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Much as I am a Rootes fan one should never look at old cars with rose tinted glasses. I have driven an Imperial/Pullman similar to this one and were far from easy to drive where as the directly comparable Austin 7 seater Princess of the same period was actually quite nice to drive and had better engine although the bodywork wasn't anything like as solid as the Humber. The alloy head 6 cylinder side valve engine was prone to head gasket failure although the antifreeze of the day was at least partly to blame.

This is the car you have when you want a real car . All mounted on a strong steel chassis, with beautifully crafted coach built panels mounted atop, from a military heritage. This whispering giant with it's four litre straight six motor, was borrowed from the Commer truck of it's day. With an aluminium cylinder head the power was raised from 80 bhp to 100 bhp at 3,400 RPM. Rootes products were blessed with mechanical simplicity. The engines were rugged and reliable, and some owners would not relinquish ownership of such a fine product until death. Top speed was advertised as close to 80 mph, remembering that this motor is a 2 tonne creation in unloaded condition. Interior appointment was to the highest standard and west of England Cloth was standard seat coverings in the passenger cabin. They were great cars, and frequently appointed for royal tours, being manufactured to a very high standard.

That would be a Mk III. Manufactured until 1958 by which time that 1940s styling was hopelessly old fashioned.

Had 2 back in the 80s, they were rapid.

A beautiful car. A bit silly to have the spotlights positioned behind the bumper overriders.

Like this guy ,, put all this together with old skool zeal and determination from the bottom up to the top and never lost his roots

Had one from new in 1977,good fun.

Get your thumbs outa the wheel

As good as a period Rolls !

I had the Red/Black Tiger Special. It was unrestricted hence the attraction in1981. My reg PER 55R. Great bike.

Shane there aren't more updates on this build, would be interested to see

guess whats me better so is 307 george langley he has a massive on 134 sydeny

footrests and pedals.... never noticed that before and have seen a few!

I do this and I love it if you want to try it do it

Is it scary racing or fun

Why is the clutch so far over to the left

Does Albert do junior rods or junior bangers

Do you recommend the Nissan micra for junior bangers gonna start soon

Why is this your last race

Good driving

This is my dads track

I like the full size tyres on it. I live in the country where we get Pot holes in the bitumen, so tyres that only have a thin profile, end up blown as they come into contact with the hard edges of the pot hole which has hard bitumen sides and lip.

I noticed you moved your foot so I don’t have to do right foot braking. How come you do that?

My old neighbour had one. Drove it in the garage one day and never drove it out. Went off to restorers after he died.

That's better then some of the adults racing

Quality. All the best, Monty & Graham.

Wow what a car ! Can you believe they still banger race Super Snipes !? LHM 361 was at the Aldershot meeting at the weekend, there is a picture on Flickr of it in 1950 with, another Super Snipe and others.

Loveiy. Had same bike, same year, same colours. Faster than AP50s and fizzers and WAAYYY cooler. Vibrated itself to bits though.

How old do you have to be

Sir Winston Churchill fav car

I'm a rookie banger in Northern Ireland so good hits

The battle with perry tho geez 😮😮🏁

Your so good

So see you out there

Big fan I’m starting juner banger racing

Big fan by way

Look out for a wight starlet

Sick car I’ll be joining you soon

Your so good

Thank you

is that IAN MARTIN in the watford 351 car.

Love ur racing keep it up

Your a really good racer

I go to banger racing and you are number 3 you win all the time

Was this at swaffham

good race

how did you feel about your first ever race I've not experienced it yet

I've not banger raced yet due to money so I wanted to ask how did you feel on your first try and how old are you cuz I'm 15

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