1966 Humber

Never heard of it. Fairly close to me. Worth checking out?

Parts would probably be impossible to get ???

http://treasure.craigslist.org/cto/3745292524.html

 

Humber was part of the Rootes Group in GB in the '60s, which became part of Chrysler up to around 1973 or so. They did sell a few in the US and Canada back in the day. Mechanical parts are the easiest to source, but parts are not impossible to find, thanks to Algore and the Internet!!!

Neat cars.

 

Never heard of it. Sure looks nice. But, yes, where would we get parts?
Of course for that price we could do the Chevy small block thing.
What caught my eye was the double car port. I had to buy two singles of that type and put them next to each other.

 

Looks pretty good to me. If anyone is interested, I can go get a closer look and some photos.

 

Please, God, NO SBC swap!!!

 

Go ahead and buy it. No respectable wagon owner has just one.

 

There is a 4 door sedan version parked in my barn, saldy it's just worthy of a parts car.


Anybody know where the gas cap is on one of these, it's rite in the picture.

 

Is it the left one of the round things under the tailgate?? :confused:

 

I do remember seeing a few Humbers around back in the day. I always thought they were for people who wanted a Jaguar sedan but couldn't afford one. Motor? I'm guessing a somehwhat small OHV (not OHC) straight 6?

Sort of looks like a 7/8ths scale Checker, doesn't it?

 

Now that is a cool car. Looks like it is a bit short on rear seat leg room."...please secure your trays in the upright position..."

mike

 

Those are not "picnic tables", they are for executives and people that needed such a thing. Obviously, these folks were chauffeur-driven!

The engine is a straight Six OHV with a head that was as close to a hemispherical design as it gets. It was a 3.0L Six with three-speed manual std, and a manual w/OD or an automatic as an option. They were built in England, Australia an dNew Zealand over the time they were around. The Super Snipe name was in continuous use from 1938 to 1967. There were five series of these from 1958 - 1967. This is a Series V. Top end was right at 100 mph, with gas mileage in the low 20s.

One of you guys needs this one!

 

Ok Tedy, I'll bite since no one else will...Where???

 

The gas cap it the reflector, the bottom one on the passenger side tail lite. If you ever see one of these cars in person you will notice that each side reflector lite is a different size.

 

Now that you pointed it out, looking at it I see the passenger side is different. Wouldn't have noticed if you didn't point it out though.

 

Naughty, naughty! Obviously Q had a hand in designing this vehicle!