1965 I was 8yrs old, dad purchased new Humber sceptre. Wow as a young kid the dash looked like something out of an aircraft cockpit controls. Loved it.
I was an apprentice mechanic when we looked after a brand new Humber Sceptre owned by a chap who ran the local fish and chip shop, (business must have been good 😂.) Although we were an Austin main dealer, we also serviced or repaired various other manufacturers vehicles. This was a good way of comparing the competition with the Austin’s which made up the majority of the vehicles we worked on. I have recently discovered your channel and find it to be extremely enjoyable.
Please forgive this question from Canada. Is Steph a presenter for either BBC or ITV? She is a real talent and she knows so much about cars. Impressed!
Have to agree that the Mk1 Sceptre is probably the most stylish Humber ever with a fascia that wouldn’t look out of place in an Aston Martin of the same period. Greatly video as usual Steph
Thanks Steph for another great video. I have to admit it's hard to not get distracted by the scenery during your drives. The Pennines around West Yorkshire are gorgeous.
I would go further and say it's one of the most beautifull cars Britain ever made, along with the Vauxhall Cresta PA. I was dead jealous when I was kid that a mate's parents had one (Humber) and loved to catch a ride in it. Gorgeous design. Brings back memories sitting the back like that.
A mate of mine started as an apprentice at a Lookers dealer in 1965, I remember him telling us lads about working under supervision on a Humber Sceptre, he said it was a gorgeous car, and it sure was.
Can’t decide what I love best - the car or your fabulous outfit! Thoroughly enjoyed this - what a stunning car! And it was lovely to see Kev! Looking forward to the next video!
I thoroughly enjoyed this video it brought back good memories. I've loved Humbers since I was little boy when my dad had a 59 hawk. Well presented car and video and you have a lovely voice. Thanks.
Hi Steph. Back in the late 80s, I had a mate who owned a '63 Sceptre MkI. This baby was a light grey over a deep wine red, with red interior except for the black dash. When he got it, the engine was tired and the front was fairly hammered as the previous owner used to take it offroad Green Laneing.....yeah, I know, right! Young fellas and old cars in the 80s.... Anyway, he got hold of it and I fell in love with its shape - even with its poor battered face. The dashboard with its auxiliary dials reminded me of one of my previous cars - a 1965 MkI Cortina GT - and as you say, she was a lovely car to ride in. This car had a prototype engine according to the numbers on the block - a 1640cc unit. As it was tired (and after 122,000 miles, I wasn't surprised), we pulled the engine and stripped it down. She was then bored to 60 thou over (the ridge in the bores was terrible), given a mild tweak on the cam lobes and was reassembled with new everything internal, although I have a feeling the pistons weren't for the 1640 and he had to find pistons and conrods that suited by measurement rather than off-the-shelf. However, he got the crank and pistons balanced and spent a lot of money making sure it would not do him wrong. Then the little car had the overdrive unit reconditioned and the interior tidied back up and we put it all back together with a lot of laughter one sunny summer's weekend. He also treated it to a big birthday and gave it a pair of 40mm Weber carburettors, a set of extractors and a free flowing exhaust with one muffler and a resonator that gave it a definite bark. That little engine just pedalled it along beautifully with never a hesitation on a hill. The altered camshaft gave it a mild lope at idle, but with it kicking in around 2500rpm, you could pootle the car around town without the wee car drinking like Olly Reed.....which it certainly did when you asked the cam and the Webers to show their stuff! After six months or so, he decided it needed cosmetic work, so sent it to a panel beater.....who unfortunately ripped him off royally. The bloke said he could get the front to look immaculate as he had a donor car he could use. I said to my mate that I would be rapt to get a chance to fix its face, take care of the small amount of rot in the doors and get it prepped before he took it somewhere to get it painted, but he wasn't to be swayed. The panel beater cut the front inch or so off the guards and removed the entire nose cone, replacing them with the face off a Singer Vogue - not a Sceptre. Now, the Singer has different lines on its face and a