1960 Humber Supersnipe

Thats is cool - like a wheeled jukebox
what the other car in the background of the first photo??

welcome to the forum BTW

welcome!

Nice looking motor - really sweet - when you fitting the V8 ?

Cheers guys!

Car in the background of first pic is my old Sunbeam Rapier, sold that when I bought the Humber.

No, its not restored.......one respray about 15 years ago and a lot of time in storage!!! ;D

V8, not you as well!! my mates in the Hot Rod club keep going on about it. Humber did build a few prototypes in the mid-sixties but didn't take it any further, so a small-block Chrysler lump wouldn't be too 'offensive'

Yup, the Series 1 and 2 had the single headlights, the later ones had twins, which I'm not so keen on. Mine's a series 2 which means the early look but with 3 litre engine and disc brakes (series 1 had 2.6 and drums). Mine also has PAS and is an auto.

Lovely big cruiser, just don't look at the fuel gauge! LOL.

That looks gorgeous!

Surely your Hot Rod mates say more than just V8...I'm thinking the word 'gasser' might feature often in conversation too!

If it were mine I think I'd be tempted with a bit of lowering (OK, a lot! ;D), a set of flipper 'caps and a pair of Appleton spotlights! That said, it's not mine...it's yours and it looks great as it is! ;D

My girlfiends Cousin does these up in his spare time, think he has done about 15 up to yet of various different types i mean. Thats a sweet ride mate looks smart

I'm thinking of looking for a Hawk shell the same as this to convert to 2-door and fit a V8 in to.

Instant mini 55 Chevy!!! ;D

The estates are ultra rare, although I do know of a couple about locally, one of my mates in Norwich runs a really ratty one as his everyday car.

My straight six doesn't make any noise, I put it on a rolling road earlier this year and with the car at 80mph we all took off our ear defenders and laughed, the cooling fan was the loudest thing in there!lol

Its nice to hear all the good comments, It seems to be a car that everybody likes, everywhere I go I get stopped by people who tell me how nice it is or who want to buy it! Even at Rod Runs the lads with the turn-ups and quiffs really rate it.

Instant 55 chev..? I agree with your hot rod club mates about putting a LA Mopar and torque flite in it,I saw one the rootes cars back in the day,with a 318 i think,went like a Merc 6.3 ,but didn't have the brakes to match hence Chrysler not allowing them to the job.
Want to put performance in there??,go for a Lexus V8 ,they can bought dead cheap in Australia where there are specialists buying them in Japan for just your purpose!. The whole engine trans ,computor etc would be less than the weight of your old humber donk ,resulting in better performance and better brakes. The mopar may be alright for those with the cash to flash but they are '80's technology now and performance stuff is too high priced compared with a stock lexus.
I know the stock Humber diff will handle any thing but it's pretty low geared and the fuel costs with any V8 would bankrupt you.
Here,I n OZ ,the hot set up would be to fit a Ford/borgwarner diff from any model Falcon,they are 2.92 -1 ratio,cheap and as strong as a 9". and the same track as the Hawke/Supersnipe.

Very nice looking car. A workmate has a Humber Hawk, must get some pictures of it on here.. not quite the same look as this though.

Good work.

AWESOME!!