Lot details Registration No: AOP 413 Chassis No: 10600 Mot Expiry: Dec 2004
Humber was one of Britain's oldest cycle marques, Thomas Humber making his first bikes in Nottingham in 1870 before opening factories to mass-produce the then new-fangled 'Safety Bicycles' in both Coventry and Wolverhampton in 1886. Having built their first 3-wheeler in 1896, Humber became the very first manufacturers of series-production motor cars in England. Humber also opened an aircraft engine manufacturing division in 1909 and made motorcycles until 1930. Like several other marques, Humber was eventually absorbed into the Rootes Group, which, in turn, was taken over by Chrysler of the US before being off-loaded to French Peugeot who are most unlikely to revive the Humber name for any of their Euro models in the future.
Offered here is a 1935-built and entirely British Humber, a righthand drive 16/60 model with coupe de ville coachwork in maroon over black with maroon leather interior. The current condition of chassis, body and paintwork is described as first class, the trim within claimed to be as new. The 2276cc 6-cylinder motor, 4-speed manual gearbox and electrical equipment are reportedly all in good order too.
The vendor tells us that the history file is one of the best stocked he has encountered and includes old photos of the first owners, much correspondence and instruction books, as well as lots of bills detailing work carried out over the years and, in addition to the current V5 registration document, an original brown logbook.
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