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Vehicle & Technical => Military => Topic started by: disco dod on August 02, 2007, 20:03:31

Title: dont know what it is
Post by: disco dod on August 02, 2007, 20:03:31: but it sure looked mean!

heavy heavy duty! i wouldnt like it running into the side of me :P

(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f81/geohutchison/tanks.jpg)

spotted on saturday when i took a wee trip to scotlands secret bunker to kill some time.

theres other motors on site too but there all in pretty poor condition. including 2 or 3 old bedfords (of the green godess style)

the secret bunker museum is a must if your military inclined http://[expletive deleted].co.uk/
Title: dont know what it is
Post by: Pete on August 02, 2007, 22:10:54: It's an armoured pig. Probably ex Ireland with those bars on the front.

Pete
Title: dont know what it is
Post by: S188 on August 03, 2007, 01:03:26: Funny, they have one of those at the garage I got an MOT at today. Hasn't been on the road for about a decade though. Would certainly turn heads!
Title: dont know what it is
Post by: hobbit on August 03, 2007, 12:45:52: Made by Humber, heavy and rock solid, did well in Ireland, good at clearing barricades and burning cars

Used to call the bar on the front a paddy pusher :twisted:
Title: dont know what it is
Post by: shaun and co on August 03, 2007, 15:08:27: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggghhhhhhhhhh :twisted: :twisted:
this is what ive been trying to buy for the last couple of months and i just keep getting messed around by people. i have cash waiting and its really p' ing me off. beautiful vehicles though.
Title: dont know what it is
Post by: cardiff_gareth on August 03, 2007, 15:38:08: Looks like a 7 series Beemer to me
Title: dont know what it is
Post by: disco dod on August 03, 2007, 17:20:38: Quote from: "cardiff_gareth"
Looks like a 7 series Beemer to me

lol

my 525 beemer will be up for sale soon, once my long wanted disco arives.

George
Title: dont know what it is
Post by: Pete on August 03, 2007, 18:28:37: Last time I was down there, the ex-mil guy in Stourton (Leeds) had a couple for sale.
Pete.
Title: dont know what it is
Post by: hobbit on August 03, 2007, 20:00:40: Make sure to keep an eye on the brakes, they dont go that fast and they dont stop that fast either
Title: dont know what it is
Post by: per_ardua on August 03, 2007, 20:40:10: I think most of the old Humber Pigs are probably sat on military firing ranges or training ares these days.
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Post by: gtomo2 on August 03, 2007, 20:45:44: Quote from: "hobbit"
Make sure to keep an eye on the brakes, they dont go that fast and they dont stop that fast either

beat me to it. iirc they are built on the 101 chassic and the brakes were never upgraded. Had the plesure of being in the back of one with a wounderd mate heading down to ebrington barracks, londonderry. with the driver blasting the horn as we could not stop
Title: dont know what it is
Post by: shaun and co on August 03, 2007, 21:56:02: Quote
Last time I was down there, the ex-mil guy in Stourton (Leeds) had a couple for sale.
Pete.

you dont have a name or number do you??? :)
Title: dont know what it is
Post by: hobbit on August 03, 2007, 22:04:53: You could try this

http://www.joseph1.demon.co.uk/

or

http://www.nlba.co.uk/vehicles.html

one listed here

http://www.scottishmvg.org/11.html

Dont know any of them just had a trawl round on the web
Title: dont know what it is
Post by: Jonathan M on August 07, 2007, 19:47:51: Quote from: "gtomo2"
Quote from: "hobbit"
Make sure to keep an eye on the brakes, they dont go that fast and they dont stop that fast either

beat me to it. iirc they are built on the 101 chassic and the brakes were never upgraded. Had the plesure of being in the back of one with a wounderd mate heading down to ebrington barracks, londonderry. with the driver blasting the horn as we could not stop

Surely these things were in use in NI well before the 101 was even in production? From the late 60's early 70's?
Title: dont know what it is
Post by: tomarse on August 07, 2007, 21:10:21: Quote from: "Jonathan M"
Quote from: "gtomo2"
Quote from: "hobbit"
Make sure to keep an eye on the brakes, they dont go that fast and they dont stop that fast either

beat me to it. iirc they are built on the 101 chassic and the brakes were never upgraded. Had the plesure of being in the back of one with a wounderd mate heading down to ebrington barracks, londonderry. with the driver blasting the horn as we could not stop

Surely these things were in use in NI well before the 101 was even in production? From the late 60's early 70's?

Yeah - nothing to do with the 101.

I was speaking to the 101 club spares guy the other day and he said he had been working on a humber pig earlier that day.
I was under the impression that they were similar/based on landies too but he assured they were not!
Title: dont know what it is
Post by: shaun and co on August 07, 2007, 22:31:51: Quote
Last time I was down there, the ex-mil guy in Stourton (Leeds) had a couple for sale.
Pete.

gave them a ring yesterday and the woman said they didn't do "stuff like that".
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Post by: gtomo2 on August 08, 2007, 16:16:09: Quote from: "tomarse"
Quote from: "Jonathan M"
Quote from: "gtomo2"
Quote from: "hobbit"
Make sure to keep an eye on the brakes, they dont go that fast and they dont stop that fast either

beat me to it. iirc they are built on the 101 chassic and the brakes were never upgraded. Had the plesure of being in the back of one with a wounderd mate heading down to ebrington barracks, londonderry. with the driver blasting the horn as we could not stop

Surely these things were in use in NI well before the 101 was even in production? From the late 60's early 70's?

Yeah - nothing to do with the 101.

I was speaking to the 101 club spares guy the other day and he said he had been working on a humber pig earlier that day.
I was under the impression that they were similar/based on landies too but he assured they were not!

I stand corected. just shows you how good the reme are. :roll: :oops:
Title: dont know what it is
Post by: Litch on August 08, 2007, 18:14:17: The pig was an armoured version of the Humber 1-ton built in the 1950's (the original truck was a lovely, purposeful looking vehicle). The fact is was originally built as a light truck with a 1-ton payload and was then rebuilt as an APC with lots of (heavy) armour plate was the reason the brakes were never up to much.
In civy life it was very common for some of the plate to be cut out to save weight, I believe the floor was usually the first to go as it had no visual effect.