totally different set of front trim pieces and they aren't interchangeable. So....the nose of a Singer is what he got......but wait, there's more! The panelbeater then took liberties with the colour and decided that the bodywork wasn't up to snuff and that lighter colours would be better for the car - especially below the centre bodyline.....so he painted the roof Toyota Corolla white and the beautiful deep wine red was changed to.........Ford light Powder Blue. I could NOT think of a worse combination to stick on a car that still had red under the bonnet and a red interior! He never even bothered to do the door openings, so you still saw the original grey and red when you opened it up. I didn't know whether to be livid or mortified, scream or cry when I saw the result.....but he never argued with the panelbeater bloke or did anything about it except pay the bloke and drive away. He lost interest in the car after that and try as I might, he would not sell it to me, so it sat in the open, under the trees, outside his flat for several years until the moths ate holes in the substandard bodywork and that beautiful engine seized. I still pleaded with him to sell it to me, because I wanted to restore it to what it should have ben done to and drive it myself. A few weeks after I last asked him, I went round and saw it had gone. He had sold it for scrap. Never even kept the new carburettors he'd bought for it. Such a sad ending for such a magnificent vehicle.....so I was very glad to see the one you drove and know they are still out there! All the best
The adjustable warning lights (main beam, indicator etc) don't actually turn off the light but give a bright or dim setting for daytime or night time driving (dim for night time and brighter for the day)
Hi Steph, absolutely brilliant presentation. I felt as though I was sitting in the car with you. I had a Humber Sceptre Mk2 Auto which was wonderful. I hope somebody kept it going as your Humber owner has done.
Steph’s videos are excellent, and its so nice to see the old cars… really takes me back to my childhood…. In fact I was born in 1964, so this car would have been new when I was a baby. I will say, Steph did make me titter when she said, “if you had lots of passengers with you on a trip, no need to worry as in the boot you have 16 feet of space” 😮… not sure if I would put my extra passengers in the boot, even in 1965!!
I've once sat in the back of a Checker cab , in Los Angeles round about 77 . It was a rattler , and probably soon destined for the scrap yard . Whereas with any luck , this fine example of the once capable British motor car industry , will probably outlive all of us , if luck's on it's side .
I never had one of these but always liked them. My parents had two rapiers in the 60' which they bought on my recomendation, as I drove them the most. Today I still have a 1963 Hillman Super Minx convertable which I have owned for 45 years. Rootes made some very good cars but after the Hunter they just seemed to fade away.
I was around at the time. My dad used to drive big Fords (Zephyrs and Zodiacs). Even in 1965 - as a 14 year old) the Humber just looked like a Minx in drag. Didn't encourage any teenager to have a poster of it in our bedrooms, BUT a nice shiny Zodiac in silver grey or metallic sand was something you might have a poster of. The Himber was a car that an accountant or shopkeeper might own. No secret agent or police detective would have driven one. Being in a Cooper S 1275, with Minilites, wooden steering wheel, and halogen driving lamps (which cost a lot less, ie about £850) would have been far more acceptable. Ever see anyone pull off a bank job in a Humber Sceptre? Naaa- didn't think so.
Had a Humber Sceptre MK1 here in NZ. Great car not the quickest of the mark but a lovely sporty saloon for the time. Flick it into overdrive and it would happily rumble past most cars of the day.
I had a Sceptre in my youth, also a couple of Vogues (the Singer version) Very nice cars with a lot of class. A touch above Vauxhalls and Fords of that period.
Great car my Dad had one from nearly new . Metallica BRG and light green leather . Taught me to drive in it ( didnt know I had been driving 2 years so had to stall a couple of times) Lovely car cruuse on the new M62 at 70mpg . God bless him his baby . I bought it off him 6 years later. Loved the speedo strip.
My Dad had a black Singer Vogue with red leathers seats, an ex-Russian embassy car apparently, and very similar to the Humber. It was a great car to drive, in vgc and impressed my girlfriends no end! Thanks Dad, RIP!
