LETTERS

CROSSING COUNTY LINES

I am enjoying the February Classics Monthly – another excellent and varied read. The Austin owner pictured at the bottom of page 100 would be even more proud, as his car is not an A40 Devon, but its big sibling the A70 Hampshire, identified by the chunkier double profile bumper. The Devon was succeeded by the A40 Somerset, which also had a large lookalike sibling, the A70 Hereford. I remember having a fierce argument with my brother when we were at school in the 1960s and he misidentified the car of the fencing instructor as a Somerset, when it was actually a Hereford.

Richard Bryant

Good to hear from you again Richard, and I am very glad you are enjoying the issue. Thanks for that correction. The Austin did not look big enough to me to be the Hampshire, but I am more than willing to bow to your greater knowledge. Perhaps the gentleman was taller than he looked! – Ed

HUMBER SUPER SNIPE MK2

I did say when identifying that Studebaker image on p101 of the February issue that Brian Parkes not only seems to have worked on every car, but can remember all of them as well. He is certain that the mystery car on the same page is a six-cylinder Humber Super Snipe Mk2 from 1948. He last worked on one of those in 1956, which is 66 years ago! I have