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

[fv1620]

Looking good. Well done.

[Dave Mills]

Have moved the chassis out of the workshop and into the drive in preperation for the cab. Have organised a tilt tray to pick her up on Saturday and then a very short trip to the cabin, a bit of prep work, a forklift and hopefully i will have the cab back on the chassis this weekend. Have posted a couple more shots of the completed rolling chassis waiting to be collected.

Dave.

[Richard Coutts-Smith]

I'm not one to miss out on the rare sight of a rust free Humber cab, so it was a trip down the Highway this morning for a look at Dave's in person. Minutes after getting there, the rolling chassis had been loaded on back of a tilt tray for the drive across town, dropped in front of the workshop and the shiny new cab lifted in place with the forklift. Back on the tilt tray and home, a bit of forethought and planning saw it all going like clockwork with the help of James the Panel Beater, and Terry the long suffering neighbour.
Surprisingly simple procedure, all the strange shapes and cut outs in the engine bay make sense when brake booster, starter motor, etc. just slip neatly through. For future reference, steering column was removed, as was "Y" manifold, and the winch control lever pulled all the way up.
Needless to say the cab looked terrific, great job by Traction Engineering, sure they were sorry to see it go....
Think Dave is now mesmerised by the light at the end of the tunnel.
Rich.

[Dave Mills]

Thank you to you Richard for travelling down and helping out and of course for the photos it was much appreciated and certainly made it a lot easier having another set of Humber eyes around. Yes, I can now see the light at the end of the tunnel and I will be forever grateful to the skills of James (Traction Engineering) and his superior workmanship, for such a young tradesman he has done a remarkable job. Am now on the final fit out stages, one very happy camper.
Dave.

[Dave Mills]

Some more pics to keep you up to date with the progress on the Humber, it is so close to being finished but yet so far. Have had to put the Humber on the back burner for a while as i am servicing our Austin Champs in preperation for Champ Camp 2016 in Tasmania.

#1 - Cabin in all its splender.

#2 - Inside of cab showing the spare wheel in place. (Behind passenger)

#3 - Inside cab showing instruments and controls.

#4 - Regulator and voltage distribution box. (Behind Drivers head)

#5 - One of our Champs going through its pre trip service.

Cheers,

Dave.

[fv1620]

Marvellous job Dave you must feel very chuffed.

I wish there some more active Humbering in the UK like that. There are just a few good examples around but we don't see them very often. Pigs survive a bit better but don't see many of them & most that do turn up for re-sale have had the originality knocked out of them by owner's embellishments & idiosyncrasies.

[Dave Mills]

Nothing like a little bit of rework. After comparing the Cab and the tray it was discovered that I had two shades of Deep Bronze Green and that the finish detracted from the cab

So, made the only decision that I could and have started to redo the tub, as you can see it is now in primer ready for its final sand and then two coats of Deep Bronze Green to match the cab. At least it will be well protected with all the layers of paint.

Also took the opportunity to fill all those little marks, dents and scratches that you only see when you top coat. Well, at least that happens to me.

If you search back through the thread you will see the tub when I thought that it was all done, oh so long ago.

Dave.