Info needed: Trailer socket Humber one ton

[chrisgrove]

Originally Posted by Robert Sexton

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Brockhurst one ton trailer,GS body.
Robert

Hi Robert

I have a much smaller problem than yours as I am a modeller making a small (1/76) model of the Humber and the 1 ton trailer. I do have a book on the Humber; it has a few pics of Oz trucks - but all are FV1602A - the FFW (fitted for wireless) version. Only one has a visible ANR which is 105-779.

I do have one question, if you would be so good, though you may not know the answer! Your truck dates from 1955 or so; maybe the trailer does too. If your trailer has the original lighting arrangement, like one red light each side mounted on the outside edge of the chassis (maybe an even earlier version had only a light on one side!), can you tell me where the number plate was mounted? I can cope with the lights, but where was the number plate?

Later versions had outriggers at front and rear on each side of the trailer with lights and reflectors and, in UK at least, reflective triangles. On these ones the rear left hand outrigger (looking from the rear) carried the number plate. But my trailer will be in service at Suez 1956 and is too early for this arrangement.

Oh, and I think you will find the number of your trailer is not 678K45, but 67BK45. I have seen pics of these trailers with numbers in the BK series (so were the Humbers), but 678K45 is not a British Army number.

Chris