Humber Hawk Mk6 1954 Bumpers
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A friend has just acquired a 1954 Humber Hawk and I am lending a hand to recommission it.
Unfortunately despite it being a nice solid car the bumpers are missing, a search of the net seems to show that the chances of finding any are slim to nil.
Can anyone suggest a source of original or reproduction bumpers?
Unfortunately despite it being a nice solid car the bumpers are missing, a search of the net seems to show that the chances of finding any are slim to nil.
Can anyone suggest a source of original or reproduction bumpers?
These guys seem to get bumpers made for all sorts of classics- yours is not on the list but some of those on their list (eg Armstrong Siddeley) are rare enough to probably be being made as one off's - so maybe they could do yours. At a price!! Might be worth asking.
http://www.groupharrington.com/
http://www.groupharrington.com/
Last time I saw numbers there were only 10 Mk6 know to exist. Admittedly that was about 20+ years ago but I doubt too many have shown up versus how many have disappeared in the meantime. the reason i know this trivia is that my family used to own one, which due to its size versus our garage had bumpers removed during hibernation. They went with the car (not sure if attached or loose) and given the above stats I wouldn't be surprised if you bought our old one and the bumpers got lost somewhere along the way. OAA 816 I recall, last seen on the back of a transporter having being sold to a north east based Humber fan.
Sorry Stig I don't think this one was yours, different reg mark.
Only six left? How many were made?
I spent a couple of hours freeing off the choke and carb linkages, runs a lot better now. On to the brakes next and then the scores of grease points, easy enough to work on though. A pleasure to use are the brake adjusters, accessed from the outside under the hubcap, rather than scrabbling around underneath Mini style with exposed adjusters invariably corroded and seized.
Included was a genuine workshop manual which is absolutely superb, small enough to fit in a glove box but containing enough information and crystal clear diagrams to strip and rebuild literally everything on the car. No "reassembly is the reverse of removal" cop outs here
Haynes should hang their heads in shame that even with their vast resources they do not produce anything like this.
Only six left? How many were made?
I spent a couple of hours freeing off the choke and carb linkages, runs a lot better now. On to the brakes next and then the scores of grease points, easy enough to work on though. A pleasure to use are the brake adjusters, accessed from the outside under the hubcap, rather than scrabbling around underneath Mini style with exposed adjusters invariably corroded and seized.
Included was a genuine workshop manual which is absolutely superb, small enough to fit in a glove box but containing enough information and crystal clear diagrams to strip and rebuild literally everything on the car. No "reassembly is the reverse of removal" cop outs here
Haynes should hang their heads in shame that even with their vast resources they do not produce anything like this.
Good luck with the car! Perhaps bumpers from something else in the Rootes range would be similar? I agree with the point about manuals - I kept a manual for a Morris MO series Oxford that my dad had - very thorough! I also have one for a Standard 8 which some anonymous soul shoved through our letterbox!
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