Hi Steph, Great vid, ok so I'm an old bloke but back in the day, 1972 infact I was 20, I bought a beautiful 66 mk2 quite similar, she had rediculously low genuine 4000 miles on her she was my 2nd car ever(1st was my dad's 63 Victor FB which I learned to drive in ❤) I bought her from an eighty five year old retired Rootes Executive! He couldn't drive anymore, She was like a brand spankin new car! I paid him 350 quid for it, an absolute bargain, she had a couple of scratches the old boy had done on his gate post but easily fixed by a mob in Reading beautiful job, then I had her Ziebarted and a nice Motorola cassette radio fitted 4 Speakers! 😱 😊 Was a 1750cc and I changed out the old Solex carby for a much better Weber as one did on that engine! 😊Beautiful in metallic blue with light blue upholstery and that gorgeous black aircraft dashboard ❤ I still Love her even though long gone! Very fond memories! My mate from Portsmouth was so impressed, he bought same model but a 67! Love Em Thankyou ❤
Thanl you for your dedication to classic cars and bringing your passion to those new to the concept. Your dedication is exemplary and much appreciated 👍.
It's an odd combination of classic 1950s American styling, including tail fins and wraparound windows, and a sporty dashboard that wouldn't be out of place in an Alfa Romeo. 1990s SAABs also had the option to turn off the illumination of everything except the speedometer at night. The other gauges would only light up if they needed your attention, for example the fuel gauge would light up if you started to get low on fuel.
lovely car ! there was one on my road when i was growing up. my dad had a red and white minx . there was a two door one that was on my road that looked really sweet
What a visually stunning video! Beautiful car, beautiful location, and of course, the beautiful host! I'm from the US and everything I know about classic Humbers is from your videos. So informative. Thanks!
What a lovely surprise and nice to see Rootes getting more reviews. My dad had one of these in the early 1970s. It was a mark 1 in light metallic blue. As a Rootes- Chrysler service and body shop foreman he made some useful additions- 1725 bored out to 1749 cc, twin 28-36 webbers, high lift cam, janspeed manifolding etc. It drove well, was swift and looked stunning. My favourite Rootes car of that era next to the Series Rapiers.
My dad had this very car as his first, buying it off his father. The only difference was that the interior was caramel coloured, not black. The only car he had I never drove, and i wish i had. Beautiful car. Thank you so much for bringing back some fantastic memories. x
Down at the dealership, they had a machine for brushing your bowler hat, and a shoe shine boy. Free hair oil in the rest rooms. And a condom vending machine that was free on Fridays.
Beautiful car. Beautiful lady with matching outfit 😊 Just a little disappointed that you didn't try out the overdrive feature. Would have loved to see the result. But otherwise, absolutely superb car that sits in the bracket of cars that just so much more than a car in their own special way ❤
Yes its nice to drive, I have a 66 Hillman Superminx estate this is basically the same car, My MK4 Estate has reclining seats and is a quiet comfortable car to drive its streets in front of things like Cortinas.
I had the Estate version . Quality build , but did suffer from Oil working its way up through the steel Spark Plug inserts in the Aluminium Head . Overdrive , Front Disc Brakes , a sumptious interior .
very very nice....i had a 1964 humber vogue storm grey with wood grain dash....but that little humber is sweet as 👌 crank start????.....i like your matching outfit, whooot woo ❤ 🇭🇲🇭🇲
I worked on the humber hawk and snipe line in the 60s till the awful yanks moved in to ruin a classic car,i loved going to work on these beautiful elegant motors!!!
Canada Here, I love your Video's. I would love to visit Your country its absolutely beautiful & Breathtaking. The vehicle's you have shown are spectacular. I cant remember the last time I saw British Car in Canada, the last time was when I was a kid & I loved them then. Waves From Canada. Oh, before I forget, I love the outfits you wear in each episode you match the cars you drive, I love the detail. Thanks :)
My girlfriend and I had planned to get married in '66 but split up in '65 so in '66 I spent all the money I'd saved on a brand new Mk2. Lovely car apart from the fact it went through door cills like there was no tomorrow. I cured it by having the car steamed and undersealed and the lower sections injection Waxoiled. The overdrive on 3 and 4 worked a treat, far more positive than on my VX4/90 that followed it.
Great video Steph, a friend of my dad had one of these lovely Humber Sceptres in the mid 70’s, his was a 1967 E reg , he replaced it with a much later 1971 J reg Hunter bodied Sceptre. He loved Humbers.
