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Thanks I have the issue to, Where did you clean the Humbers at? This was out of Holland with a sister vehicle that went to a museum. I really don't want to pull the body and repaint everything at this time, I will probably stay with the white for the interior and change to British olive drab on the exterior.

Sorry that was suppose to be British olive drab (S.C.C. 15), it appears the color on mine is a (glossy) bronze green or similar color. I wanted to respray it in the next few months after some mechanical and body work is done. I will have to go to our local hobby shops to try and find the correct color and then have it matched for my Humber, since I can't have paint shipped from the UK in the amount I need to respray it.

Thanks, I will probably go with a similar gray then.

Ok is the bronze green a flat or a gloss?

Thanks for all the replys and advice, but does anyone know of the color? Or should I just paint it the offwhite that is in the engine compartment and some of the ancillaries black? Also sent a email to Bovington for a possible answer.. Cheers, Lance

UPDATE: My mech just got the head back on the Humber, correct now and ready (with gaskets supplied from IVOR. ) Of note when he reexamined the engine today, one intake valve showed light damage, why not sure, and I don't know how it will affect it running till next Monday. It may have hit the head at one time, lightly, as if the engine may have been out of time. It should not present a problem though (fingers crossed.) The radiator and gas tank are out to be fixed The radiator and mount are a mess, but can be re-used for JB. After that, we find a new one, one problem, and I have a photo of the correct radiator, is that its very thick, and this ones not. So, finding a thick one will be needed later. QUESTION: I am not 100% sure on the engine color, several photos show a dark green or olive color, only one shows a black color, none shows a dark gray as in mine. The bad news is there are few colors in high temp paint. We did find a Ford Engine Darkgreen, but its dark, no other green colors in high temp and you must have high temp. So, if you can try and guess the color, as we have it now, you have two choices based on whats out there. Ford light gray as is mine, or ford darkgreen. Of course black as well. We cannot have high temp paint mixed in special colors. I will keep you informed next week to progress. SO what do you guys think on the color choice? light gray, dark green or black? Also should the ancillaries be painted as well to match the engine? PICS of engine color: http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?16062-Humber-Scout-Paint-Job/page3

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Here are some pics of the engine compartment showing the radiator fluid and then with the head off.

Each part of the A/B division had a different numbering system, attached is 1st A/B.

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Yes, I am a little upset , but like everything else, someone elses ground up mechanical/body restoration is different from my interpretation. Most of the external/interior and cosmetics are very nicely restored from the newer pics that my mech have sent. The fuel tank has rust in it, some of the fuel lines were a little rigged, I am having the fuel tank removed, boiled out and resealed, and having the fuel lines/fixed replaced, the overflow line replaced, carb rebuilt with a new gasket kit, and making sure the mechanical components are up to par... I was going to have him go over it anyway when it came in to make sure it was running good and up to par anyway. The engine is probably going to be removed if the hydrostatic test comes up bad, the head will go out and be checked to see if it is warped, and maybe the engine will come out and be sent and checked to see if there are any cracks in it, if it ran hot......

I am looking at exporting a Dingo from the UK, what type of export paperwork is needed to have the vehicle leave the UK? I have all my import paperwork and shipping lined up for the states. Lance

Humber delivered around the 10th of January, my mech started going over it to get it in good shape and found antifreeze coming from the head and it appeared it was leaking from a possible overheated engine. It was dry and around most of the head, and some leaking from the radiator. 3/8 he started getting into the engine, he took the head off, and found" first ALL hardware was finger loose, everywhere! very few nuts or bolts were tight, which really worries me. The entire engine needs to be checked over, tighten everything down to specs, assuming we can get them. Next, the pistons are new, liners look new, mileage on these look very light, very low miles. Head gasket looks pretty new, but lots of internal rust everywhere. In the lines, radiator etc, its really rusty. Will have the head at the machine shop tomorrow to be checked out. Head gasket has small triangle holes on one side only. Yes the one is the picture you sent. But we may or may not need a thicker one, wont know yet. I need engine specs badly, internal specs. From what I have apart, most looks rigged. Carberator is incorrect based on the base gasket which is a four hole, the carb is a two hole, they piled up 3-4 gaskets and bolted it one. I will let you know more tomorrow. Bloody ell,,,,,well at least the engine will be up to 100% par when he is done....

