HUMBER STORY 1868-1932, THE
The Humber Story is a comprehensive history of this famous Marque, from 1868, when it started out making bicycles, up to the take-over of the company by Rootes in 1932.
The book details the earliest machines of the Bicycle Craze of the 1870s through powered 2 and 3 wheeled creations to the prestige Motor Cars of the 20s & early 30s.
The first Humber car was produced in 1898 under the guidance of Thomas Humber and was a three-wheeled tricar with the first conventional four-wheeled car appearing in 1901. The company had factories in Beeston near Nottingham and Coventry.
In 1932, when Rootes Limited assumed control of the firm, Humber had been making bicycles, motorcycles and motor cars simultaneously and under one roof for longer than almost any other company anywhere.
This superb book, lavishly illustrated with over 100 original b/w photographs, traces the history of Humber and its development to 1932.
Carrying a full technical history and chronological table of all models manufactured, and production details, it will be of interest to specialist motoring historians and to cycling and motoring enthusiasts worldwide.
First published in 1989, the present book is the 1997 reprint.
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