another Aussie humber fv1601

[john piercey]

Rich,Dave,Mike,
i think those curves etc are why i like not only the Humber,but a lot of the 30s,40s,50s and early 70s cars,trucks locos and planes ,functional but with flair and pizazz stuff missing from a lot of newer offerings.
Also square and chunky get me going with military types,functional and purposeful with nary a thought for beauty or aerodynamics.
MPG is not that bad Dave ive had cars that dont do much better than that,fuel prices dont help in todays world tho.
I cant wait to hear the sound of the b60 and driveline noises over the top of bar tread tyres on bitumen,something i used to like hearing on old series landies and Inters rumbling along on the odd occasions a convoy went past me somewhere back in time that i had been lucky enough to witness.
Its good to see you guys getting these things out and about and not just letting them sit in sheds etc,their a bit too heavy to be trailer queens so would be bloody great to see a line of these rolling down the road under their own steam again in one place(just dreaming).
Do we actually have a count on how many roadworthy or fairly complete vehicles that are still known to exist in Australia?

[john piercey]

Dave will have to do it this way sorry,this PM thing is bloody frustrating.
John Piercey 145 Grandis rd Morangup ,Western Australia,6083

[Richard Coutts-Smith]

John,
Don't know the actual amount of road going Humbers, but the number has increased the last couple of years. I know of five over this side, pretty sure there are two or three over your way, and a couple more that were running in the last ten years or so. Best guess would top out at 15? We could say about 10% of the original order.
The amount of "fairly complete" depends on your definition, as any complete Humber that has sat unmolested for the last 20 or 30 years would still require a heap of work to put back on the road. There are probably another 10% that are on the way, or require minimum (in Humber terms) work to bring back up to speed.
At last count there are four "Only rust free Humber in Australia".....Mine was one, until I found out were to look.
And of course there is a Pig in Melbourne(?) according to one of our forum members.
Rich.

[Dave Mills]

Thanks Richard, ours is truly rust free and unless another one has been broken down to the bare chassis, acid dipped and carefully rebuilt I will say that ours is the only truly rust free Humber and I would challenge any claimant for the crown.😆

John, will post the parts hopefully tomorrow and pm you the overall cost

I adore the Humber with its shape and grunt but am amazed at how easily they rust far to many nooks and crannies for dirt and water to collect.

Cheers,

Dave

[john piercey]

Ok Dave thanks mate

[john piercey]

Rich there are 4 that i know of ,mine,10th light horse one,red one and Rob Sextons here in the west,possibly another couple unknowns

[john piercey]

Have recently purchased an original R.E.M.E. workshop manual ex UK,its dated 1966 and covers the fv1600 and pig.Loose leaf and an old style ring bound type,which does not line up with modern binders,but my lovely wife sorted it out now looks good.
Covers nearly everything i need to know and with plenty of pics it shows what is missing off mine EG the reinforcing behind the spare wheell on the inside back panel (looks to have been welded a few times then discarded the last time it broke!),and the compressor,plus the D rings on front bumper,nothing major and nothing that really detracts from its looks.