Humber Pig Mk1

[waltz]

drove her out for a quick wash

she may have 4 wings now
but she still cant fly

[Richard Coutts-Smith]

Bugger, always wanted to see a flying Pig. Still a bit more of the pink paint and it will be getting close!
It really was quite a design change was'nt it, the FV1600 had more curves than the Michelin Man, the pig looks like a broken brick.
Lookin good.
Rich.

[da bomb]

Waltz, do you have any pictures of the back wing boxes, my particular pig FV1611b (with winch) has bodged later N.I. style arches, rather than the full box version, which i would like to change, along with adding lockers to the front wings....

[doug]

this might be of interest to somebody, up for auction at Withams Vehicles.

http://www.witham-sv.com/Lot-picture/lot446.jpg

[da bomb]

Picture of the beasty out for a wallow...

Another with my mate and his strong but tatty Scammell Explorer!

[Richard Coutts-Smith]

I think the Pig has just been upstaged!! Always nice to see one in use, but how about some more photos of the Scammell, thats one impressive beast.
Rich

[da bomb]

Another one with the Pig dangling from the back.........because we could.

[Richard Coutts-Smith]

Who said Pigs are expensive to run??? That would be infinity miles to the Gallon?
That Scammel.... I think I've fallen in love....
Rich

[gjamo]

Dont look now but I think the Pig's in love with the Scammel too.

[Neil Ashley]

Does anyone know of a Mk1 for sale at the moment?

The prospective buyer would be happy with NI modifications but not up-armouring.

[Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP)]

Originally posted by gjamo
Dont look now but I think the Pig's in love with the Scammel too.

Uh-oh.... does the Scammell have a say, or are Richard and the Pig going to have to settle it between them? Is anyone giving odds here?

[Richard Coutts-Smith]

The Pig has been tied down....need I say more
Rich

[da bomb]

Originally posted by Neil Ashley
Does anyone know of a Mk1 for sale at the moment?

The prospective buyer would be happy with NI modifications but not up-armouring.

There are a couple of MK1's on the Scottish Military Vehicle Group:-

http://www.scottishmvg.org/11.html

Certainly there are alot less MK1's about, and the MK2 N.I. spec would take a huge amount of work to put back to MK1, they done alot of work to them.

[waltz]

hi guys
i need to register my pig but chassis plate is missing from n/s/f chassis where else would the number be any ideas?
she's on the road now[on trade plates] i'll gets some pics up over the weekend

[da bomb]

There is usually another data plate under the passenger side window on the bulkhead, held on with 6 rivets although mine has gone walkabouts at some point.
I cant think of anywhere else it appears apart from the plates, do you still have the engine/number? i believe clive may have a list somewhere that might relate engine to chassis, although if it has been changed it isnt going to help. Did your old engine have a service record roll in the screw top tube thats bolted to the thermostat housing, that may provide a lead if it is still present.

[waltz]

the plate on engine is missing as well you can see where it was.
i found service tube in box of bits
if you cant read the numbers they are b80 5h 14860 cl.1833 3
if anyone can help?

[waltz]

well here she is sat outside workshop

[alain taou]

Hello. I seek pics details on the bond of metallic grilling protection .
Tank you for answers

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by da bomb

Paint etc apparently is original, (Cyprus?)

Here´s a picture of a Pig on Cyprus captioned "Canadian UN troops, probably in Turkish-Cypriot Village, 1964" (source: Life Magazine @ Google).

Canadian UN troops, yes, you read it right! On Cyprus some pigs were also used by Danish and Canadian troops under the auspices of NATO.

I understand they were painted a sand colour (Light Stone?)

HTH,
Hanno

[Alex Blair (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Canadian UN troops, yes, you read it right! On Cyprus some pigs were also used by Danish and Canadian troops under the auspices of NATO.

Hanno..
You can tell by the picture that the Aussies are there too..
See them haggling with the guy over the price of the "Girls" services...??
True Aussies..

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Canadian UN troops, yes, you read it right! On Cyprus some pigs were also used by Danish and Canadian troops under the auspices of NATO.

Hanno,

I wonder if the photo caption was correct........there is the British Union flag draped over the engine covers might they actually be a British Army crew?

[Bob Moseley (RIP)]

See them haggling with the guy over the price of the "Girls" services...??

Hey Alex - I think you are mistaking Aussies for Kiwis.

Bob

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Richard Farrant

I wonder if the photo caption was correct........there is the British Union flag draped over the engine covers might they actually be a British Army crew?

Richard,

That is what I thought too, until I learned from Clive Elliott (also on this forum) over on HMVF the Danish and Canadian contingents used Humber Pigs during their UN tours on Cyprus, too.

The Life Magazine picture is part of a series of four pictures showing Canadian UN troops in Cyprus in 1964. However, this does not mean the caption is 100% correct. I think the presence of a British Union flag on the vehicle makes it highly unlikely the depicted troops are Canadian. Unless they were working in joint units?

Hanno