Hi Steph. Thank you for this wonderful video. It brought back so many happy memories. My Father bought a 1964 model in 1971 when we lived on the Isle of Mann, registration number342 RMN. In autumn 1972 we moved back to Hampshire and the car was re registered as KHO 166L obviously the rules were different then. After a couple of years he sold it to my Uncle Ifor but when he and my Aunt emigrated to Australia I bought it back for£75.00. I drove it for many years before I sold it to my cousins husband. Still think it was one of the best cars I ever had.
I had a Sceptre in the 1980's and I loved it. The styling was great and it drove like a bird. Mine was a two-tone white and metallic blue. A beautiful car.
Love the sheep casually walking past and the number plate is EWE 😃🥰
FINALLY SOMEBODY NOTICED 💗
Comment pinned. Well done mark.
Well spotted - I really enjoy that sort of detail - and you beat me to it! The car is a great and original looking example too.
I think they were coming out to check out Steph’s hat. 🤣
@@idriveaclassic Steph,
I noticed them before the ad played but I am watching this over an hour after its release. (I had to walk my dog) 😛
1965 I was 8yrs old, dad purchased new Humber sceptre.
Wow as a young kid the dash looked like something out of an aircraft cockpit controls. Loved it.
When I was stationed at RAF station Fairford in 1961 I had a 1949 HUMBER SUPER SNIPE. Excellent vehicle. Really loved the luxury
I was an apprentice mechanic when we looked after a brand new Humber Sceptre owned by a chap who ran the local fish and chip shop, (business must have been good 😂.) Although we were an Austin main dealer, we also serviced or repaired various other manufacturers vehicles. This was a good way of comparing the competition with the Austin’s which made up the majority of the vehicles we worked on. I have recently discovered your channel and find it to be extremely enjoyable.
Can you remember the views of other members of staff regarding the Humber.
Curious, I never noticed before this Humber has a bit of resemblance to a Studebaker.
Perfect outfit. You look like the lady who first got the car.
Smashing hat and coat coordinated with the car.
Couldn't ask for more, Steph! A beautiful old Humber, hikers on the hill, and sheep at the beginning of the video. Magic!
Please forgive this question from Canada. Is Steph a presenter for either BBC or ITV? She is a real talent and she knows so much about cars. Impressed!
Aww Mary you’re too lovely! I am just a mere office worker by day. Nobody special xx
Definitely one of the best car review channels for classics.
The design of that HUMBER should be taught in schools of arts ! Thanks
Engineering, too. The mechanical and manual controls are understandable, accessible, inexpensive, reliable and easy to repair or replace.
Have to agree that the Mk1 Sceptre is probably the most stylish Humber ever with a fascia that wouldn’t look out of place in an Aston Martin of the same period. Greatly video as usual Steph
Why oh why are we all go bonkers for Ford when Rootes made actual works of art.
Love the way your outfit matches the car. I'm sure this not an accident. Well done.
Another excellent video Steph . Credit to the owner for keeping the humber in top class condition.
It never ceases to amaze me how Steph's outfits match the cars she reviews. Her wardrobe must be...extensive 😅❤
Oh it’s ridiculous. I must have over 300 outfits and they’re pretty much all catalogued so I know what I’ve got and where it is.
The nosering & the big holes in the earlobes kinda let 'the look' down if I'm honest 😕
Very , Lady Penelope, Parker must be on camera.
Thanks Steph for another great video. I have to admit it's hard to not get distracted by the scenery during your drives. The Pennines around West Yorkshire are gorgeous.
I would go further and say it's one of the most beautifull cars Britain ever made, along with the Vauxhall Cresta PA. I was dead jealous when I was kid that a mate's parents had one (Humber) and loved to catch a ride in it. Gorgeous design. Brings back memories sitting the back like that.
A mate of mine started as an apprentice at a Lookers dealer in 1965, I remember him telling
us lads about working under supervision on a Humber Sceptre, he said it was a gorgeous
car, and it sure was.
Never owned or driven one, but always liked the style from when I can remember them back in late 60s to early 70s.
Can’t decide what I love best - the car or your fabulous outfit! Thoroughly enjoyed this - what a stunning car! And it was lovely to see Kev! Looking forward to the next video!
