Anyone who camped as a kid knows about snipe hunts. Despite the fact that snipe is a type of bird, we were all later told they were fruitless exercises meant to cause the youngest and/or most annoying on any given campout to disappear in the woods for extended periods. That has been proven wrong, as we have found not only a Snipe, but super one!
Behold the Humber Super Snipe:
Humber was a British automaker which dated to late 1800s, but was part of the Rootes Group (think Sunbeam) for several decades. The company was primarily focused on luxury cars, like this one.
The seller says the engine needs work. The hardest part might be finding someone to work on it if you can’t do it yourself! These have unique inline six cylinder engines; but, as the seller states, parts might not be too hard to find in the UK.
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Norwalk, CA
$2,999
Sedan lines are classic and American-influenced, as was typical at the time. To our eyes, it shares some styling with a Checker – likely because they date to the same period.
American-inspired styling continues to the rear.
Is this a Humber or a Snipe?
Interior is classic European luxury and left-hand drive indicates this is a genuine export-spec car. We’re not sure how easy it is to find a dashpad replacement, but a good interior shop could handle that. The rest appears to be in good shape.
Seat upholstery needs some help. Bench seat is a throwback.
This luxury vehicle has wooden rear trays, a la Jaguar. Wood appears to be in very good condition.
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I got a rare car. It’s a humber super snipe. Straight out of the u.k. car is completely in good fair shape all chrome pieces are there. Car has a hemi 6 inline engine. PROJECT CAR, THE ENGINE HAS ONE (1) ROCKER BROKEN, ENGINE IS FREE (TUNRNS). Parts are aavailable on eBay, fairly priced…You won’t find another one like this. Humber’s were upper crust cars, similar to Rovers and Jaguars but without the sporting inclinations of either. The Super Snipe was the top of the range model for Humber, and was imported to the USA in small number.One of the unique features of the Super Snipe is a hemispherical head pushrod inline 6 engine… If interested please CALL ME, IF I DONT ANSWER, LEAVE ME A VOICE MAIL AND I WILL RETURN THE CALL WITH IN AN HOUR. NO E-MAIL S, OVERSEAS BULLSHIT, PAYPAL SCAMS. thanks for looking And for you’re reading time.