Ford P/U - Project

[Mike K]

I see Ian's WOC has the speaking tube sewn in the tilt. I thought the speaking tube was for the FFW versions only but maybe not.

Here is a pic of the tilt off the vehicle . The canvas apron is interesting .

[Ron Pier]

Thanks Alex,Ian,Mike for the extra information and especially the picture Mike. Any chance you could send me a copy as high res as poss?
Yes the side curtains look to be a bit of a Heath Robinson palaver, and were stowed rolled up inside the top corners of the hood bows. The picture also proves the clear plastic windows like I have, I often wondered if they should have been steel mesh windows like my original Tilly tilt has. Ron

[Alex van de Wetering]

Ron,

This is the video that shows the tilt as a stand-alone cover.....sadly without the side extensions. Also lovely footage of the Humber Snipe 8cwt's in action.

https://youtu.be/PiGLyUDwtoQ

Ron, Ian, Can I ask where you guys got your tilts from? Jim Clark? Worthing?
I will need a canvas for my C8 in due time and even though the Canadian tilts are somewhat different from the British ones (Speaking tube in different location , rear canvas profile slightly different), I think the basic size and layout is the same(?).

Alex

[James Y]

Fabulous video, thank you for the link.

Jim

[Ron Pier]

Yes thanks indeed for the link Alex. All of a sudden I now have a picture and video of something I've never seen

With regard to a tilt maker? My own tilt was on my PU when I acquired it nearly 30 years ago so I can't help there. The obvious choice of course would be John and Mary Worthing as they actually owned a WOC1 for years and made their own tilt. (and quite probably made mine?) It might well be the vehicle that Ian now owns (I can't remember).

However some years ago they categorically gave up making canvas parts for everything other than US vehicles (mainly Jeep of course and using US canvas)
Jim Clark also concentrates on US vehicles but did manage to find some suitable second hand canvas to replace the AA Bren gun flap in the top of my original Tilly tilt. But again that was years ago before he bacame so busy.

My first call would be to see if Worthing's would make an exception as they probably still have drawings for British vehicles. Otherwise I guess it's a case of find some suitable canvas and get it made up on the hood bows by a local tarp firm, or someone with a heavy duty sewing machine. Ron
Ron

[Ian McCallum]

Fantastic footage, never seen this before and know a Humber owner who will love seeing it.

Alex, like Ron my canvas was already on the WOC1 when I bought it and it is the very one restored in the '80's by John Worthing. He even managed to find at that time some of the original brown canvas and it is still in excellent condition. When David Skinner restored his Humber PU he asked John if he would make an exception and the answer was a definite no! One thing you also have to remember is that although you can refer to an existing vehicle as an example all rear tubs may vary slightly. Yes, they were all made to a standard specification but were made by a variety of different manufacturers. Add to that the majority of bodies around are replicated to the correct pattern with possible variances in hoop heights and you will never as such have two exactly the same. Certainly you can use existing canvases as a guide to 'this is what it should look like', but would be dangerous to use as exact dimensions to manufacture to. Also remember the cab tilts were unique to the individual vehicle manufacturer. David found a very good chap, local to us in Norfolk, who also made a new tilt for his Humber 4x4 PU FFW and since then for other PU owners. In every case however he has required the vehicle in order to ensure a 'custom fit'. First photo shows us both in Dunkirk in 2015, second just after the Humber's Restoration in 2013, taken because the cat found it a great place to bask in the sun!

[James Y]

Great pictures please keep them coming.

So I screwed up on my dimensions of the overall width of the box, I knew the truck frame was 44" wide, after I flipped the box over and of course only after I welded the L support brackets to the box sides I discovered that I was 2 3/8" overall short of the 44".

I made up inner fenders for the box sides 1 3/16" deep to get back to the 44" overall width to match the frame, but now I would have no access to the nuts that would be required. I tack welded nuts to the inner fenders so I could still run the bolts thru the wood or steel panels.