Who remembers this little guy from the 60's
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Did you have one when you were a young fellow back in the 60's. Brings back lots of memories, at least for me. Sat in the back of a Rover 90 with a bag of crisps with the salt in the blue wrapper. A dozen "Ton up" boys ripping past on their bikes making a noise that would wake the dead.
Mike
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miked - Coveted Fifth Gear
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The stick on bullet holes were also from Esso, a James Bond promotion. Daddy wouldn't let me stick them on the Humber Hawk, he said they "lowered the tone".
The Humber also had a tricky to find fuel filler cap. It was a removable reflector on the RH rear light cluster. The picture below shows a locking version on the Super Snipe.
The Humber also had a tricky to find fuel filler cap. It was a removable reflector on the RH rear light cluster. The picture below shows a locking version on the Super Snipe.
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Spyder fan - Coveted Fifth Gear
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That reminds me of the flip down rear number plate to access the fuel filler cap on the Mk II Ford Zodiac.
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trw99 - Coveted Fifth Gear
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Spyder fan wrote:The Humber also had a tricky to find fuel filler cap. It was a removable reflector on the RH rear light cluster. The picture below shows a locking version on the Super Snipe.
Alan, allow me to show you how we do it over here:
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The Veg - Coveted Fifth Gear
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My first car was a Hillman Imp, I remember the first time I tried to the car with petrol.. Couldn't find the filler cap anywhere. Nobody told me it was under the bonnet (hood)!!
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My first car was an Imp, yes I remember that now!
In the seventies I worked in a petrol station serving petrol and finding the fuel filler in some cars was initially a challenge. I did have someone come in in a Humber and they were shocked that I just opened it. A couple of events: had a fully loaded hearse come in for petrol that wasn't too nice! Filled a Cortina with 2 lovely girls in, as it pulled away fluid poured from the back. I ran and stopped them, knelt down and it was petrol. Open the boot and there was 4 gallons of four star swishing around the boot floor. The rubber connector had come adrift - they just drove off not sure what else they could do! Hope there were no sparks!
In the seventies I worked in a petrol station serving petrol and finding the fuel filler in some cars was initially a challenge. I did have someone come in in a Humber and they were shocked that I just opened it. A couple of events: had a fully loaded hearse come in for petrol that wasn't too nice! Filled a Cortina with 2 lovely girls in, as it pulled away fluid poured from the back. I ran and stopped them, knelt down and it was petrol. Open the boot and there was 4 gallons of four star swishing around the boot floor. The rubber connector had come adrift - they just drove off not sure what else they could do! Hope there were no sparks!
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