Aww thanks so much for watching!!! Kev loves popping up in a video or two 😂
@@idriveaclassic so it seems - bless him! 🤭 xx
@@xxxxxxxx3476 ohhh haha no I’ll leave the fabulous cars to Steph! But I do fancy a pink Cresta!!! 🤭 Terence Morgan was a true talent! Thank you x
I thoroughly enjoyed this video it brought back good memories. I've loved Humbers since I was little boy when my dad had a 59 hawk. Well presented car and video and you have a lovely voice. Thanks.
Hi Steph. Back in the late 80s, I had a mate who owned a '63 Sceptre MkI. This baby was a light grey over a deep wine red, with red interior except for the black dash. When he got it, the engine was tired and the front was fairly hammered as the previous owner used to take it offroad Green Laneing.....yeah, I know, right! Young fellas and old cars in the 80s.... Anyway, he got hold of it and I fell in love with its shape - even with its poor battered face. The dashboard with its auxiliary dials reminded me of one of my previous cars - a 1965 MkI Cortina GT - and as you say, she was a lovely car to ride in.
This car had a prototype engine according to the numbers on the block - a 1640cc unit. As it was tired (and after 122,000 miles, I wasn't surprised), we pulled the engine and stripped it down. She was then bored to 60 thou over (the ridge in the bores was terrible), given a mild tweak on the cam lobes and was reassembled with new everything internal, although I have a feeling the pistons weren't for the 1640 and he had to find pistons and conrods that suited by measurement rather than off-the-shelf. However, he got the crank and pistons balanced and spent a lot of money making sure it would not do him wrong. Then the little car had the overdrive unit reconditioned and the interior tidied back up and we put it all back together with a lot of laughter one sunny summer's weekend. He also treated it to a big birthday and gave it a pair of 40mm Weber carburettors, a set of extractors and a free flowing exhaust with one muffler and a resonator that gave it a definite bark. That little engine just pedalled it along beautifully with never a hesitation on a hill. The altered camshaft gave it a mild lope at idle, but with it kicking in around 2500rpm, you could pootle the car around town without the wee car drinking like Olly Reed.....which it certainly did when you asked the cam and the Webers to show their stuff!
After six months or so, he decided it needed cosmetic work, so sent it to a panel beater.....who unfortunately ripped him off royally. The bloke said he could get the front to look immaculate as he had a donor car he could use. I said to my mate that I would be rapt to get a chance to fix its face, take care of the small amount of rot in the doors and get it prepped before he took it somewhere to get it painted, but he wasn't to be swayed. The panel beater cut the front inch or so off the guards and removed the entire nose cone, replacing them with the face off a Singer Vogue - not a Sceptre. Now, the Singer has different lines on its face and a totally different set of front trim pieces and they aren't interchangeable. So....the nose of a Singer is what he got......but wait, there's more! The panelbeater then took liberties with the colour and decided that the bodywork wasn't up to snuff and that lighter colours would be better for the car - especially below the centre bodyline.....so he painted the roof Toyota Corolla white and the beautiful deep wine red was changed to.........Ford light Powder Blue. I could NOT think of a worse combination to stick on a car that still had red under the bonnet and a red interior! He never even bothered to do the door openings, so you still saw the original grey and red when you opened it up.
I didn't know whether to be livid or mortified, scream or cry when I saw the result.....but he never argued with the panelbeater bloke or did anything about it except pay the bloke and drive away. He lost interest in the car after that and try as I might, he would not sell it to me, so it sat in the open, under the trees, outside his flat for several years until the moths ate holes in the substandard bodywork and that beautiful engine seized. I still pleaded with him to sell it to me, because I wanted to restore it to what it should have ben done to and drive it myself. A few weeks after I last asked him, I went round and saw it had gone. He had sold it for scrap. Never even kept the new carburettors he'd bought for it. Such a sad ending for such a magnificent vehicle.....so I was very glad to see the one you drove and know they are still out there!
All the best
The adjustable warning lights (main beam, indicator etc) don't actually turn off the light but give a bright or dim setting for daytime or night time driving (dim for night time and brighter for the day)
Nevertheless a thoughtful addition at the time .
