The Humber Snipe was a four-door luxury saloon introduced in 1930 as a successor to the Humber 20/55hp at the same time as the similar but slightly longer Humber Pullman.

The Snipe or Snipe 80 featured a 3498cc six-cylinder engine with the overhead-inlet, side-exhaust valve gear that had been a feature of the company's six-cylinder engines since the mid-1920s.

The four speed transmission had a righthand change lever until 1931 when it moved to the centre of the car facilitating the production of lefthand drive examples.

The shutters on the radiator grille were opened and closed thermostatically to control the flow of cooling air.

For 1933 the engine was redesigned to have overhead valves producing an extra 5bhp.

In 1931 a fleet of Snipes were used by the Prince of Wales on his tour of the West Indies.

This Humber Snipe 80 was supplied originally to Mr.

Badlian of Harrow.

After his passing away, the car stood in a garage for some 40 years whereupon it was 'discovered' and once a...