Ifirst saw John Bennett's 1967 Humber Sceptre Mk2 at the Classic Motor Show in Birmingham's NEC in 2021. As you might expect, the halls were packed full of wonderful cars and there was something to admire everywhere you looked. Amongst all this automotive finery, I was particularly drawn to John's Sceptre. In part that was probably because I was already predisposed to like the model as I do have a weakness for the Super Minx family from Rootes, but something about the car just looked right – it was in beautiful condition but not over-restored, and like all of its kind was packed full of wonderful period charm.
It got even better when I spoke to John himself because his passion and enthusiasm for the car was inescapable. He was thoroughly enjoying being at the show and seeing what reactions his car evoked in visitors, and the nicest thing for me was that when I asked if we might do a feature on it at some point, John said that was the icing on the cake for him. For various reasons (mostly down to delays on my part) it has taken a little while to get there, but I hope you will agree that it is worth the wait.
The car came to John with some
