Humber Super Snipe MkII - bonnet badge

Humber Super Snipe MkII - bonnet ornament

Humber Super Snipe MkII. Behind this grille was 4086cc sicevalve 6-cylinder engine.

Humber Super Snipe MkII Tickford DHC. The round fog lamps were replaced in 1949 with rectangular sidelamps

Humber Hawk MkIII. In 1948 the Rootes Group launched the new Humber Hawk. It retained the 1944cc sidevalve 4-cylinder engine, but was given an entirely new body.

Humber Hawk MkIII. In 1948 the Humber Hawk (and later the Super Snipe) got a brand new body. This designed by the Loewy Studios in USA, who also did the smaller Hillman Minx of this period, and later the 'Audax' Hillman Minx.

Humber Hawk MkV. In 1952 the body of the MkIII and MkIV Humber Hawk was revised with new grille and larger rear screen. The MkIV had been given a 2267cc engine.

Humber Snipe 1947. The Snipe was introduced in 1945 as an evolution of the prewar Hawk model. The Humber Snipe had a 2731cc six cylinder engine, and its Super Snipe sibling had a 4086cc engine

Humber Super Snipe MkII Tickford DHC. The MkII Super Snipe was launched in 1948 with a revised version of the 1945 Hawk body, now with headlamps built into the front wings

Humber Super Snipe MkII Tickford DHC. Tickford built only 44 Drophead Coupes on the Super Snipe chassis in 1948 and 1949

Humber Hawk MkIII. The Loewy Studios design for the Hawk MkIII was used for the Super Snipe from the MkIV version, but with a 6inch longer bonnet for the 4-litre engine.