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1962 Humber Super Snipe Series IV

1962 Humber Super Snipe Series IV in Walkower, Movie, 1965 IMDB

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin: UK — Made for: PL

1962 Humber Super Snipe Series IV

[*][*] Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene 

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sixcyl FR

◊ 2008-06-30 00:12

 1961 Series III or 1963 Series IV

Gazelle EN

◊ 2015-09-05 23:46

 Series IV, 1962-64, as it has amber lenses in the front indicators plus the 'Rootes Group' badge in centre of grille.

dsl SX

◊ 2015-09-05 23:53

 If this is a PL plate, I'd guess an embassy/diplomatic car as normal exports impossible??

Weasel1984 PL

◊ 2015-09-06 00:25

 @dsl - It is PL plate. Noticeable amount* of these was imported in the 60s for the Polish state adminstration (at its central level), some were also hired as "company cars" for other VIPs (chiefs of companies etc.) and possible "few" went also in private hands.
IIRC (but can be wrong today) in this movie it also played car of some state factory boss.
As curiosity period, 1960s pic - 2 Humbers in front of Cabinet Office in Warsaw:
[Image: humberyifiat23001965.jpg]

*Not so long time ago I learned that these cars in general weren't too much exported, but you must be better informed, anyway, if it is true, then possible that this way Poland had not bad place on Humber export market list back then.

-- Last edit: 2015-09-06 00:35:34

Gag Halfrunt UK

◊ 2015-09-06 01:17

 I remember we have one playing an American taxi in a Soviet television series. :)
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Perhaps it was a former Polish diplomatic car or something...

dsl SX

◊ 2015-09-06 01:41

 These Humbers were not big exports - an initial effort for first 2-3 years with several to eg US, but not pushed very hard afterwards (although successful enough in Aus for local assembly and maybe NZ and ZA as well). Rootes did get niches into E Europe - a steady supply of Minxes into CS for instance - but I don't think they achieved much into PL. My guess is a one-off trade/diplomatic deal to send a batch over to spread around the Big Cheeses in the system. Probably most E European VIPs would have preferred the prestige of riding round in Mercs or something similarly well known - Humbers might have been too obscure for them??

Weasel1984 PL

◊ 2015-09-06 15:56

 After WWII Rootes Gr. had its sales representative in Poland since 1940s (partly visible its stand at trade fairs). In the late 40s 1st new Humbers were delivered to state administration, then in the 60s administration got Super Snipes Series III to Series V (and possibly few Imperials).
In the same time for private customers were avaiable Hillmans Imp and Minx. Of course these weren't huge numbers. In the 1970s there were also some Polish registered "Arrows" and Avengers, but not confirmed was there still official import of these two, if so then very limited like of Vauxhalls.

Gag Halfrunt wrote I remember we have one playing an American taxi in a Soviet television series. :)
/vehicle_318656-Humber-Super-Snipe-1962.html
Perhaps it was a former Polish diplomatic car or something...

But what is interesitng it is LHD, so perhaps different source.

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