Fatboy

I've used a lot of the built hamber range on a few different projects, and the electric primer is frankly amazing: https://bilthamber.com/product/electrox/ Always does very well in tests, and if you overcoat it with their 2 part epoxy it's about the best short of hot dip galvanizing it... https://bilthamber.com/product/epoxy-mastic/ I used it the two on my old Porsche 944 sills, not a sign of rust right up until it got written off in a car park by a wayward honda civic 7 years later!

Isn't the engine Johann is using the later AJ6/16? Which iirc has a much stronger block than the old xk6? Designed to be the base of a diesel unit that never was iirc... jaguar AJ6 on Wikipedia

Glad you're back, I love your work!

Nice work on the pressing there 🙂 Looks great!

You could also try coca cola, which contains a reasonable amount of phosphoric acid and citric acid... An old home remedy for cleaning Chrome IIRC

Beautiful looking Cheiftain there nicely threaded through the gate!

Thanks Sean, I've looked at a few other trucks/utlilities, but nothing else has (to me) the appeal of the Humber - they just got the design so right with it, and I'd want something a little bigger than a Champ (I'm a large-ish chap, need a reasonable amount of space in the driver's seat (and prefer tin-tops)... Any other ideas more than welcome

Thanks Clive, no rush I've been out and about so not picked up on this thread!

Hi, I got all three messages, sorry been offline for a couple of days! I'm dissapointed I missed out, but very glad that she's gone to a good home Looking forward to a restoration thread Edited to add - for me the restoration work is a very big part of the enjoyment of old vehicles (or houses tbh ) Cheers, Fatboy

The guy who went to see it last weekend bought it Thanks for all the advice everyone! But at least she's off to a good home, and I'll get back to looking - it wouldn't have been the best timing for me, but that one came up and they're not exactly common so need to grab an opportunity when it arises I'll join thay newsgroup you posted clive, should be an interesting read

If you don't mind mail order and it doesn't have to be red, the very best anti-rust primer I've ever used is Bilt-Hamber Electrox: http://www.bilthamber.com/paints-and-coatings/electrox No affiliation, just been very impressed (other than their weld-through primer, it's the only primer I ever use now!) and never had it react with another paint (only really used it on cars, but a variety of different manufacturers and eras Comes out top in all tests I've ever seen as well - not the cheapest, but worth every penny :-)

Only just seen this thread, but this is a brilliant project - get well soon! A couple of mates & I have talked about doing soething similar, but never got past the pub banter stage Really impressed to see someone making one from scratch!

I'm really after a softskin variant, partially because I really like the look of them and partly because I think a Pig would be a bit much for a first MV (although I guess panel rust isn't such an issue for the Pigs ) I'll see what happens over this weekend, but if it doesn't pan out I'll join up to that newsgroup - I remember there being another couple of restoration projects on Milweb over the last 12 months, wonder what else is out there

Thanks everyone - I've spoken to the owner (seems a very nice chap) and I'm hopefully going to have a look at it the weekend after next, if it doesn't sell in the meantime (there's someone coming this weekend)... I'll bear in mind the advice here, and will have a really, really good look and a very hard think about what I might be taking on... Clive - always good to get snippets of history Do you know any more about its banger incarnation - is that a mk2 Jag upper body or the whole body (less bonnet) bolted to the Humber chassis? Given the weight I'd assumed they are pretty robust beasts What's the insulation between the skins like - was it just for tropical/arctic protection?

Thanks Very Much Clive!