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18-03-08, 00:02
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Canadian orders placed in 1940 continued into 1941 with 1940 numbers, but all of the earliest British orders though placed 22nd June 1940, or thereabouts, were 1941 Models. Thus there were parallel models for some months! The # 12 cab and of course # 42 was a 1941 change and I have the Chevrolet cut-off somewhere.
I have the 1940 Ford engine numbers by month so can date the engine although they could then have sat around for a time pending chassis installation. 
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18-03-08, 00:40
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18-03-08, 01:27
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think you are right Alex, I thought it looked a little odd when I frst saw it. On closer inspection there are amny small differences, it looks to have had a serious 'makeover' at some stage, the proprion of the glazing appears wrong some how, could the roof have been lifted? certainly the windscreen is much deeper than the one on the vehicle we have here. Also the dash has been adapted, the original is a very shallow afar, this one here even has a glove box! Also the seting has been changed to accomodate a wider seat up from and has used parts of the original 'fold flat' rear seats to make a larger bech type seat... I'd guess that some one one up ona time spent a lot of cash on it.. looks to sit lower on the springs too... still nice trucks though!
got the C8 home yet? kind regards nick
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18-03-08, 01:44
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 I had the same thought.....could the roof have been lifted...or is the slope of the front windscreen slightly off? Either way, the hight of the windscreen glass seems to be a little too high.I have to agree.....I always liked the Humber box. A pity I missed the 8cwt Wireless Humber at Beltring, last year. No, haven't got the C8 yet. Waiting for the builders to remove their trailer from the garden now their work is finished. Only a short while now. Alex
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18-03-08, 01:52
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looking again, I'm wondering if the top of the scuttle has been modified in some way and indoing so the dash has also been altered, In the example we have here its the nastiest rustiest part of the whole job.. so it may have been a repair / modification?? not long to wait then....
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18-03-08, 02:00
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When he got it it was totally empty. The interior was remade from photos.
The story about where it was used during WW2 is hogwash. It went out west to an aggressive buyer who wanted it badly. All in all sold at a reasonable price for a cosmetically restored vehicle. The seller doesn't know a box end from an open end and does no work himself. In other words if it limps coming in it limps going out.
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18-03-08, 02:29
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Re: Humber
Just to put my two penn'orth in
In my dim distant past (probably the dimmer the better) there was a ex-Army Humber Staff Car used as a tow vehicle at the garage where I started my apprenticeship. Looking at the photo's posted on the seller's ad, I don't remember:- A bench seat for the front passenger A glove box A high roof as shown A windscreen that shape A dash/instrument panel different to that shown What I do seem to remember is a solid lump of machinery that could be a pig to start, and drive, at times (although I was too young I did try) and a data plate, in brass, which I think was where the glove box is shown. As a matter of interest, was there not more wooden bits on the exterior  Paul.
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18-03-08, 03:09
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As mentioned these are part of Frank Grant's collection " Canadain Military studies museum" selling thru Ed Fedora of Fort Henry Antiques.
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