Lot details Registration No: KM 4516 Chassis No: 11972 Mot Expiry: Oct 2007
Introduced for the 1925 season, the 12/25 was a well-engineered, solidly built design that furthered Humber's reputation as a quality marque. Based around a conventional ladder-frame chassis with a 9ft1in wheelbase and 4ft7in track, it featured all round semi-elliptic leaf-sprung suspension and drum brakes. Rated at 12HP by the treasury, its 1795cc, four-cylinder engine utilised overhead inlet and side exhaust valves. Producing some 25hp @ 3,000 rpm, this torquey unit reputedly gave the model a top speed of 54mph. A reflection of its greater merit and finesse, the Humber cost up to fifty per cent more than the equivalent Austin or Morris. Only in production for two years surviving 12/25s are comparatively few and far between.
Finished in maroon over black with brown leather upholstery, this particular example is described by the vendor as being in "good" condition with regard to its 1800cc engine, four-speed manual gearbox, electrical equipment, chassis, bodywork, paintwork and wheels / tyres (while he rates the interior trim as "very good"). Said to have benefited from "a repaint, rewiring, re-plated nickel fittings and a replacement clutch over the last eight years", 'KM 4516' is further understood to have had "just five owners since 1926". Treated to new brown leather upholstery last year, the Tourer also boasts a new hood cover and duo-bulb indicators. Apparently known to The Humber Register, this appealing Vintage Tourer is offered for sale with MOT certificate valid until October 2007 and historic class (free) road tax valid until June 2007. A measure of his confidence in 'KM 4516', the seller has informed us that he intends to drive it the 45 miles to Cheltenham.
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