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Puzzle #28 - Solved! Humber Humberette
« on: September 02, 2006, 05:53:48 AM »
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Re: Puzzle #28
« Reply #1 on: September 15, 2006, 09:11:43 PM »
French?

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Re: Puzzle #28
« Reply #2 on: September 16, 2006, 03:20:30 AM »
Not French, but from a nearby land.
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Re: Puzzle #28
« Reply #3 on: September 19, 2006, 07:44:33 AM »
German?
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Re: Puzzle #28
« Reply #4 on: September 19, 2006, 08:28:57 AM »
No sir.
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Re: Puzzle #28
« Reply #5 on: September 19, 2006, 01:55:50 PM »
It is the british Humber Humberette cyclecar, with a 8 bhp vee-twin mounted transversly and in-unit with the three speed gearbox, shaft drive and full differential. The Humberette was offered from 1903. The price was £120, watercooling was a £15 option.

EDIT: A few letters was left out in the answer. ;)
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Re: Puzzle #28
« Reply #6 on: September 19, 2006, 02:13:16 PM »
Correct!
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Re: Puzzle #28 - Solved! Humberette
« Reply #7 on: July 26, 2013, 03:26:08 PM »
The title should be Humber Humberette

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Re: Puzzle #28 - Solved! Humberette
« Reply #8 on: July 26, 2013, 04:13:44 PM »
It's going to be a long weekend, I suspect...  ;)
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Re: Puzzle #28 - Solved! Humber Humberette
« Reply #9 on: April 17, 2015, 04:30:59 AM »
Humberette picture replaced.
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Re: Puzzle #28 - Solved! Humber Humberette
« Reply #10 on: April 17, 2015, 05:26:12 AM »
Humberette picture replaced.
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However if I may comment, I think that if that was the original picture, I'd say it was the single-cylinder job of 1903-5 or so, not the rather later V-twin as described by SeaLion which was available in air- or water-cooled versions.
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Re: Puzzle #28 - Solved! Humber Humberette
« Reply #11 on: April 17, 2015, 05:30:51 AM »
I couldn't find the original pic - I'll dig deeper.
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Re: Puzzle #28 - Solved! Humber Humberette
« Reply #12 on: April 17, 2015, 05:33:32 AM »
Better?
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Re: Puzzle #28 - Solved! Humber Humberette
« Reply #13 on: April 17, 2015, 11:39:25 AM »
Better?
Yes that's a 1913 V-twin Humberette alright.
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Re: Puzzle #28 - Solved! Humber Humberette
« Reply #14 on: April 18, 2015, 07:42:46 AM »
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