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Chris

Try Kerry at R & R services, or WARPAINT, he had several for sale at last years War & Peace show, quite cheep too.

Jules

Any jobs going there ?

I went to see this collection when it was at RAF Cardington in the 1980's. I went to look at the Royal Flying Corps uniforms, and I was amazed at how many they had, racks of them, yet, the RFC display at Hendon, the old workshop set up never changed from the 1970's"........"

One wonders if any of it will ever see the light of day, about 15 years ago I was talking to one of the top chaps at Hendon, and he said that they were then refusing anymore offers of RAF uniforms & flying clothing.........they had so much !

Thanks for sharing

Jules

Is that what they are for then ? Can anyone confirm please.

David

They look a bit like the storage boxes in the Comet Turret, i'll check tomorrow.

cheers

Jules

Just a couple more photos, and after a bit more very careful cleaning, i came across the originally painted number, this time with a 'Z'

also got a little bit more information from the Royal Signal Corps badge, the first letter is an 'A' then i think a '1' or a '4' then lastly a '2'

what do you think ?

cheers

Jules

i have decided i can't bear to paint over the original markings, so on oneside, i'm going to leave it exposed...........and just varnish it.

Barry, I have several spare Solex 40 carbs as fitted to Morris's I'm sure at least one is C8. I will have a check tomorrow eve.

CHEERS

Jules

Just checked the cenus B vehicle list and M4446963 seems to form part of a batch of numbers running from Z4446759 to Z4447758 this block of numbers formed contract V3971 and is listed as 8cwt 4x2 personnel PV Mk11.

 

the M prefix on yours is unusual as this was applied to light cars ect

 

Pete

Yes Pete, i though it was odd having an M prefix................nothing is ever straight forward is it !

does that batch have any date ?

Thank you for this information

Jules

So

it's number is M4446963..................can anyone add to any history, is the Arm of service Royal Signals Corps ?

Cheers

Jules

And the second door......................

Dear All

i have recently bought an MCC PU8 for restoration, more of that later, but i spent several hours over the weekend sanding down the cab doors and found some of the original markings.

I found its original serial number, and an Arm of Service badge, but i can't work ouit the red writing on top of the Blue/White box

any ideas ?

Enjoy the photos..............

Jules

I saved a picture off the web a year or more ago of a Humber based on some pics of a wireless & pers. with a 15cwt rear body in a Bellona booklet. Or is it the original vehicle? I labelled it as a French Humber.I hope there's no objection to this pic being shown.

 

regards Andrew

Hello Andrew

Yes, i found the same photo on the net, i don't know who it belongs to ? but i'm told that there were very few fitted with wooden GS bodies, it would be interesting to find this vehicle and check its history.

Cheers

Jules

I was trying to work out how many Humber 4x4 PU Utilities there are restored, i can oly think of 4

can anyone add to that, a picture would be nice..............

I'll start with the 4 i know, mine of course :-

Tobin Jones :-

Bernard Venners :-

David Skinner's :-

It would make a nice photo to have then all side by side

Jules

Can anyone post a photo of the Humber said to be at the History of Wheels museum in Windsor, or indeed any history ?

Cheers

Jules

And another................

Just found this, can anyone tell me what country it is from and a date ?

Cheers

Jules

Hi

i got mine from Panther, it is the best on the market !

Jules

Having watched the short film above, i tried to open others, but they don't play ? is this because only a few are available online ?

how does it work ?

Jules

Now getting side-tracked http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1060033073 I forgot u can watch footage- this needs seeing. Amazing camo

This is great too................no sign of masking tape then !

That's Great, Thank you Gerry.

Cheers

Jules

Hi

Can anyone tell me if any of the IWM Photo collection are available online ? or is it a matter of having to go there to search.

I have found a nice, but poor quality photo of a Morris PU8 with the IWM Photo Number Q838 i would like to get a good quality print of this photo......................

cheers

Jules

Hello Nico

Glad you found us, welcome aboard !

You will get lots of useful advice on here.

kind regards

Julian.

Good Luck Jimmy !

it's not as hard as it looks ! but it will be a fantastic vehicle when finished, mine is so nice to drive.

shout if you need any spares.

cheers

Jules

Looks great Richard

i was looking for the GPW, Tilly or even a WOT in the background................but guess Glen rode shotgun ?

I never fit a front number plate to my vehicles, it looks wrong, and i have never in 12 years be asked why not .

cheers

Jules

Welcome Quad410

theres plenty of Morris knowledge available on the forum !

looking forward to the photos

Jules

Hi Jules I just looked on their website and can only find US style 900x16 bargrips, do you have a photo of the tread pattern ?

Ian

i thought long and hard about this tyre problem, we all know that the bottom line is, we will never get new Trac grip run flat tyres again, so putting that aside, what options are there for 900x16 wheels...............

Petla's with a reasonable tread pattern .................but not quite right

or

Bar Grips, again with the wrong pattern for British vehicles, however i thought that 95% of people just except bar grips these days and we see them on everything, that they would be ok.

my worry with Petlas is they look modern, but its up to you. i bought two 900 x 16 bar grips from Totec and as i said they fitted like a glove.

Jules