Nick Johns

The Beverley hammer price was £21,000

The buyers premium on all lots for this sale is 20% + vat

not only the brush guard, the Rear wings on the garage find are from the 8cwt too, agree its built on a Snipe 8cwt chassis, see pic in link below https://encyclopedie-des-armes.com/index.php/unites-mobiles/vehicules-legers/929-lorry-8-cwt-4-x-2-ffw-humber

It is not a Humber Box 4x4, ...it appears to be a military Humber Snipe 2 wheel drive chassis, with 900x13 tyres, there were military Woody utility estate versions, but this is not a military body, more likely its been rebodied post war with a longer and higher civilian coachbuilt 2 door body, the military Humber utilities were 4 door and used the steel bulhead and windscreen of the Snipe car as show in the photo below

definatly Not underseal, it actually can enhance corrosion by trapping water moisture against the metal

Do hope someone gives this this poor old aircraft a safe home, it was sold when the military museum closed at Beverley, now its being evicted from Fort Paul https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/gilbert-baitson/catalogue-id-ibgi10619/lot-de133d6c-3cbe-44b4-bf34-ac0600cb36d7?fbclid=IwAR1IBJMxA68E2uCDChytitzPvjbTtrHwBkdQ0yOSL1dA7q3_8bQ7V6OXNGg

That looks nice, ..several Hippos have been modified to get a bit more speed by turning the transfer box around, run it in low range, it then works as a step up box

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TRACTOR-DRAWN-WATER-BOWSER-TANKER-SUIT-SHEEP-FIELD-TROUGH-ETC/313183556534?hash=item48eb31d3b6:g:0j0AAOSwcnRfNs8G

Some dials /guages may be compatible with ones used on other vehicles, doubt if any wiring looms exist

What bits and pieces do you mean? there are very few parts around for military Leyland Hippos,

I have heard so many similar stories over the years, same as the infamous Jeeps still in crates...the stories all turn out to be entirely ficticious

Looks very much like a film prop QL, ...amazed to find a photo on the Internet movie cars database of my old QL used on a French film shot in London in 1970,

The large centre hub cap looks very much like Morris Commercial taxi wheels/axles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Commercial_Cars#/media/File:1939_Morris_Super-Six_Taxicab.jpg

the above Bronco model kit is a Horch, not a Mercedes