9th Apr, 2025 12:00

Imperial War Museum | Duxford, Cambridgeshire

 
Lot 81
 

1926 Humber 12/25 Limousine

Estimated at £9,000 - £11,000

Lot details

Registration No: RP 2664
Chassis No: 12273
MOT: Exempt

  • Restored during the current, long term ownership
  • Well built and well engineered in true Humber fashion
  • Confirmed by the Humber Register as the only Limousine left in the UK
  • Offered with a large history file (V5C document, buff log book, collection of invoices & MOT's etc)

Introduced for the 1925 season, the 12/25 was a well-engineered, solidly built design that furthered Humber's reputation as a quality marque. Based around a conventional ladder-frame chassis with a 9ft 1in wheelbase and 4ft 7in track, it featured all round semi-elliptic leaf-sprung suspension and drum brakes. Rated at 12hp by the treasury, its 1795cc, four-cylinder engine utilised overhead inlet and side exhaust valves. Producing some 25hp @ 3,000rpm, this torquey unit reputedly gave the model a top speed of 54mph. A reflection of its greater merit and finesse, the Humber cost up to fifty per cent more than the equivalent Austin or Morris. Only in production for two years surviving 12/25s are a rarity.

Reputedly the only surviving 12/25 Limousine known to the Humber Register, ‘RP 2664’ is further understood to have been supplied new by the Imperial Autocar Co. to two sisters, the Misses Barron of Sproston, Northamptonshire on May 6th 1926. Sold to their chauffeur’s brother five years later after a mere 1,000 miles or so, the Humber remained in the Blundell family until 1957. Thereafter, the 12/25 belonged to James Gunn, Gerald White Ltd, Brian Smith and Peter Duckering before entering the current ownership in 2006. Treated to various restorative works not long thereafter, the Limousine pleasingly retains many of its original fixtures and fittings. Starting readily during our recent photography session, this delightful Vintage Humber is offered for sale with continuation buff logbook, letter from the Blundell family and large history file.

For more information, please contact:
Luke Hipkiss
luke.hipkiss@handh.co.uk
07886398226

 

Auction: Imperial War Museum | Duxford, Cambridgeshire, 9th Apr, 2025

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