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No I would be quite happy to just settle for one of you lot sending me a picture of some chassis stampings.

Chris ah yes that would explain the NSC 6210 because if it was a vehicular electric lighting device, the NSC should have been 6220.

I was wondering who was going to spot that one first! Ah yes you are right, just corrected it. I suppose I did it because the Pig normal drives into the workshop & is reversed out. But because I didn't know quite whether I was in for a new engine, I reversed it in so that I could get at the engine bay from the doors. Just got so used to it being parked that way round:nut:

Andy that had occurred to me. The trouble is taking the plate off to peep & trying to rivet it back on in a convincing way could cast doubt on the validity of the plate despite me knowing it is the proper plate. Although thinking about I have seen a number of Humbers that are mysteriously devoid of their plate & I have never spotted a stamped number given that the area underneath the plate would have just the one layer of black paint. I have removed several plates from Pigs that have reduced to a bare chassis awaiting further destruction & not spotted any stamping, although I wasn't especially looking! I've got a few plates from these & one of them was another FV1609

Has anyone identified the location of the chassis number stamping on a Humber 1 Ton? (I'm not talking about the chassis plate) About 15 years ago a Pig owner told me he had located the chassis number stamped directly on the upper surface of the chassis on the nearside. Although he had never seen this on any other Humbers. Well I have been looking ever since & not found such a stamping. As I recall he said it was halfway along the top of chassis as you look down. Obviously looking at other people's vehicles you can't take the wheel off & the engine bay side plate then start scratching at paint! But I have had 4 Humbers & found no trace of such stampings. As I've been doing some work on the present Humber I felt determined to find a stamping but no such luck so far. Some areas of the original black paint where extremely tenacious & would not respond to paint stripper. So some areas I had to slowly sand down by hand. Staring with good illumination & magnification one can imagine seeing all manner of markings based on dents & scratches. It would seem entirely reasonable that there should be a stamping on the chassis itself. So I wonder has anyone else found any such markings? I wonder was his chassis unusual in that it got stamped maybe in a different place from the rest of the Humbers which were stamped in a place I have yet to find? I have never searched in such depth as the present Humber. So I wonder was it ever stamped at all? Maybe somewhere else or was the stamping on my vehicle ground off? I say that because my vehicle was originally 33274 then in 1956 became 93274. But it should be somewhere along here!

Yes I know, which is why I posted Worth having a read of this. If only to be aware of the warning at the end of the book :nut:

Yes please Steve. It looks like the spacing & length of an ERM, that position above the radiator seemed to be where a 'MS' marking was put rather than the in-service ERM on the front wing. I'm just trying to pin down the ultimate fates of all Humbers.

Steve thanks for the Pig pictures. One of them seems to have white paint markings above the radiator. Do you have any other shots of it that might reveal if that is an ERM or indeed the ERMs of any of the others?

So that would be 96 sq ft = 8.9 sq m I hate to say this but as its over 5 sq m looks like you might need planning permission:argh: http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/permission/commonprojects/pavingfrontgarden/

George Forty was once the Curator of the Tank Museum. PS I have his "The Scorpion Family" in front on me it does cover CVR(W)s, I can't see anything outrageous in that book. But I know nothing about the subject. It looks to be well researched & it ought to be as at the time of writing he would have been at Bovington. The acid test for any book for me is to look up: Humber Pig, Hornet/Malkara, Vigilant & Shorland. Books with misspellings like Vigilante, Shortland, Shoreland etc fail immediately! But simple things like dates of service for Malkara are usually way out, yet basic information like that can be found with a little effort. There are several books currently around that show a really a slapdash approach & it makes anything else in the book inevitably untrustworthy. That is why I have my own Shorland site where I can control the content. I would like to do it for Humbers as well but it would take so much time!

Hanno. Ok thanks for that explanation. In fact I have just gone on MLU whilst I could access it asking if anyone had problems. Not so much to moan but to ask directly what the issue was, rather carry on talking about it on another forum perhaps without perhaps the MLU organisers knowing. But you clearly have a finger on the pulse, many thanks.

I've just tried it & nothing. I linked from google & nothing. Tried your pasted link Steve & got in. Went back my old bookmark & got in & it works on the phone again. So I've just hit it at a lucky time it seems! But most days when I look I would say it is down at least 80% of the time.:???

Steve, I've just tried at 1126 but still can't get in. Robin & I thought it would work ok for the locals!

Does anybody else have problems getting into MLU? I know there was a thread a while back when there were major outages, but for months now I find for long periods in the day & night the site becomes unavailable. I can find no optimum time of reliability of access. Last night I was answering a thread then it became unavailable then tried later it was there. Now this morning go to post something & it has gone. At first I thought it was some sort of time rationing, but I can find no logical pattern to the outages which can last for hours. I thought it was my PC, but the same happens on the phone.

I hope pussy didn't leave you any attachments.

Ok Degsy. Took it to Dallas on Sunday, got no positive ID. It just seems in such nice condition that it ought to be snapped up by somebody. I'll put it back in the stores for now!

Yes nasty. I should have added to locate the switch within easy reach of the driver. Note rather useful battery connector that allows the original termination to bolt onto. The vent holes are ideal for mounting this Hella switch. You can see a previous owner had placed the switch further forwards. I chose this place as not only was it more hidden but it fitted in best with the -ve lead & the -ve battery terminal.

Wayne. Batteries as large as you can afford & that fit in the boxes. Extra capacity is worth having. Battery technology was improved a lot since the 1950s. I would strongly advise an isolating switch in the battery earth feed. The reasons being: A slight measure of security against unauthorised start up. Eliminates flat batteries from leaving some equipment accidentally left on or a fault. Emergency cut out in the event of accident or a fault on equipment. Very depressing to see a loom burst into smoke.

Arbitrary really where it ends up. I expect if you give it a good knock it might come to rest somewhere else. Wayne, not sure why would you think that?

Wayne. Don't pin your hopes on that definitely being your Pig in Minder. It may have been one of the other two. One of Dale's was used in Harry's Game. I have the tape somewhere. Fuel gauge system is a Desyn system & is identical that used on aircraft. Where the pointer stops is largely random. The compressor lever engages a drive dog from the gearbox. I really need to get you fixed up with the literature ie User Handbook & the EMERs esp WHEELED VEHICLES N 252 Technical Description which explains it all.

Dooh! Yes forgot that. So if it was for a Rover & clipping on the door it would be easy to get the supply. So having its own batteries suggests perhaps for some abnormal load where power is not readily available.

Yes you mean the Warner cover retainer rather than the socket. Yes FV1609 had it there then the production Pig it moved to where yours is.

Tyre pump. Do not attempt engaging it until you have taken it off, stripped it down & refurbished it. Having done that use it regularly, because they will seize up. I have destroyed 3 so far!

Lee it is 6210-99-964-0154, I'm very surprised that is not marked on the box. Although I think that label was the COSA label once. I think of stores that are lost, stolen or damaged something like 80% goes missing because the label comes off & nobody knows what it is! The NSC 6210 is for indoor & outdoor electric lighting fixtures, which isn't a great help. The manufacturer's no is V60S545GA it was used by NZ & Australia as well as UK. Yes I know I haven't answered the question! If I have time I'll search the NSN through my fiche, then I'll be able to retrieve a DMC. This might help a bit. I'll look in books on road movement etc, might have something. Yes the 2-pin plug looks Roverish.

Sounds like a proposal:blush: Anyway I'm far too old for you. I'm afraid here horse here dominates over pig. Ah that doesn't sound right. You've been here & know what I mean.