Humber - Humber Snipe
The original Humber Snipe was the "Snipe 80" built between 1930 and 1935 fitted with a 3.5 litre overhead inlet with side exhaust valve engine, which was a bigger bore version of the previous Humber 20/55 (also called the 20/65) model. The next model of Humber Snipe came in 1936 with a larger 4.1 litre engine that had a longer chassis (now independently sprung at the front). The following Humber Snipe model for 1938 had a smaller engine of 3.2 litres having a new shorter chassis.
Remember that Humber became part of the Rootes Group in 1932 so there was a lot of badge engineering and parts sharing going on between the various Rootes Group brands. The post war Humber Snipe had a 6 cylinder 2731cc engine which was in production from 1945 to 1948, running alongside the Humber Super Snipe which looked the same but was fitted with the larger capacity 4.1 litre engine, the engine that had seen use previously in the Humber Snipe of 1936-1937.
Tyre size for the Humber Snipe :
- The original Humber Snipe 80 (dating from 1930 to 1935) should have Blockley tyre size 550/600x19.
- Humber Snipe fitted with 16 inch wheels we would recommend the Blockley 185VR16 tyre size, which will transform the ride and handling of this car, guaranteed. See full details of these tyre sizes at the links below:
