Thanks Lynn - I'll keep this in mind for the future. I know very, very little about these vehicles - about five years ago I met a Rolls Royce collector who, believe it or not - had a fairly rough FV1600 as part of an otherwise amazing collection of antique RRs simply because of its engine and he called the truck a Commer rather than a Humber. Rather gingerly I tried to correct him, but he simply told me it was a Commer. I tried to correct him again, but he dismissed me as a dill and that the truck was a Commer. I pointed out to him - gently - that someone had handwritten Humber on the bonnet ( I think it was bought at an auction) and mudguard but he disregarded this and it was still a Commer.
However, sometime later, I read somewhere that in Australia - these trucks were actually termed Commers - is this true?
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