Tor Crowden Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 hello all. We own a small private museum in the north island of New Zealand with a verity of exhibits ranging from vintage motorcycles to live steam traction engines. I'm the son of the founders Roger and Linda Crowden from Somerset Uk who enumerated to NZ in the late 80's to start the museum. Im currently in Wingrave UK getting two Humber pigs going ready for export to NZ for the museum. We've owned them for a number of years and now the time has come to ship them to their new home. If anyone can off advise on pig gremerlins please advise me. I've got most of it covered and hope to have one of them fired up tomorrow for the first time. I'll update with photos and info on these two orange piglets at some point they haven't been started in 20years!!! Cheers Tor Crowden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 Welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shane.c Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 Welcome any pics of the museums motors, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 Orange Pigs! They wouldn't be these by any chance? http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?1262-Humber-Pigs&highlight=orange+pigs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nz2 Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 Welcome aboard from another Kiwi. Another New Zealand entry to the Forum. We seem to have a far number of people from NZ join the forum in recent months. Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
private mw Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 hi welcome to the forum , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tor Crowden Posted September 26, 2012 Author Share Posted September 26, 2012 thanks for the welcome. Yeah that's the two girls, i've got a copy of that photo on here but for some reason my photo's wont display. there in a worse looking state now. getting them ready to export home. Will update photo's of the museum's inventory when i figure out how, haha. yeah lots of Kiwi's are into their military gear as a lot of it ended up here as farm equipment and al sorts of rear odds and ends which were surplus to requirements or Obsolete were sent out to NZ. Im i need of a Humber Pig Expert if anyone can help. B60 engine boffins and people who know there way around the wiring in them as mine been butchered some what.. also in need of a main drive shaft, ones had a hard live and has been torn to pieces, doesn't look like they upgraded them from the original one tonne truck they were based on. my email is torcrowden@windowslive.com cheers tor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 also in need of a main drive shaft, ones had a hard live and has been torn to pieces, doesn't look like they upgraded them from the original one tonne truck they were based on. Tor I don't know which shaft you actually mean, but have look through this & you will see the tracta joints were upgraded: http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?983-Pig-in-a-poke In reality you have the possibility of three types on the rear even though they appear to be Mk 2 Pigs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tor Crowden Posted September 26, 2012 Author Share Posted September 26, 2012 Thanks for the info. will come in handy. It's the main prop shaft from the gearbox to the transfer box/diff It's sheared in two just up a bit from the middle. I'll get a photo of it and put it on here. you wouldn't know anyone with a spear by any chance. cheers Tor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenivers Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 Welcome aboard :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 It's the main prop shaft from the gearbox to the transfer box/diff It's sheared in two just up a bit from the middle. Wow, would be worth checking out if there was something rearward that caused that to happen. I'll check if I have a spare spare tomorrow. You need to get this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_trksid=p3984.m570.l1313&_nkw=humber+pig+parts+cd&_sacat=0 Unusually as an ISPL it has the circuit diagrams of GS & Pig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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