C8A HUM census numbers?

[david moore]

From the list of vehicles of HQ 1st Can Army previously posted on this forum, I have kept a list of "HUP's" which may or may not include HUM's - it does include HUW's and HUA's - the relevant number ranges are as follows:
4213848 - 4214200
4228061 - 4229581
4236644 - 4236729

The total ranges may have been greater than this of course.

I don't think the Ford list has UK census numbers.Not in my copy at least.

By the way, the "M" prefix in the census lists stand for Motor car - let's remember English as she was spoke back then!

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

Originally Posted by david moore

By the way, the "M" prefix in the census lists stand for Motor car - let's remember English as she was spoke back then!

"M" = Motor car
"L" = Lorry
"C" = (motor) Cycle (I get it...the M was already taken)

...but... "Z" = what? Zruck ????

[Grant Bowker]

Maybe Zpecial?

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Bruce Parker

"M" = Motor car
"L" = Lorry
"C" = (motor) Cycle (I get it...the M was already taken)

...but... "Z" = what? Zruck ????

Must have been the same problem they had with US state abbreviations ....

https://youtu.be/dLECCmKnrys

[David Herbert]

With reference to Bruce's post #26, I think that the 'T' on the HUW refers to the radio gear being Tropicalised, ie. damp proofed.

David

[Alex van de Wetering]

I stumbled upon these Machinery ZL pictures yesterday; they are Post-war though. They do show that at least one was still in use in Homeland Canada as late as 1952.
The text in the magazines also describes the addition of a Wireless set to the ZL.

They are snaps from RCEME Quarterly issues that are available online;
https://archive.org/details/%40rceme...licdate&page=3

July 1951
January 1952
July 1952