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Re: Humber Hawk
« Reply #30 on: 16 March 2009, 00:07:30 »
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« Reply #31 on: 16 March 2009, 09:42:32 »
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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 #32 on: 16 March 2009, 11:34:16 »
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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. 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.
Cresta PA's were coverted by Friary  :y



My first car was a 1970 MkIV Zodiac Executive 3.0l V6 saloon...

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Was that the model with a very long bonnet and a very short boot?.
 :-* :-* :-*Picture please.
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« Reply #33 on: 16 March 2009, 12:24:54 »
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« Reply #34 on: 17 March 2009, 08:55:26 »
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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.
Cresta PA's were coverted by Friary  :y



My first car was a 1970 MkIV Zodiac Executive 3.0l V6 saloon...

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Was that the model with a very long bonnet and a very short boot?.
 :-* :-* :-*Picture please.



Hi Dusty

Yes, very long bonnet and short boot...
Executive came as standard with leather seats, wood grain dash with loads of gauges, sunroof, and autobox...
Very comfortable with seats like armchairs, but performance not too good - that was a heavy car even for the 3.0L V6 engine...

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Re: Humber Hawk
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Re: Humber Hawk
« Reply #36 on: 17 March 2009, 22:46:24 »
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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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Re: Humber Hawk
« Reply #37 on: 18 March 2009, 08:21:24 »
This is stylish...
Humber Super Snipe Mk111, 1950...

http://www.ritzsite.net/Archive/Humber_Super_Snipe_Mk_III_saloon_1950.JPG

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« Reply #38 on: 18 March 2009, 11:26:12 »
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This is stylish...
Humber Super Snipe Mk111, 1950...

http://www.ritzsite.net/Archive/Humber_Super_Snipe_Mk_III_saloon_1950.JPG

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Now that is nice...... :y
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Re: Humber Hawk
« Reply #39 on: 18 March 2009, 16:54:10 »
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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


All I know is I seem to remember a 1950s style Humber Hawk, of the type I pictured at the start of this thread, in Estate form, but in 'countryman' style with wood trim, if I remember correctly, sometime in the late fifties.  Never noticed them again in the 60s. ::) ::) ::)
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