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[Andy B]

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I cried when it finally went to the scrapyard in the sky 

Awww!   

[omega3000]

All this talk of Humber's will make Lizzie come over all nostalgic.

Nah she's got the mintest omega on the planet now 

[Crazycarzowner]

Awww!

I was about 7 at the time.

Then we got a Mk1 3.0L Ford Granada estate 

[henryd]

The Car in Mr Tunnie's picture is a rare 'A' reg.

By my reckoning that makes it a 1963 model.

My Dad had one of that shape sceptre's,1600 I think,he traded it in on a Vitesse 2.0 Mk2

[BazaJT]

I had a Mk1 Sceptre[a B reg]back in the early eighties.Mk1s were-I think-1500s,a slight restyle brought the Mk2 with a 1725 motor and the Mk3 was a badge engineered Hunter.Dad had Super Snipes from the late fifties through to '67 when production had finished,8 kids, dad and mum used to go on holiday in them[and they were all saloons]if we'd had an accident it'd have been carnage!!

[biggriffin]

them and austin cambridge's and westminsters along with triumph PI made excellent banger racers.

[henryd]

them and austin cambridge's and westminsters along with triumph PI made excellent banger racers.

And older friend of mine still has a A110 Westminster in his garage,1964 car which he has had since it was 3 years old,sadly beyond reasonable help now I fear although the interior is still excellent 

[Shackeng]

I used to drive a farmer friend around in his Super Snipe, a lovely comfortable car, but handled like a marshmallow tank. I was running a Mk1 Consul at the time, which handled so much better.

[Vamps]

I had a Mk1 Sceptre[a B reg]back in the early eighties.Mk1s were-I think-1500s,a slight restyle brought the Mk2 with a 1725 motor and the Mk3 was a badge engineered Hunter.Dad had Super Snipes from the late fifties through to '67 when production had finished,8 kids, dad and mum used to go on holiday in them[and they were all saloons]if we'd had an accident it'd have been carnage!!

Correct.....

I had a 65 model in the late 70's as a yoof, fitted a merc Grill on it that, like the Merc lifted with the bonnet, looked like a Roller at the time........

Managed to blow the big ends on it though, 4th gear with overdrive, pushing it as hard as I could, just hit the red line and 'tinkle tinkle' replaced the shells myself too, aged about 19 iirc............