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Thanks for the info, I saw pics on your website of the work on the wheels/brakes I assume. I was only wondering about his vehicle number because my frame number appears to be either 8533936 or 8533836, the last few numbers are a little hard to read. With the 3936 that would put my vehicle number at F199036 (same as his) or F198936. So if his frame number was known I could make sure that I was not duplicating or trying to find info on the wrong vehicle. Cheers, Lance

Does anyone have contact info for this Humber, "well owners", I thought it belonged to a museum, but I don't know which one, I am trying to get their chassis number to compare F***** numbers... Any help would be appreciated.. Lance

Didn't see that thread,,,most of the time I am on the vehicle sections, might put a pair of repro Vickers K's on my Humber Scout sometime just to see.... I have a repro for my Recce jeep, so would need to pick up one more. I can still get the winder if needed and have seen the bren adapter plate also, so let me know and I will try and track them down for you. If you are looking to use a drum on a bren, you might want to try and sell it to someone in the UK, they are always looking for vickers drums, and then try to pick up a bren drum..

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From what we can tell, the rear armour is original, but we are not 100% sure, it has some stampings on it. When it came from France it had all the armour on it, so if it was replaced, it was replaced before it arrived. Some of the bolts are flat and some are rounded, so it appears that some of them were replaced at one time. Vehicle is now listed on MilWeb: http://www.milweb.net/webverts/53805/

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That is not a Bren drum mag, it is a Vickers K drum mag. Top picture is Vickers K Bottom picture is Bren

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UPDATE....Does anyone have any details on the 2 speed control box for a Humber Scout, mine is missing and I am trying to rig my carb up, and without it it has to be mounted a different way and rigged. Or better yet, does anyone have one for sale?

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Well it was restored, to someones condition :-D... I would rather know that it will run, stop, and start whenever I want it to. The wiring is also going to be redone with proper cloth wiring, also I am going to take off the current engine wiring harness (and not use the special spark plugs or current wires).

Update, got the Humber running and purred like a kitten , went in the next day and found that it would not crank over,,,tick tick tick, found that there was antifreeze coming out again and that there were numerous cracks in the block after running the Humber:-(, the antifreeze level was only at half and when you fill it up it leaks into the block....ahhhhh. So the engine is coming out and going to get repaired (good news is it can be welded) then the new pistons and rings will be put back in. At that time the engine will get a new coat of paint, manifold will be welded and cleaned up. Fuel tank was boiled out and resealed all new fuels lines installed. Generator was rebuilt Starter was rebuilt Still have to redo the lines for the 2nd oil filter (I think that is what it is) Well after this It should be roaring and ready to go again......

Ok, after some more engine work, here are some updated pics. New fuel line installed correctly to carb, new carb and gasket set, head honed, repainted and placed back on with gaskets, found a small crack in exhaust manifold, will have to take off and weld, still waiting for the fuel tank to be boiled out and resealed, then the rest of the fuel lines will be redone, it was a p.poor job of soldering on the previous fuel lines, they fell apart while taking them off, lucky I didn't have a engine fire, also the electrical wiring is p.poor, going to replace all of it with new wiring and not have wires rigged up and poorly spliced...:shocked:. Also found out there is a butt load of sludge in the bottom of the engine, going to take off the oil pan after a event coming up and try to get it out with a good cleaning, might have to break down the engine and redo it all...nice restoration........ slowly restoring it after its 2 year previous restoration, haha..... starter and generator off for a rebuild to....

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