1937 Humber Snipe 16hp

1937 Humber Snipe in The Long Memory, Movie, 1953

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin:

00:24:42 Vehicle used a lot by a main character or for a long time

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Sunbar ◊ 2006-12-04 18:37	Appears to have a Snipe bonnet mascot, but split windscreen looks unusual for 1945 Snipe/Super Snipe?
Sunbar ◊ 2006-12-04 21:21	After serching IMCDb for Humbers - it looks like this. 1937 Humber Six 21 h.p. to be confirmed? /vehicle_77885-Humber-Six-1937.html -- Last edit: 2010-01-15 12:19:34
pilou ◊ 2006-12-08 10:06	Yes , this is also a Prewar Humber Six of 1937/8 vintage.But the car looks somewhat shorter than the other one on this site and is probably the 16 hp on the shorter chassis.It is not a Humber Super Snipe :those were only introduced in 1939 by mounting the 21 hp six on this shorter chassis.A similar model was depicted by Hergé in the first edition of Tintin's adventures in " L'île noire" tracting a caravan.In the revised editions it was replaced by a Triumph Herald Convertible.
antp ◊ 2006-12-08 10:12	pilou wrote A similar model was depicted by Hergé in the first edition of Tintin's adventures in " L'île noire" tracting a caravan.In the revised editions it was replaced by a Triumph Herald Convertible. According to http://mapage.noos.fr/dardelf3/tintin/ it was a 1935 Vauxhall. But a 1937 Humber was used in this same book as the bad guys car, replaced by a Jaguar Mk.X in the revised edition. -- Last edit: 2006-12-08 10:13:45
dsl ◊ 2014-01-03 01:31	1937 plate, Renfrewshire - might have originally been sold by Andersons Garage??