• Previously part of the well-known Marshall Humber Collection from 1991 to 2020 • Acquired by the vendor and subject to much recommissioning thereafter • Evidently subject to an older restoration • Supplied with a history file, including the original Humber guarantee from when new One of the best-known and most fondly remembered upmarket British cars of the post-war period, the Humber Super Snipe was introduced in 1939.

Production was very soon curtailed by the war, but restarted in 1945 as an essentially pre-war design of up-to-date characteristics—it had a built-in boot, independent front suspension and a hardy 4,086cc sidevalve straight-six.

Its spacious interior and capable performance made it popular with the police, as shown to good effect in films such as The Blue Lamp.

The Mk.

II of 1948 introduced more modern bodywork, including headlamps built into the wings and a wider cabin, and the Mk.

III was built from 1950 to 1952.

It was characterised only by minor revisions to ...