Humber FV1600

[Humber-One-Ton Tom]

Hello everyone, I am new here, and stumbled across the thread on a routine Humber Google search. I have never seen so many great photos or so many people talking Humbers in one place.

I have just sold an FV1601A rescued as a rusty wreck from a welsh barn 7 years ago and have just taken on another - Funny enough it is just a few numbers away on the production line, my old one was No. 232, this is No. 209. (The UK military reg numbers matched the vehicle number hence 209 is 02 BK 09 and 232 is 02 BK 23 etc.)

This new one is the worst looking wreck I have ever attempted - I got this free and could not break it up - I think that these are astonishing vehicles and rare as 'the proverbial' , so worth a shot. Also durable as hell - previous posts commented on the complex maintenance - true enough but I have never seen another engine that matches the RR B series ability to drive the wreck out of the bog that it was driven into 25 years ago. Forget all that Landrover stuff, splashing through water with rubber gloves & WD40 on the distributor - the Humber will operate all day every day underwater if prepared and the instruments, switches and lights will all carry on working too.

I have tried to attached pics of the old one but I can't get to grips with the size thing - give me B60 points any day. I won't attach photos of the beast just yet - it is so bad that I feel I need to explain my sanity more that I have space for in a first message - it is long enough anyway.

Regards,
Tom
Portsmouth
UK