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Humber Hawk and Super Snipe Estates

Rootes styled their own Hawk (and Super Snipe) models from 1957, though strongly influenced perhaps by some American designs they had seen. An Estate car version was soon available for both the Hawk and Super Snipe, and it is said that the rear end design of it was 'borrowed' from the 1955 Chevrolet Nomad. Mechanically the estate cars were built exactly the same as the Hawk or Super Snipe whose badge they carried. Humber contracted out the production of the estates to Carbodies of Coventry because sales were quite low. Restyles to the Hawk and Super Snipe were not applied to the estates excepting the Super Snipe which in 1963 was given the Series III quad lamp front; the 1964 restyle with new windows bypassed the estate models. Production ended in 1967.

Humber Super Snipe Series V Estate. The Series IV Hawks and Series V Super Snipes got new glass all round, but everything below the waistline was unchanged. Estate cars didn't even get new glass.	Humber Hawk Series I Estate. The Hawk (and Super Snipe) were available with a large Estate Car body to make a very capacious load carrier.	Humber Hawk Series I Estate. With a 2piece tailgate, the Hawk Estate made a very spacious carrier and was built on the Hawk mechanicals. The Super Snipe could also be ordered as an estate with the 6cylinder engine.	Humber Super Snipe Series III Estate	Humber Super Snipe Series III Estate
Humber Super Snipe Series V Estate. The Estate models did not get the near windscreen and windows of the saloons	Humber Super Snipe Series V Estate. Although Series IV Hawks and Series V Super Snipes got new windscreens and 6-window sides, the Estate cars were unchanged.	Humber Super Snipe Series V Estate. Bodies of Hawk and Super Snipe Estate cars were identical at the rear and were not changed as the cars progressed from Series I to Series V	Humber Super Snipe Series V Estate. It has been claimed that the design of the Hawk/Super Snipe estate is based on the Chevrolet Nomad estate, and the arrangement of the split tailgate and wraparound side windows is strongly reminscent. Humber gave the job of building the Hawk/Super Snipe estates to Carbodies of Coventry.	Humber Hawk Series I Estate. Lift-up rear window and drop-down lid to make a versatile estate car out of a large saloon Humber.
	Humber Super Snipe Series V Estate. Built for Humber by Carbodies of Coventry, the Hawk/Super Snipe estate cars were not updated at the Series IV/V restyles.	Humber Hawk Series I to V	Humber Super Snipe Series I to VI, Humber Imperial

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