Absolutely, not just Humbers but lots of Rootes cars of that period.@@xxxxxxxx3476
I'm a bit confused by the panel light switch, I thought that was to test them?
Car is a real beauty. Your outfit looks stunning next to it too Steph ! 👏
Thank you! I’ve had this in the wardrobe since the fat days. I chanced it fitting and I’m so glad it did.
Have faith in your own will power .
And you will find you can achieve almost the impossible .
I remember those Kangol Magnet seat belts (non retractable), they were always getting tangled ,and stuck outside the doors flapping in the wind !
I had one in about 1977/8 it was just a cheap but cool car, put a rod through the block on the way back from a Cheap Trick gig in Brighton!
Hi Steph, absolutely brilliant presentation. I felt as though I was sitting in the car with you. I had a Humber Sceptre Mk2 Auto which was wonderful. I hope somebody kept it going as your Humber owner has done.
lovely and clean on the outside can not believe the interior is not as clean
This takes me back to being a ten year old. My parents bought a 64 Mki in 1970. It was a wonderful car and I would have one in a blink.
Ewe and the car are looking great nice to see the Yorkshire country side Steph in the summer
Fab car and fab outfit Steph .
Thank you. Love this suit!
Yeah! You look stunning Steph 👍. Great you matched the dress(colour) to the car 😂😂
Love your videos and I especially love your outfit in this one! The hat totally makes it!!
In Australia we had The Humber Super Snipe 10:34 😊
Dad had a mark 1 then a mark 2 absolutely brilliant cars as a kid I remember the headlights being amazing.
I wish my Grandfather was alive to see this ...
Utterly Fabulous ... love the Gold paintwork. Thank You!
Steph’s videos are excellent, and its so nice to see the old cars… really takes me back to my childhood…. In fact I was born in 1964, so this car would have been new when I was a baby. I will say, Steph did make me titter when she said, “if you had lots of passengers with you on a trip, no need to worry as in the boot you have 16 feet of space” 😮… not sure if I would put my extra passengers in the boot, even in 1965!!
Love how your dressed accordingly to the colour of the car 🏁
As an American, this car says Checker Cab mixed with English car stuff 😅
I've once sat in the back of a Checker cab , in Los Angeles round about 77 .
It was a rattler , and probably soon destined for the scrap yard .
Whereas with any luck , this fine example of the once capable British motor car industry , will probably outlive all of us , if luck's on it's side .
Checker cabs were still on the NYC streets throughout the 80s,& into the 90s( if my memory servese correctly)
I never had one of these but always liked them. My parents had two rapiers in the 60' which they bought on my recomendation, as I drove them the most. Today I still have a 1963 Hillman Super Minx convertable which I have owned for 45 years. Rootes made some very good cars but after the Hunter they just seemed to fade away.
I was around at the time. My dad used to drive big Fords (Zephyrs and Zodiacs). Even in 1965 - as a 14 year old) the Humber just looked like a Minx in drag. Didn't encourage any teenager to have a poster of it in our bedrooms, BUT a nice shiny Zodiac in silver grey or metallic sand was something you might have a poster of. The Himber was a car that an accountant or shopkeeper might own. No secret agent or police detective would have driven one. Being in a Cooper S 1275, with Minilites, wooden steering wheel, and halogen driving lamps (which cost a lot less, ie about £850) would have been far more acceptable. Ever see anyone pull off a bank job in a Humber Sceptre? Naaa- didn't think so.
My dad had the 1966 Singer Vogue estate new as a company car which looked just like this car from the front.
Had a Humber Sceptre MK1 here in NZ.
Great car not the quickest of the mark but a lovely sporty saloon for the time.
Flick it into overdrive and it would happily rumble past most cars of the day.
My first car, in the same colour .
Tony you’re so lucky.
Love the car, love the outfit, great post
Love this car ...it had so many features ...I also love the larger models....hope you do a drive in those
Lovely car brings back memories. I used to go in my uncle’s car when I was about 10.. he bought new in 1965 . I still remember it clearly.
My word Steph, amazing outfit ! - loved the colour coordination with the classic car …❤
I had one of these, it was a beautiful car to drive.
My uncle had one of these, l remember he used to wipe inside of the windscreen with a shammy leather, he PX it for a new Rover P5.
