Humber FV1600

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Originally Posted by Richard Coutts-Smith

Clive, I will be very dissapointed in you, if you do not have the trailer to match.

Richard, I'm very disappointed as well! Enquiries over the years have led me to believe these 8 trailers ended up at Jacksons of Bawtry. Here trailers were found with unknown electrical fittings which were ripped out so the trailers themselves could be sold. I imagine the trailers had done very little mileage & being prestige items would have been well maintained.

I was at War & Peace a few years ago & rather unusually found myself looking at a stall with mostly WW2 memrobelia. In a pile of old newspapers I found a mint copy of the full parts book for the FV2308(R). There can't have been many of those printed.

I have been in contact with the man who drove back this FV1622 from the Ruddington sales. It was selected as it stood out as a well maintained vehicle which was used very little. It was complete with compressor, alternator & all the fittings in the rear. Yes & you know what's coming, if you don't know what it is you rip it out & throw it away.

Originally Posted by Richard Coutts-Smith

Can you tell me what the tyre pressure on the mudgaurd is?
Rich.

I think that reads TP 36, which is about right. I only have the Servicing Schedules for Pig Mk 1 & Mk 2. But I have a SEME training publication of 1953 that gives the figures for the CT as

Road
Front 35
Rear 65

Cross Country
Front 14
Rear 45

However the Commer FV1601 book states

Road
Front 27
Rear 65

Cross Country
Front 25
Rear 45

All depends whether you have a Humber or a Commer I suppose