1947 Humber 10 | TODD MOTORS New Zealand

[@MovingOurWorld]

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[@nicolawelten5904]

Classic. Love the indicators & windscreen.

[@jonathangriffin1120]

Humber was always a premium brand here in the UK, we had the Hillman Minx. Back in the fifties when I were a wee lad our family transport was the Commer 1/4 ton van version with windows cut in the sides. Dad eventually scrapped it due to the upcoming MoT test for older vehicles, our van was a '39. When I asked Dad what was wrong with it he said the brakes were bad due to chassis rust. I asked him how rust would affect the brakes, he told me that as they were cable operated, the rotten chassis would flex rather than the shoes being forced against the drums. Happy Days! All The Best from Somerset, England.

[@wadeconnell1493]

Well done lads...great to see young enthusiasts having a look at the Kiwi vehicle assembly which was quite important during it's time. Perhaps a look at when Rovers and Jags were assembled in Nelson. Had an XJ6 from down there (and a couple of SD1 Rovers) during my mis-spelt 30's...lots of fun.

[@_Cheko_]

I really enjoyed the video, good job

[@MovingOurWorld]

Thanks for watching! This was a fun one to make.

[@andrewwilson8555]

This was a great video! I learned some things. Keen to watch more about NZ car assembly history.

[@2TwoTu]

Finally a kwality car on this channel a+ would trade again.

[@MovingOurWorld]

I knew I could win you over with the OG NZDM content.

[@peterscott1111]

Thanks for that. Didn’t know that the NZ car assembly industry lasted till late nineties. Little known fact: NZ’s frozen lamb trade to the UK wouldn’t have been so successful without the car assembly business. Insulated containers that carried lamb to the UK carried CKD (completely knocked down) cars back. Thus making money on both legs. Without the cars, the meat would have had to pay not only for the voyage to UK but also for the containers to go back empty and so would have been too expensive for the UK market.

[@MovingOurWorld]

Another fascinating comment. Appreciate you taking the time to write it. People often lament to this day how our finest food is sent off to other countries! Sadly there's no return CKD containers anymore.

[@SmallBikeStuff]

Hi I’m Callum’s other channel.

[@MovingOurWorld]

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[@craigauckram1087]

RAC horsepower was evolved as a method for rating tax in England for your car, unfortunately this favoured small cylinder bores with a long stroke motors, which means that the piston speed in the cylinder was high, this meant they wore pistons, rings and cylinder bores out quickly (the oil wasn't able to keep the cylinders adequately lubricated) modern oils partially help, but most modern engines are '"oversquare", meaning that the bore is larger than the stroke, rather 4 x 3 than 3 x 4, this brings the piston speed down.

[@nigelmarx3578]

Why did they have RAC hp? Well like today, many countries have different sales tax, registration fees and insurance rates based on engine size. In the UK you got an idea what the ongoing costs would be, by the RAC hp. Being based on piston diameter, many engines were very long stroke to increase engine capacity without increasing RAC rating and therefore increasing your costs.

[@MovingOurWorld]

These are the comments I love! Thanks for the background Nigel.

[@tonypearsephotos6751]

My Dad has a Morris 8, very similar car. Had no idea about the RAC horsepower thing. Had always presumed it was actually 8 horsepower, hence being so slow and old.

[@MovingOurWorld]

Wow really? I grandparents used to have one! Would love to see one in person some day.

[@tonypearsephotos6751]

@@MovingOurWorld Yeh Dad's owned it about 45 years, been sitting in his garage for about 30 years not moving and sadly de-regd. If we're in Auckland at the same time we'll pop over and drag it out of his garage for some pics.

[@speeddemon9555]

the first car i ever owned, given as a present by my parents, i loved it. incidentally, the air goes through the mesh into the carb, not the oil, that would be bad !!