God I love Steph in that fur hat!!!!!!!!!!!
absolutely love the period dressing and choice of cars
I had a Sceptre in my youth, also a couple of Vogues (the Singer version) Very nice cars with a lot of class. A touch above Vauxhalls and Fords of that period.
Great car my Dad had one from nearly new . Metallica BRG and light green leather . Taught me to drive in it ( didnt know I had been driving 2 years so had to stall a couple of times) Lovely car cruuse on the new M62 at 70mpg .
God bless him his baby . I bought it off him 6 years later. Loved the speedo strip.
My Dad had a black Singer Vogue with red leathers seats, an ex-Russian embassy car apparently, and very similar to the Humber. It was a great car to drive, in vgc and impressed my girlfriends no end! Thanks Dad, RIP!
Hi Steph, Great vid, ok so I'm an old bloke but back in the day, 1972 infact I was 20, I bought a beautiful 66 mk2 quite similar, she had rediculously low genuine 4000 miles on her she was my 2nd car ever(1st was my dad's 63 Victor FB which I learned to drive in ❤) I bought her from an eighty five year old retired Rootes Executive! He couldn't drive anymore, She was like a brand spankin new car! I paid him 350 quid for it, an absolute bargain, she had a couple of scratches the old boy had done on his gate post but easily fixed by a mob in Reading beautiful job, then I had her Ziebarted and a nice Motorola cassette radio fitted 4 Speakers! 😱 😊 Was a 1750cc and I changed out the old Solex carby for a much better Weber as one did on that engine! 😊Beautiful in metallic blue with light blue upholstery and that gorgeous black aircraft dashboard ❤ I still Love her even though long gone! Very fond memories! My mate from Portsmouth was so impressed, he bought same model but a 67! Love Em Thankyou ❤
Love the outfit. A very unique channel from t.v. decades gone by.
A lovely drive over the Pennines, in a beautiful classic car.
Thanl you for your dedication to classic cars and bringing your passion to those new to the concept. Your dedication is exemplary and
much appreciated 👍.
Great channel. Yes lovely old humber, beautiful vehicle. Shame there's only 100 left
You look absolutely stunning. Thank you for being so dashing marvellous.
Roots had to replace it with the Mk2 because the Mk1 1500cc long stroke engine couldnt take
long motorway speeds
WOW !! you look 👀gorgeous💐 in that outfit and so does the car ❤✔
It's an odd combination of classic 1950s American styling, including tail fins and wraparound windows, and a sporty dashboard that wouldn't be out of place in an Alfa Romeo. 1990s SAABs also had the option to turn off the illumination of everything except the speedometer at night. The other gauges would only light up if they needed your attention, for example the fuel gauge would light up if you started to get low on fuel.
lovely car ! there was one on my road when i was growing up. my dad had a red and white minx . there was a two door one that was on my road that looked really sweet
Certainly glamourous if not beautiful.
Lovely review of a splendid stylish car, and if I might be so bold a stylish outfit and hat Steph 😊
What a visually stunning video! Beautiful car, beautiful location, and of course, the beautiful host! I'm from the US and everything I know about classic Humbers is from your videos. So informative. Thanks!
What a lovely surprise and nice to see Rootes getting more reviews. My dad had one of these in the early 1970s. It was a mark 1 in light metallic blue. As a Rootes- Chrysler service and body shop foreman he made some useful additions- 1725 bored out to 1749 cc, twin 28-36 webbers, high lift cam, janspeed manifolding etc. It drove well, was swift and looked stunning. My favourite Rootes car of that era next to the Series Rapiers.
Great video, love the sheep keeping an eye on you ! 😉
My dad had this very car as his first, buying it off his father. The only difference was that the interior was caramel coloured, not black. The only car he had I never drove, and i wish i had. Beautiful car. Thank you so much for bringing back some fantastic memories. x
My dad brought the Mark 2 in 1969. It was 3 years old.I had just passed my test. Great car for its time. Loved it.
Love the colour coordination!
Great car! My age too. Dad didn't have one, however, a few of my friends did! We had the big Austins etc.
