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

[Dave Mills]

They seem to be as rare as "Rocking Horse S###". I think I may, just may have located one in Townsville in Northern Queensland, am waiting on a reply. Rich put me onto it. I have feelers out through the Austin Champ group in England and I truly appreciate the MLU and others world wide effort in trying to locate this item.

Cheers,

Dave.

[Dave Mills]

Have started to reassemble the rear diff, suspension and driveline stations back onto the chassis. Only managed one side, will finish it off and start on the other side next weekend. It is good to finally see all the preperation work coming together. The old rusted flexible conduit for the wiring loom is only in place as a template with all to be reproduced or replaced when i start to remake the wiring looms. Thankfully they come in sections so it is rather straight foward (I hope).

Dave.

[Dave Mills]

Some more pics of progress to date.

Holidays now finished so back to work and the Humber takes a back seat for a while. Will have to satisfy myself with fitting it into the weekends. The rims are all bead blasted and primed awaiting top coat.

Next steps will be to finish the rims and give the old girl some new rubber, refit the front diff and front drive and suspension stations, refit the motor and transmission, then prepare the chassis to accept the cab.

The cab is stilling waiting to be repaired, am not to concerned as no room in yard or workshop (3 x champs, 3 x trailers, 2 humber trucks) to have it at home so my plan is to have the chassis finished and once the cab is finished i can then lift the cab onto the chassis. I hope it works out this way, fingers crossed.

1 - Chassis now completed, cleaned primed and painted.
2 - NOS fuel filter and overhauled mastercylinder, wiring looms completed and fitted.
3 - New brake and fuel lines manufactured and fitted. NOS brake servo fitted and plumbed up.
4 - Steering overhauled, cleaned, painted and refitted
5 - Front diff assembly overhauled cleaned and painted waiting to be refitted.

Dave.

[Dave Mills]

The cab at long last is being pieced together and panels matched to shell in preperation for painting. To date approx 84 hours has been spent cutting out rust and welding in new sections, the end product is well worth the effort.

I will get some more pics up as i get hold of them.

Cheers,

Dave.

[Dave Mills]

Some more progress on the Humber. I managed to pick up a NOS front bumper 5 minutes from home sitting in a pile of scrap metal ready for the scrapper. Found it by taking a straightened and repaired front bumper to the local sandblaster and he recognised it with one he had sitting in the scrap pile. Best $80 spent to date. Had it sandblasted and trial fitted it to the chassis, not a problem. He did not have a clue as to how he got hold of it, it was just in a pile of old parts he got some time ago. A new front bash shield has been manufactured, you can see by the photos the old one was repairable but very rusted and just as quick to manufacture another. The photos show the bumber and bash plate trial fitted, they are now removed and painted ready for their final fitting. I have the 5 rims painted and sitting on the chassis just waiting for the tyres to arrive, have orderd 5 non-directional 900 x 20 Lugbar tyres. Just need to wait for them to arrive in town then i will have it sitting on the new rubber ready to accept the motor and transmission.

Dave.

[Dave Mills]

Another couple of pictures of our Humber a magnificent beast even if i say so myself.

Tyres arrived from USA last week, chassis is now able to be moved. Two years of restoration and i have nearly completed the chassis; only need to install the L/H fuel tank.

The cab is almost ready for its top coat so wont be much longer before i will be able to fit it to the chassis.

Our trusty hound "Maggie" watching over it.

Dave.

[lynx42]

G'day Dave, Looking really good. You can do mine when you finish yours. I have plenty of rust in the right hand lower sill and around the roof. The rest is not too bad.

One question, Why have you painted the central wheel nuts red? The outer ones are painted red as a warning not to undo them whilst there is air in the tube to prevent the operator being injured. The wheel nuts are painted either green or in some cases white.

Regards Rick.

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