The 6/99 body was designed by Pininfarina. It came with a 2.9 liter 6. (Said to be the same engine used in the Austin Healey 3000.) For a large 1950's British sedan, it was fairly quick. 60 MPH came in 14 seconds and it had a top speed of 100 MPH.
Sold for only 2 years (an updated version, the 6/110, lived on for another 7 years) just 13,000 were built. I suspect that most were RHD, making this LHD model rare. This, sadly, is most likely nothing more than a parts car. It has front end damage, rust and the interior is shot. Anything is restorable, I guess, but, even a guy like me, who wants to see everything back on the road, has to admit that the best use for this car is most likely keeping another Wolseley alive.
Located in Little Rock, AK, click here to see the eBay listing.
1959 Humber Super Snipe - This is not as bad as it looks. It is - if you have the time, money and inclination - very restorable.Humber was part of the Rootes Group. It was officially sold in the US, but never heavily promoted by Rootes, who was having a fair amount of success here with their Hillman and Sunbeam brands.
I always found it odd that Rootes didn't push this car more than they did. It was large, came with a 6 cylinder engine and was well appointed. It seems like a car we would have taken to here in the US.
This car is interesting. Someone loved it once. It has a "Humber 1" vanity plate and a Post Vintage Humber Car Club badge on it. The seller says that much of the trim has been re-chromed and is still in wrapping.
The seller provides a link to a photo album of this car. Based on those picture, the body looks to be in pretty good shape. The interior is very rough and, although it apparently "ran when parked" 15 years ago, the engine is now seized. (The seller dumped some Marvel Mystery Oil in the engine in an attempt to free it up. Believe it or not, that sometimes works. I did it to a 1967 Sunbeam Alpine that I pulled out of a junkyard. It freed the engine and I drove the car for two years before selling it. It's a "mystery" to me how and why it worked, but it did.)This guy had another Humber for sale a few months ago. As I wrote in a post about that car, Humbers are not worth a lot of money, so anyone taking on this car would be doing it as a labor of love.
This is a great old British sedan and one that is virtually unknown in the US. I hope someone takes this project on.
Located in Northridge, CA, click here to see the eBay listing.
