Humber Snipe Tourer Victory Car General Montgomery

Humber Snipe Tourer Victory Car General Montgomery

General Montgomery, Commander of the British and Allied Forces in North Africa during the Desert war of WWII, had two specially built Humber Super Snipe four door open tourers made with larger front wings or guards, mine proof floors, special fittings and long range fuel tanks. Montgomery's Humbers were known as 'Old Faithful' and the 'Victory Car'. Here at Oxford, we launched our newly tooled 1:76 scale Humber Snipe Tourer with ‘Old Faithful’ in desert camouflage and for the second release, we are pleased to partner it with Monty’s ‘Victory Car’. Decorated in a simple dark green with dark grey seats, interior and folded canvas hood, the car sports its military insignia and numbering.

The victory car drove Montgomery and Churchill through the streets of London during the VE parades at the end of WWII and is on view at the Coventry Transport Museum,