Down at the dealership, they had a machine for brushing your bowler hat, and a shoe shine boy. Free hair oil in the rest rooms. And a condom vending machine that was free on Fridays.
Beautiful car.
Beautiful lady with matching outfit 😊
Just a little disappointed that you didn't try out the overdrive feature. Would have loved to see the result.
But otherwise, absolutely superb car that sits in the bracket of cars that just so much more than a car in their own special way ❤
Absolute classic.
Loving the hat! More West End than Pennines though! :D
Beautiful car. Sean the Sheep wants his personal plate back
Sounds sweet, nice car and very well driven too.
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Wonderful review (as always) but your outfit is stunningly beautiful!
Love you, Stephanie x
Yes its nice to drive, I have a 66 Hillman Superminx estate this is basically the same car, My MK4 Estate has reclining seats and is a quiet comfortable car to drive its streets in front of things like Cortinas.
Is the oil pressure normally as low as this one shows - is that typical for this Rootes engine?
I had the Estate version . Quality build , but did suffer from Oil working its way up through the steel Spark Plug inserts in the Aluminium Head . Overdrive , Front Disc Brakes , a sumptious interior .
very very nice....i had a 1964 humber vogue storm grey with wood grain dash....but that little humber is sweet as 👌 crank start????.....i like your matching outfit, whooot woo ❤ 🇭🇲🇭🇲
The sheep add so much to the atmosphere, the car is nice as well. Keep them coming Steph.
Had one of these as my 1st car, 6 speed gearbox (overdrive in 3rd and 4th).
Dashboard / dials were stunning when lit up at night.
I worked on the humber hawk and snipe line in the 60s till the awful yanks moved in to ruin a classic car,i loved going to work on these beautiful elegant motors!!!
Canada Here, I love your Video's. I would love to visit Your country its absolutely beautiful & Breathtaking.
The vehicle's you have shown are spectacular. I cant remember the last time I saw British Car in Canada, the last time was when I was a kid & I loved them then.
Waves From Canada.
Oh, before I forget, I love the outfits you wear in each episode you match the cars you drive, I love the detail. Thanks :)
Roots cars are vastly underrated
My girlfriend and I had planned to get married in '66 but split up in '65 so in '66 I spent all the money I'd saved on a brand new Mk2. Lovely car apart from the fact it went through door cills like there was no tomorrow. I cured it by having the car steamed and undersealed and the lower sections injection Waxoiled. The overdrive on 3 and 4 worked a treat, far more positive than on my VX4/90 that followed it.
Great video steph.amazing how u dress to match the cars x
Great video Steph, a friend of my dad had one of these lovely Humber Sceptres in the mid 70’s, his was a 1967 E reg , he replaced it with a much later 1971 J reg Hunter bodied Sceptre. He loved Humbers.
Nice look, Steph! Goes really well with the styling of that gorgeous piece of british motoring
A Humber Sceptre was the first car I ever knew. After I was born, I was taken back home from the hospital in my Dad's Sceptre.
Your outfit is perfect. Kinda shows up the car 'though😊.
What a nice looking and high quality car. The wardrobe to vehicle match is over the top this time Steph, spot on!
Fuel gauge with Litres & Gallons back in 1966, could do with that now on my modern car. Lovely video and a great hat 😃
And a speedo with miles & kilometers.
And oddly, one Lucas and three Jaeger gauges!
The designer of that HUMBER is head & shoulders above those who claim to be designers ! Thanks
Hi Steph. Thank you for this wonderful video. It brought back so many happy memories. My Father bought a 1964 model in 1971 when we lived on the Isle of Mann, registration number342 RMN. In autumn 1972 we moved back to Hampshire and the car was re registered as KHO 166L obviously the rules were different then. After a couple of years he sold it to my Uncle Ifor but when he and my Aunt emigrated to Australia I bought it back for£75.00. I drove it for many years before I sold it to my cousins husband. Still think it was one of the best cars I ever had.
what a pretty pair you both make.
Thanks!
I had a Sceptre in the 1980's and I loved it. The styling was great and it drove like a bird. Mine was a two-tone white and metallic blue. A beautiful car.
A beautiful car! No wonder you loved it. It would be wonderful to cruise around in one of these today!