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Re: Humber Hawk
« Reply #15 on: 15 March 2009, 21:49:25 »

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I always fancied a Humber sceptre ( the Mk 1 Minx shape) with all the chrome clocks, as a project car. Maybe one day.

I had a 1965 one when I was about 19, it was all those clocks that sold it to me. ;D ;D had overdrive, I discovered that if you red lined it in 4th plus overdrive that it would blow the main bearings ::) ::) ::) an easy fix though.... :y


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« Reply #16 on: 15 March 2009, 22:31:39 »

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I always fancied a Humber sceptre ( the Mk 1 Minx shape) with all the chrome clocks, as a project car. Maybe one day.

I had a 1965 one when I was about 19, it was all those clocks that sold it to me. ;D ;D had overdrive, I discovered that if you red lined it in 4th plus overdrive that it would blow the main bearings ::) ::) ::) an easy fix though.... :y


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« Reply #17 on: 15 March 2009, 22:55:59 »

Was the Humber Hawk available as an estate ?

I'm sure we had one when I was around 5 or 6 years old, so that would make it about 1969/70.
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« Reply #18 on: 15 March 2009, 22:57:22 »

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Was the Humber Hawk available as an estate ?

I'm sure we had one when I was around 5 or 6 years old, so that would make it about 1969/70.

I think it was, may have been a special order rather than a big production run thoug, Lizzie Zoom will know... :y
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« Reply #19 on: 15 March 2009, 23:00:30 »

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Was the Humber Hawk available as an estate ?

I'm sure we had one when I was around 5 or 6 years old, so that would make it about 1969/70.

I think it was, may have been a special order rather than a big production run thoug, Lizzie Zoom will know... :y

I can remember the estate version of the Humber Hawk

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« Reply #20 on: 15 March 2009, 23:09:58 »

That's it !!! Nice one. :y :y :y
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« Reply #21 on: 15 March 2009, 23:28:28 »

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Was the Humber Hawk available as an estate ?

I'm sure we had one when I was around 5 or 6 years old, so that would make it about 1969/70.

I think it was, may have been a special order rather than a big production run thoug, Lizzie Zoom will know... :y

did Humber actually make it themselves? It wasn't uncommon in the 60's for major maunfacturers to farm out estates to 3rd parties. Ford used farnham and .... erm ....erm .... can't remember. MK III & IV Zephyr/Zodiacs were done by them, and I've only ever seen one of each of them, they were both HUGE cars.
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« Reply #22 on: 15 March 2009, 23:30:46 »

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Was the Humber Hawk available as an estate ?

I'm sure we had one when I was around 5 or 6 years old, so that would make it about 1969/70.

I think it was, may have been a special order rather than a big production run thoug, Lizzie Zoom will know... :y

did Humber actually make it themselves? It wasn't uncommon in the 60's for major maunfacturers to farm out estates to 3rd parties. Form used farnham and .... erm ....erm .... can't remember. MK III & IV Zephyr/Zodiacs were done by them, and I've only ever seen one of each of them, they were both HUGE cars.

Think it was the same company that did the hearse conversions of the day...

Like yourself, cant remember the firms name for the life of me!   ;D
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« Reply #23 on: 15 March 2009, 23:31:16 »

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Was the Humber Hawk available as an estate ?

I'm sure we had one when I was around 5 or 6 years old, so that would make it about 1969/70.

I think it was, may have been a special order rather than a big production run thoug, Lizzie Zoom will know... :y

did Humber actually make it themselves? It wasn't uncommon in the 60's for major maunfacturers to farm out estates to 3rd parties. Form used farnham and .... erm ....erm .... can't remember. MK III & IV Zephyr/Zodiacs were done by them, and I've only ever seen one of each of them, they were both HUGE cars.

That was my thoughts, same with the Rover P6 and I have seen a Rover P5 estate at Enfield pageant of Motoring some years ago.
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« Reply #24 on: 15 March 2009, 23:35:05 »

http://www.aronline.co.uk/index.htm?wnindexf.htm

The projects link on the left side looks interesting....
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Re: Humber Hawk
« Reply #25 on: 15 March 2009, 23:38:13 »

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Think it was the same company that did the hearse conversions of the day...

Like yourself, cant remember the firms name for the life of me!   ;D

A lot of conversions these days are done by Coleman Milne or Wilcox (might be one & the same now :-/) & Woodall Nicholson ... bloody expensive conversions too. One of the Merc Hearses my dad drives was around £90k!!! and I think the 6 door 'limos' aren't much different.  :o
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Re: Humber Hawk
« Reply #26 on: 15 March 2009, 23:41:08 »

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http://www.aronline.co.uk/index.htm?wnindexf.htm

The projects link on the left side looks interesting....

It still looks exactly the same, I can pass it ging to work ... but I don't  ;)
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« Reply #27 on: 15 March 2009, 23:57:16 »

Some interesting designs, and sadly perhaps, some missed opportunities....... :y
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« Reply #28 on: 15 March 2009, 23:58:50 »

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Think it was the same company that did the hearse conversions of the day...

Like yourself, cant remember the firms name for the life of me!   ;D

A lot of conversions these days are done by Coleman Milne or Wilcox (might be one & the same now :-/) & Woodall Nicholson ... bloody expensive conversions too. One of the Merc Hearses my dad drives was around £90k!!! and I think the 6 door 'limos' aren't much different.  :o

Yup.  remembered immediately after posting....

Some bonny cars in there.  Just not looking forward to a wee hurl in one....   :)
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« Reply #29 on: 16 March 2009, 00:04:29 »

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.....  Just not looking forward to a wee hurl in one....   :)

I've been in loads of 'em, even taken to school in a DS420 limo (the last British car to have Limousine as a body style on the log book - as opposed to stetched saloon) as a spotty 15 yrs old kid!  :y  :y
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