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Beautiful body work and a lovely shape. Was never over impressed with the interior tho. Also the wheels on this particular vehicle just ain’t doing it for me. 🤔

What a charming lovely feeling that car exudes. I absolutely adore the engine -well arrangement in which one can see, (AND REACH) every component of the engine. It's wonderful!

Humber is just a hillman or a sunbeam some of the worst cars ever produced and when Chrysler get involvolved in the rootes company in linwood, it even get worse, think about the simca/Christer alpine/1307 its one of the worst car ever produced

wow so nice and period stylish

A truly marvelous vehicle! I grew with one of these. I was the envy of the other boys when getting dropped off to school.

What a great beauty, always loved the Humber cars especially the Hawks, super snipe and the imperial between late 50s to late 60s👌😢

SU is a Stonehaven Kincardineshire registration number.

What great memories, my Uncle who had some coin in the 60s in Australia had a black model. Still remember the walnut dash and the deep rumble of the engine. Very heavy on the steering though but the most luxurious car on the road at the time.

I'm sure the ones in Australia all had a front bench seat.

Use it more chum.

I use a Humber Imperial every day to comute to work , a total of 56 miles . The Humber is very special place to be , modern tyres give a great magic carpet ride, smooth and powerful with a heater that is great for the cold frosty mornings . Complete refurb of all moving parts ensures complete reliability and so far its the best car I have ever bought .

You sound so much like Max Bygraves when your speaking .. wow 😁

I love it! My dad had a Hawk But always wanted a Super Snipe.

Nice car but in a very uninspiring colour. I believe they were also available with two-tone paint, which looks very smart. The dashboard is fabulous. I'm surprised there is no guard for the engine fan. Can you still get spare parts for them?

Sounds like a porno soundtrack! Seriously, though my uncle Stan had one before the Mk 10 Jag. We all piled into it for a trip down the newly opened M4 for tour of Cornwall. Happy memories.

Interesting! This car was built in 1962, but first registered in 1987. So maybe it was originally exported, and imported back to the UK later. Nice old girl though, and nice to see it still running, albeit a bit tappety imo, but maybe that is the normal sound for that engine., 3L inline six it looks like. I love an inline six personally.

My Dad had one. Dark blue station wagon. Happy days.

First UK car with twin headlamps?

My dad shipped his to Australia when we emigrated

Used to own a 1961 Super Snipe with 4-cylinder standard transmission (with left-hand American-style drive/steering wheel), but the car was bought originally in England by an American (from Ohio) serviceman who then brought the car back to the USA to drive for a few years; after that the Super Snipe was owned by a Miami University music professor, and then an Oxford, Ohio pastor before I bought the car about 18 years ago (bought it at a British Car Show near Cincinnati). I owned the 1961 Super Snipe for about 10 years before selling it to a local person here in Southwest Ohio about 7 years ago since I wasn't driving it any longer (and it was just sitting in my garage). I loved the wood trim on the inside of the car plus the flip-down tray tables in the back-seat area. The leather seats needed attention (the leather had been split due to heat/cold weather), but otherwise the exterior of the car was still in good shape with the original paint (off-gray color) and all of the metal trim (bumpers, etc.). The current cars made in the USA aren't built like the "tanks" which we used to drive during the 1950's and 1960's. My late husband loved the British cars (Jaguar, Austin-Healey, etc.) so he knew all about how to work on/fix the engines, hoses, etc.

My Imperial was called "Big Nelly"

Oh how,my taste of cars have changed, as an American I used to make fun of the British Automobiles in my younger years. But as almost 63 years of age I have grown quite fond of the classic British cars such as this. Quite funny how your taste of cars change when you grow old.

Nice car, needs some TLC and Italian quality leather for the seats.

Oh, lovely. When you opened the door, l could imagine the smell! Do you still have her?

THANKS FOR SHARING from Charlottesville, VA USA.

When I came out of the army in 1964 I started work at the humber factory in Coventry in the trim/finishing dept working on the hawk and supersnipe,wonderful place to work,then took over by the dreaded Chrysler,and the cheap hunter range introduced.the end of class rootes cars!!!

I have owned a number of Super Snipes, mostly this model but also a couple of MKIII's. Demolition derby d a few series 5's. You didn't mention what happens if you push the gear selector right forwards. Maybe you didn't know, I didn't until someone showed me on my second one. It sets when the auto changes, right in it holds in gear for ages, hard to explain and it's been 20yrs.

When I was 8 I went in my uncle Lionel's Humber. He was driving, my dad on the left and me in the middle. It was the fastest I've ever been in a car - 105mph. It felt like flying. Now I'm 66 and I haven't passed this speed limit.

Happy memories of a friend's 'poor man's Roller' - great vid!!

Those Ariel's were invented by NZ Maori people, they are called Kotunga . Which means Coat Hanger.

And I thought our NZ streets were narrow. How would you get a fire appliance down there if your house caught fire?

Always wanted one of these since seeing a black one, same year as this, infront of me at a McDonald's drive through around midnight about 3 or 4 years ago. One of the coolest cars I've ever seen

My dad had one of them

My dad had 0ne

Very interesting and nice, thank you

I owned a hawk same colour i loved the car

That is one beautiful looking car!

You silly old fart Listening to you was depressing and like watching paint dry

Man, you better distance a bit from what you are filming and take a wider perspective.

The dashboard is the best part of the car. I also like the double headlamps.

Hilda deserves a bit of tidying up and that coat hanger is a disgrace

What a lovely trip down memory lane, our next door neighbour had a 62 Super Snipe exactly the same colour as this one when I was a kid back in the 60's... great to see these type of cars still around..

Nice big car, always wanted the huge estate version.

Interesting point, looks like it may be negative earth, was it converted as so many English cars of the period were positive earth which would have made fitting an alternator and radio difficult.

"There she is." Her Majesty's a pretty nice girl. Someday she's going to make you her's.

We had one of those just like that back in the early 60's! Soft seats. Good feelings.

"Je suis le roi."? "One mile over and we'll see you."?

Stodgy rase the POMs.

The thing with cars today is that they all look the same and are boring with no personality, these old cars are all individual and unique and definatly not boring they just look classy and even smell classy

The L on the transmission is for lock-up, if you're in second gear and move to L it stays in second, handy for towing or situations where it keeps changing from one gear to another, it also gives some engine braking.