have followed your resto work right through very impressive, huge job.Just to change the subject this is the C60 at the reassembling stage. Robert

[Dave Mills]

My hat off to you Robert, stripping any vehicle down is a mammoth task, however, the only way to do a completed resto to a high standard. The C60s chassis looks great and I look forward to your Humber story in pictures. The Humber will test you in ways that you have not thought of yet.

[Dave Mills]

It is with great pleasure that I can share the last piece of the Humber puzzle with you. After 3 years of negotiation I finally have a NOS Snorkel; I could not hold back my excitement upon opening the package so just had to kiss it. The wife took the photo folks. The snorkel is now painted and fitted, if anyone out their in MLU world has the correct alloy cast body housing sitting in their bits and pieces I would be glad to hear from you.

This one came from Sydney and when the owner finally relented had it my hot hands in a day and a half.

Richard. C is the only Humber owner I know who has an original housing and dare I say the connecting rubber also, he may wish to post a pic of them. Hint, hint Richard.