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Yes, Humbers are so versatile! This is the oldest Pig in the world FV1609, but the most expensive Humber is entered in the armour section (£90 million for 24 vehicles in 1963)

Well it has to be the thing on the right that can destroy the thing on the left. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v684/fv1620/DSCF1142.jpg[/img] FV1620

Looks like the Truck, Humber 1-Ton, Armoured wins. Sugga is a car & I hate to say it so is a Ferret, albeit with rather unusual embellishments ;-)

Those vehicles are all very well but can they claim a service life of 40 years? The prize winner surely has to be the Humber 1-Ton FV1600 Series. The chassis & engines built in 1953 & continued in service until April 1993. Looking pretty h*rny I think after all this time! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v684/fv1620/PigtshirtR.jpg[/img]

Nigel no you're not blind but the event wasn't really about military vehicle spares. I was looking for quite different things from you, Humber 1-Ton bits. I found some track rod ends but that was it. But rightly or wrongly it is predominantly a uniforms & kit event. I know this perfectly well but I still keep going just in case I might miss something!

All kits seem to be about the same they went up in price this month :-( For a B60 when you add £6 p&p + VAT it was about £192 . But if you want your plugs to keep clean this is after 200 miles in a B60 which usually foul up in a matter of minutes. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v684/fv1620/Sparkplug01.jpg[/img] If you want not just cleaner plugs, but a smoother running & more efficient & reliable engine this is the way to go.

Ian, what is that on the rear body behind the near side door? Is it a little flap? If so is it just on that side? Is there much racking etc inside?

Ian, of course the role may have changed over the years. My Yellow Fever trailer was a radar target simulator. But judging by the dymo labels & clipboard titles I found on the inside it must have finished up as an incident control point.

Ian, yes that looks ideal with all those windows so was this a Commanders Caravan maybe? Of the those two pics I posted the top one is a Commanders Caravan of 1956. The other application might have been a repair workshop? I have a picture of a trailer based Tailoring Serice which has 4 windows each side. But there was a range of repair trailers that would need good light. See http://www.hmvf.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=2836.0 Although the EMERs I have for 2-ton 4-whld are Sentinel or Rubery Owen. Eqpt Codes Regulations of 1964 list all vehicles & trailers with the manufacturer there is nothing in that class attributed to Brockhouse. I have FVRDE books 1954, 1956, 1962, 1966, 1971 & 1981 & no mention of Brockhouse in that class. BUT a 1974 Catalogue of Army Coded Publications lists AC No.60976 as a 2-ton 4-whld trailer chassis from Brockhouse!

does it look like one of these? http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v684/fv1620/FV2502V.jpg[/img] http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v684/fv1620/FV2502A.jpg[/img]

Indigo Corkscrew a radar that replaced Yellow River. Note how not only must it be stable, but it must be level, as you can see the road slopes. The front has cooling bit like on my FV2505G (Yellow Fever) full of thermionic valves must have got very hot.

Yes interested to see that esp if it has the asset code on it. The one I just posted was a Rubery Owen. Would be nice to have one of these, have you seen any at sales, very rare. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v684/fv1620/ICtrailer.jpg[/img]

What like this one? http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v684/fv1620/RubOwen01.jpg[/img]

I haven't the faintest idea! I have been corresponding with someone who said he had a Wolf Sankey trailer. These Mk3 Wolf wide-track trailers were made by three companies, none of which were Sankey. Even my Dutch Land Rover on its release papers called it a Jeep. People talk about their Land Rover being covered in Macralon (the transparent stuff) when they really mean GRP (glass reinforced plastic) It seems to be a colloquialism like writing with a Biro rather than ballpoint pen or Hoovering rather than Dysoning I suppose.

Ian, I'm not aware of Brockhouse making anything above 1-Ton other than a 10-ton trailer. I'm only aware of this class of trailer being made by Sentinel, Rubery Owen & Tasker. But as a little taster here is an example. But I really need the FV type inc suffix. I have 220 FVRDE design spec documents which includes some of these trailers, which give more detail than the EMER. BTW I was looking through & I always had thought my FV2505G was for Yellow River, but in fact it was for Yellow Fever so I have learnt something this morning. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v684/fv1620/Sentinel01.jpg[/img] http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v684/fv1620/Sentinel02.jpg[/img] http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v684/fv1620/Sentinel03.jpg[/img]

Yes but when did you last see a garage where you could be given the opportunity to accidentally fill up with red diesel? Given that this salvaged contaminated fuel comes from garages who have contracts with the AA/RAC to come to the rescue of nitwit ordinary motorists who frequent ordinary filling stations, the chance of there being red diesil is remote. Besides you can always inspect the colour of salvaged fuel & steer clear of pink/red stuff.

By "Brockhouse" do you mean trailers in the FV2500 series?

The main diaphragm can be replaced by one from a Series Land Rover, the diameter & holes are in exactly the right place!. You need to drill off the riveted bit in the middle though of the Rover one. The other diapragm is a compensatory diaphragm & if it goes won't leak into sump. As it was designed for wading, if there was leakage it had to drain there rather to the ground, althogh I have heard of people drilling a drain hole to the air. I agree with Chris I seen no point in pratting around with electric pumps, just run the thing as nature intended. Although the only exception to that principle would be to fit electronic ignition. (Better spark, no points to adjust, no synchronisation to set up/worry about, no condenser problems, giving better performance & really clean plugs)

Yup exactly right. I assume the colour was a very clear warning to both soldiers (& sailors) to give the boys in blue jackets a wide berth.

But Neil why not trade it in for something 60s. You have the prestige of a military trailer yet all the comforts of a caravan including a gaily coloured awning (and a wonky wheel). http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v684/fv1620/Caravan01.jpg[/img]

Kennel! Now you're being rediculous, this man eats dogs. No he would stay in the anex on the left with the chickens.

Here are the sinkers + mines leaving the factory. Then going off the rails on the mine layer

Nope Lee, but Richard was beginning to get warm.

Here's my FV2505G arrived in the garden 20 years ago towed by a Land rover! I think it was part of Yellow River. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v684/fv1620/TrailerYR01.jpg[/img]

No, there wouldn't have been enough cats to set fire to, given that there were 6 blue jackets. Although in 1923 setting fire to the ship carried the death penalty. Attempting to set fire to it was 14 years penal servitude, same as possesing those forged bank notes. I see cheating at cards was 5 years penal servitude. Heaven knows what the penalty would have been if you were caught cheating & had a forged fiver :shake: