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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;daveydempsey, post: 266787, member: 22&quot;]They were produced in Coventry, the only relationship they have with this area is they have the same name as the nearby river.</p><p><br /></p><p>The future King George VI took delivery of his first Humber in 1935. He was so impressed by the limousines that after the war he ordered 47 to be sent to British embassies around the world. Every prime minister of the day arrived at Downing Street in a Humber; Winston Churchill boasted a fleet of five Humber Pullmans.</p><p><br /></p><p>The car’s robust build quality and reliability attracted the attention of the Army too. Specially modified Super Snipe models were turned into field cars during World War II.</p><p><br /></p><p>The most famous, staff car No M239485, was used by Field Marshal Montgomery from the D-Day landings until the end of the war. His 4.5-litre model covered 60,000 miles around Europe in less than a year. </p><p><br /></p><p>Humbers fell out of favour in the late Fifties. With thirsty, six-cylinder engines they guzzled fuel at just five miles per gallon.</p><p>Edward VIII and Wallace Simpson used one when driving around London.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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