Oxford Diecast 76HST001 Humber Snipe Tourer Old Faithful - Montgomery Italy 1942

Recommended price £8.45   A 1:76 scale model of a Humber Snipe Tourer nicknamed 'Old Faithful'. General Montgomery used this Humber Snipe Tourer, familiarly known as ‘Old Faithful’,  to visit his troops in North Africa and Italy during his command of The British Eighth Army in the region. He had a personal chauffeur to drive the 3498 cc six-cylinder engine car, which had a top speed of between 65 and 72 mph.  For this Italian campaign outing, the open topped Humber Snipe Tourer comes in a cream and olive green drab camouflage with light beige seats.  The RAF roundel is printed on the bonnet and the car has the military identity number M239459 printed on each side of the bonnet.  We might imagine that ‘Monty’ came across the crew of our Churchill Mk III tank during his tours.