another Aussie humber fv1601

[john piercey]

Hi to all ,thank you for replies,i deduced(rightly or wrongly) at the time that ARN no may have been 691 as it was the 20th one after the initial one 631001 but knowing army could well have been miles off,so thank you Richard if that is actually the proper number.Robert may be good to actually catch up with you 0ne day and compare notes seeing we are so close,it appears some one has used a sanding disc on the bonnet areas to actually remove possible army markings (pics will show this when i get them on here) only orig marking is a 35 presumably PSI tyre pressure on lhf wheel arch,previous owner sandblasted and painted rear tub so no hope there.Tub is extremely well preserved but i think shade of green may be slightly off,i read g63 is the british standard and aussie shade orig used on 50s vehicles. Did any of these ever get painted camo green or olive drab later in their service lives or did they just stay DBG? I have just removed grille/front panel/bash plate/radiator and have been pleasantly surprised at "relative" ease at removing nuts and bolts i have had much newer vehicles hassle me more- READ- land rovers! I have read articles stating b60 RR motor etc but none say what actual Brand(Rootes) or otherwise or model no.s gearbox, same with diffs etc i dare say anyone with actual manuals etc will know.A Major refurbishment is what i had planned just repair,remanufacture/replace only as needed not a tear down and rebuild of apparently servicible units,and would like to keep some of its ambience/patina about it with mainly exterior paint being the biggest job to do(coz it really needs it)
John