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Old 04-12-16, 09:49
john piercey john piercey is offline
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Just as an aside to Humber movements this shows the lengths of travel some service vehicles saw,the ex RNZIR 66 kiwi land rover i have which is closer to british MOD ones spec wise than Aussie landys, went to NZ then shipped to singapore and may have seen vietnam service was imported to Perth in a batch of landys and bedford RLs may be 20 or more vehicles in mid 80s for auction here instead of returning to NZ, so army type decisions can be a bit puzzling in any country,unless they WERE sold off in Singapore and then imported by a private concern.
I saw 6 or 7 of the landrovers some were rotten as a chop chassis wise others were near perfect all with low mileages ,some made it on to WA roads but havent seen any recently,the sole Bedford i saw was very nice all hood bows and canvas present went to a collector i know not where,there is a bit of a write up on REMLR re the auction and numbers but i cant remember it clearly.
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Old 04-12-16, 10:34
Richard Coutts-Smith Richard Coutts-Smith is offline
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Thanks Robert, my assumptions may be correct.
Don't worry too much about the crowbar, while I know the brackets were designed for a crowbar, I have yet to see any proof of them being fitted. Dave has gone to the trouble of sourcing a period correct military issue item, I like to think it is the first Humber to finally get it's own bar.

John, you have plenty of artistic licence, you only have to please one person! Apart from which, there is so little information relating to the Humber in our service, I have only seen a handful of in service photo's. It will be a rare occurrence indeed to be called out on anything re: the Humber, although I hope you would resist the urge paint general stars all over the bumper as was the craze amongst Jeep owners a few tears back!
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Old 04-12-16, 13:28
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starting to pull panel back in to shape

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second point of attachment

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use what ya got

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this and next pic 3/4 finished

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Old 04-12-16, 13:39
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Default baby steps forward

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inside shed and coming apart
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grille stripped ready for etch prime

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rust area at bottom of spare tyre hatch opening

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painted straightened grille(not that it was badly out of shape anyway)

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new metal sections welded in
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Old 05-12-16, 10:48
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Sorry pics are a bit out of order still getting used to all this.
Just been going back over Richard and dave and others stories,sees we all have a sharp learning curve when first becoming owners of these beasts,asking same questions back a few years as i am now doing,love all this research you have to do just to become a little bit "conversant" when you talk to others about the truck'
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Old 05-12-16, 13:34
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Does the manual state 900x20 tyres or 8.25x20 as standard ,i have 3 of 900s and 1 8.25. Also i have seen all sorts of tread patterns on various pics,were they NDT bar treads or another aggressive looking v type of bar tread i know not of its brand or manufacturer?
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Old 05-12-16, 20:28
Richard Coutts-Smith Richard Coutts-Smith is offline
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Love the photo's.
Ahhh yes, the Humber Learning Curve, the only graph with a line that goes past vertical.
Having a knob on the drivers seat adjuster is a plus, usually gone by now.
Tyres were a military pattern 9.00-20, can't be too fussy as there is not a lot of choice. Period photo's show a variety in use.
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