I am looking for anyone who has info for the engine specs (internal etc) for my Humber Scout. The engine is basically the same as Humber Super Snipe and Utility, Commer and Karrier trucks, Humber armoured car, etc. from about 1938 to 1949, it is the 4086cc.. Cheers, Lance

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1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron was the smallest of the Recce units. A normal Recce unit attached to an infantry division would be of regiment size, 4 squadrons consisting of 4 troops each, operating armoured cars and universal carriers. 1st Airborne Recce was just 1 squadron consisting of 4 front line troops, 1 HQ troop and 1 support. Each of the front line troops had a HQ section and 3 sections each of 10 men and 2 jeeps instead of the armour used by the other Recce regiments. What was to become 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron was formed in January of 1941 from 31st Independent Brigade Anti-Tank Company and was renamed 31st Independent Reconnaissance Company. With the personnel trained for glider operations the unit was renamed 1st Airlanding Reconnaissance Squadron under the command of Major T. B. H. Otway. Otway was succeeded by Major C. F. H. Gough who was instrumental in building up the squadron, selecting only the finest men who displayed great initiative and imagination. On return from Italy in late 1943 the squadron completed training as parachute troops and was finally renamed 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron. The squadron was now capable of deploying by a mix of gliders and parachutes. It was around this time that the jeeps of the squadron were equipped with the distinctive Vickers 'K' machine-gun. 6th Airbourne Armoured Recce Rgt By R Mark Davies and Andy Parkes In early July 1941 ‘C’ Special Service Squadron Royal Armoured Corps (RAC) was formed with 60 men, mostly volunteers from 5th Lancers and 10th Hussars, and six Tetrarchs at Ogbourne St George. In October 1941 the unit was transferred to Freetown in West Africa in case Spain entered the war. In March 1942 they went to Madagascar and took part in the allied landings there. Only half the squadron went, consisting of four troops each of one Valentine and two Tetrarchs (under the command of ‘B’ Special Service Squadron). They suffered heavy casualties and lost nearly all the tanks. Their 2iC Captain Peter Llewellyn-Palmer was recommended for a Victoria Cross, but was later awarded, posthumously, the Military Cross. Even before that operation was finished, the HQ of the squadron was already being formed in the UK as the Airborne Light Tank Squadron. The squadron was to utilise the new Hamilcar glider that had been specifically designed to carry the Tetrarch. When 1st Airborne Division left for North Africa they stayed behind in the United Kingdom. In early 1944, the Squadron was expanded to a full regiment – 6th Airborne Armoured Recce Regiment RAC (6 AARR) under command of Lt Colonel Godfrey R Stuart – and was attached to General Richard Gale’s 6th Airborne Division. The light tanks now designated ‘A’ Squadron of this new regiment, while ‘B’ Squadron was formed as a ‘light recce’ squadron of carriers and jeeps. There was also a support squadron of mortars, machine-guns and motorcyclists. It was with roughly this organization that the regiment was to go to war in Normandy. The organisation was as follows: Regimental Headquarters (Two Light Tanks) Headquarter Squadron in which are included the parachute harbour party (one officer and nine OR’s), intercommunication troop (one sergeant, one provost corporal, seven motorcyclists and two M/C mechanics) plus a landing head party and an administration troop. Light Tank Squadron (A) consisting of headquarters (three light tanks) and five troops (each with three light tanks). Reconnaissance Squadron (B) consisting of a headquarters (one car 5cwt, one carrier universal with two LMGs and a 2” mortar and three motorcyclists), four troops (each of one car 5 cwt, one carrier universal with two LMGs and a 2” mortar) and five motorcyclists. Support Squadron © consisting of a headquarters (two cars 5 cwt and five motorcyclists) one support troop (two carriers universal each with a 3” mortar) and one assault troop (one carrier universal with two LMGs and one 2” mortar) and twenty motorcyclists. •• • • • This above organisation was slightly altered for the actual operation with an addition of two machine gun troops (each with four Vickers carried in Jeeps and trailers). This information comes from a line in the war diary that states “1800 - B Squadron and 4 Medium Machine-Guns, HQ Squadron together with Regimental Headquarters Tanks moved in support 8 Para Battalion in counter attack role at Le Bas de Ranville 105735. A Squadron and Assault Troop and 4 Medium Machine-Guns remained at Le Mesnil”. During D-Day twenty Hamilcars flew in carrying eighteen to twenty Tetrarch light tanks of ‘A’ Squadron (including 3-5 tanks armed with 3-inch howitzers). A further three Hamilcars flew in with six Recce Carriers of ‘B’ Squadron, another flew in with two 3” Mortars Carriers and another arrived with the Slave Battery Carrier and a Jeep.

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