Humber FV1600 - ARN 105-819 - Restoration moves forward.

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Dave my restoration of FV1609 continues but I take it to shows none the less. It has interesting embellishments in that after Troop Trials in 1956 it became a police vehicle in 1958. Often little tit-bits of history surface that show me that I need to change or add something.

But the basic maintenance continues, last year I got off all that awful rubber paint that was peeling off the torsion bars. I know of one Pig that snapped a bar over night. Finished the chassis & now even the gearbox & transfer box are painted as original in BSC Lemon zinc phosphate primer (should be zinc chromate but I don't anyone will notice that!)

Your housing. I have a peculiar selection of Humber spares that came all the way back from Africa but there is nothing in that. I sold the only winch I had to a Land Rover owner who felt that these Turner winches or parts of them were fitted on Land Rovers.

There was also an inquiry from Germany from someone who also thought the same. So perhaps your next move would be to see what people in the Land Rover world might have.

The parts book most people use is dated 1960 which of course pre-dates the full implementation of NATO Codification in the UK so I have searched old NATO CDs to try to match up to a NSN that might have been issued later to broaden the search. But nothing. I have also gone through the 5 amendments issued to up date the 1960 book to see if the is any change but nothing.

I've got the 1952 parts book amended to 1957 to see if there were any manufacturer's cross references but nothing I'm afraid.

Have you tried Bannisters? http://www.milweb.net/go/banister/