Andys Landies

Hello Kevin, no worries, us pig enthusiasts need to stick together! I must say, that’s a great picture of your pig and the canvas! Mine has a lot of work to do before it looks as good as yours! Are you planning to show it this season? Yes that’s right, BB Engineering. Mines arrived but still in the box! I couldn’t miss that offer! Can’t wait to try it out!

Hello guys, sorry if this has been mentioned but there is currently a MK1 canvas cover available for £150, I purchased one myself last week and it says there is another one available. Great thread!

Thanks for all your help and sticking the original thread back on here Clive. I've got your book now and enjoying it immensely. Such a shame about the pig at Hethel (which is quite local to me), surely a deal is to be had there with the owner? Ill keep you updated on my pigs progress. Thanks again, Andy

Thanks Clive, some more great info, I'd not heard of Op Marble. I have actually already ordered that book, just waiting on delivery, I'll get read up! For now my pig's history will remain a mystery. Thanks again

Fantastic, thanks for the digging Clive and Wally! I'm certainly glad I joined HMVF!! That's a great start! What are the chances it was sold off in 1967 and not purchased back by the Army? Did they do well on the civvie sales market? What would a pig be used for?

Hello Wally, thanks so much for doing that, that was very kind of you to enquire and ask the questions. I'm sorry that someone spoke to you with such rudeness, that's not on at all. I appreciate you spending the time to do that, maybe one day i'll find the card! Cheers, Andy

Ah great thanks for that, so the chassis could be several years older than the 1960 plate from when it was the original Humber 1 tonne truck? That’s just when it was made to a pig, fascinating stuff!

Thanks for that, I hope so too. I actually have that plate photographed so included it below, its all very interesting! Thanks for the heads up with the storage boxes, I did not know that, I'll look into finding some pictures of the wing-boxes, they may have to be door-less for a while! 🙂 I'm glad I've found you and your excellent knowledge!

Thankyou both for sucj quick responses! I appreciate it! Yes so 15 BK 18 is now in my hands in sunny Norfolk where i'm hoping to get her road registered and to shows in the not too distant future. Thanks Clive, I remember coming across that thread a few weeks back and couldn't believe that it was in relation to my actual one! The web is a fantastic thing when it wants to be! I will certainly rub down some of those areas and see for any markings or stencils, the front wings are actually ply and well rotten so i'm going to replace those as they once were with steel and hopefully the back stowage boxes too over the arches. She does run but needs some tinkering but works which is a big bonus and there's a lot of cosmetic work to do on the main with mixture of green, desert sand and black paints been found (obviously the black is from its days at Brixham). No working brakes at present, that's the fun part, stopping! Here are some pics of her at mine last week! I know now why they call them pigs.... 🙂

Hello all, I'm looking for some information about my pig in its military service? Its a Mark 1 (15 BK 18) and all I've managed to find is its chassis plate says it was built in 1960 and (a picture from HMVF forum) says it was sold at auction 27th July 1967 and details of it as a gate guard in a museum in the south west (again from this great site). I contacted the Royal Logistics Museum, who told me to contact Bovington as it was armoured and not a 'B' vehicle, Bovvie told me that they don't hold information on Pigs and sent me back to the RLC who then said alot of pig paperwork had been lost? I also tried the National Army Museum but no luck. Does anyone have any ideas? Id love to find some more history about it to be able to put it back to a specific period in time. Thanks guys