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18-09-11, 02:16
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The wading tank photo was taken at the Fighting Vehicle Research & Development Establishment, Chertsey, Surrey. The number 61 denotes the exhibit number in the guide book at one of the regular exhibitions of British military equipment at that site. I have recently written several articles with numerous photos of these exhibitions in the 50's and 60's in Vintage Roadscene magazine in the UK. regards, Richard
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18-09-11, 03:17
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Richard, just checked my copy of the 1956 FVRDE Chertsey cat., and sure enough the Humber One Ton was indeed Exhibit No. 61. So I guess this photo can be narrowed down to sometime in 1956. Those exhibitions must have been really something to see.
Thanks for the heads up, I would never have made that link. Rich.
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18-09-11, 04:16
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Attached is the Cat. info for Exhibit 61.
The Humber was obviously set up to drive fully submerged, must have been tested pretty thoroughly before hand for them to omit the tow rope that was usually fitted to the front tow eyes for these tests. Not sure I would like to buy this one second hand though... The second prtotype, KYW 98, appears to have been scrapped in the 70's at Jacksons Scrapyard, the number plate was found and purchased at that time, and is now on a Garage wall. Interestingly, exhibit #65 (for 1956), is still alive and well , and rarer than the Humber. Rich.
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