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

[Dave Mills]

My hat off to you Robert, stripping any vehicle down is a mammoth task, however, the only way to do a completed resto to a high standard. The C60s chassis looks great and I look forward to your Humber story in pictures. The Humber will test you in ways that you have not thought of yet.

[Dave Mills]

It is with great pleasure that I can share the last piece of the Humber puzzle with you. After 3 years of negotiation I finally have a NOS Snorkel; I could not hold back my excitement upon opening the package so just had to kiss it. The wife took the photo folks. The snorkel is now painted and fitted, if anyone out their in MLU world has the correct alloy cast body housing sitting in their bits and pieces I would be glad to hear from you.

This one came from Sydney and when the owner finally relented had it my hot hands in a day and a half.

Richard. C is the only Humber owner I know who has an original housing and dare I say the connecting rubber also, he may wish to post a pic of them. Hint, hint Richard.

[Richard Coutts-Smith]

If you insist Dave, although if you had kept quiet about it no one would have ever known!
(there is only one pedantic bugger who would ever point it out to you....)

Dave has the modified original steel air intake by turning it upside down and fitting an adaptor for the flex. Back in the day this was obviously considered too cheap an option for the FVRDE, so an aluminium casting (part No. FV228852) was supplied with the snorkel kit.
Comparison of pics will show it was money well spent...

(Dave, if you have not seen it, a pic of one of the test Humbers on trial before Aust. Army delivery with kit fitted:
http://anzacsteel.hobbyvista.com/oth...rtruckph_1.htm )

Of course younger more virile Humbers had much longer snorkels for showing off in the Chertsey wading pool.
Rich.

[john piercey]

Hi Dave ,looks the part now but will you be wading that deep with it to try it out?
I have just finished my cab panel and paint ,will have a rest before moving on as other jobs around the house etc have suffered in the last couple of months,i will post some pics up shortly and be back on to you and Richard for more info/parts/.
John

[Dave Mills]

Last weekend we had the Humber at the Broadford Classic Truck Display and whilst chatting a fellow asked about the strange lugs on the roof. After i explained what they are for he said that his father sometime between 1959 and 1961 bought two stands home from Puckapunyal and the family has used them on the farm in the workshop as stands and he thought they may fit the Humber.

Now i am sure that they are not Humber (wish they had been) although i have only seen one picture of the gun mount on a vehicle in the UK. He thinks that they came from a Bren carrier????.

Can anyone out there in MLU land identify them and their use?

Cheers,

Dave.

[Matt Stephenson]

Hi Dave.

Interesting pics, but I don't think its from a bren carrier. Im guessing that they are a mounting frame for a radial engine in an aircraft of some description.

[Richard Farrant]

A transit frame for a radial tank engine. I am certain I saw two of these in use last week with M3 Stuart engines mounted on them.