Mystery staff car

[Nigel Dawe]

Hi All,

Yep, that's a Humber. My Dad had an identical one built in 1939. Shame we can't see the rear as the pre-war ones had a sloping rear whilst the later ones had a bulge (bigger boot).

The car in the distance is a Morris 8 series E. I have an earlier 1938 Morris 8 series 2. The 'E' was built from late 1938 I think, and obviously superceeded the series 2.

Hope that helps.

Nigel

Incidentally, a pilot model of a Morris 8 series E "Tilly" was built, but never proceeded with, production at the Morris factory at Oxford concentrating on the Morris 10 series M "Tilly" (pick-up, Ute, call it what you will).