ajmac Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 All in all the HSC is a rare machine. I would love to restore one, but they just don't turn up! What happened to them in the post war period? Was there any particular country that received them as aid, or purchased a good number? I'm trying to think of places to look. Not that the Loyd is finished yet.... But the next project needs to have wheels and have been used by the British during wartime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels v Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 We had 99 in Denmark only one has survived. norway had them aswell and a couple are left up there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatchFuzee Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Images of still existing Humber Scout Cars and Humber Light Recon Cars:- http://the.shadock.free.fr/Surviving_Humber_Scout_Cars.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisgrove Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 I have seen a pic of one in Malaya with a turret added rather like the Dingos out there. Don't know how many got there. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 About 13 years ago I did some extensive repairs to a Scout Car that at the time lived in the Channel Islands and was often seen in the UK. Think that was ex-Budge and came back from Netherlands. I know of a few other Scout Cars in the UK, but a rarity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wally dugan Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Large numbers were sold off after ww2 l have sales catalogues covering the period from 1945 showing page after page with them for sale my last post on post war sales catalogues shows two pages from a sale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REME 245 Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Dingo's and DAC's have survived in fairly large numbers because they remained in service until the 1960's when the preservation movement was starting. The same goes for other British war-time vehicles such as Bedfords and Leyland Hippo's. Anything which was not selected to serve post-war disappeared at an early stage and the vast majority were scrapped. There is a reason for anything which has survived in substantial numbers. Unfortunately Humber Scouts are not amongst these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajmac Posted August 30, 2016 Author Share Posted August 30, 2016 Thanks for all the contributions to the thread. I read that a number of Humber Scouts were put on UK ranges, did anyone photograph any of them 'back in the day'? I know a chap who is working on three or four that were wrecks but I don't remember where the wrecks were sourced from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monty2 Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 there are quite a number around and a lot not restored yet ( know of 4 at least) we will see more of them in the future i am sure. Also because wheel armour makes more sense than tracked ones to own. The real difficult bits are the radiator, water pump and PLM parts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lssah2025 Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 Considering selling or trading mine... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REME 245 Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 Thanks for all the contributions to the thread. I read that a number of Humber Scouts were put on UK ranges, did anyone photograph any of them 'back in the day'? I know a chap who is working on three or four that were wrecks but I don't remember where the wrecks were sourced from. Most Range Photography dates back to the 1980's at the earliest. The Humber's would have been battered to scrap on UK ranges long before this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajmac Posted September 4, 2016 Author Share Posted September 4, 2016 Most Range Photography dates back to the 1980's at the earliest. The Humber's would have been battered to scrap on UK ranges long before this. The key to range restorations is finding ones that were off the firing lines or used as markers, however I've never seen any evidence that scouts were put out on ranges. To be honest I wouldn't want to go down that route anyway, not again. Mainland Europe seems to be where to look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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