The 1924 Humber 8/18 Chummy
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| A long time ago my neighbour, Mr. André Mol who was in his
mid 30’s and lived in the city of Mol in Belgium. He owned a number of
large Humbers from the 1930's. I went with regularly in search
of old Humbers which he wanted to buy. Once, at old car dealer Mr.
Mathieu Hellings from the city of Zolder, Belgium showed us a small
nice green Humber, for which André Mol had no interest.
I was interested in this car but could not afford the car at that
time. I found out it was a 1924 8/18 Chummy. By the time I found the money
the car was sold but the new owner promised to contact me contact if he
decided to sell the Humber. That was 25 years ago (1979) and he did
not contact me when he wanted to sell this Hummer. I found the 1924 Humber
8/18 Chummy a couple weeks later on the Internet, after André Mol
had died in 2004.
The 1924 Humber 8/18 Chummy had been kept all that time dry in a garage. However when I filled the radiator with water, the water came along the exhaust. That started a very expensive engine overhaul. Finally the car went to a body shop for compete body restoration.( http://www.carrosseriemoons.be ) The car has still the original engine number on it. Engine number is : L1123, Body number (VIN N°) = L1124 Bruno Costers
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| The Humber as Bruno found it in 2004 |
The picture is the car as it was when Bruno found it on the Internet in 2004
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the war, the radiator could not have any reflection from Airplain spotlights. |
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home town Vosselaar |
I did not know that the engine had serious problems and that the oil and water were mixing in the block. This caused eveything inside to be rusted. I bought this car emotional, not rationeel. |
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"Paradise from Francois Ozon" but wasn't used. |
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This interview was happen after engine restauration. |
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February 2007 for a frame off rebuilt. |
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