Correct, a Humber Humberette Coventry Royal to be precise.Dannie Boy wrote:It's a Humber Humberette from 1904 and is still running in New Zealand - courtesey of Mr Google I'm afraidalleykat wrote:This is an oldie!
'Keeping up with the Ross family in Central Otago in 1904 would not have been easy.
It was the Ross family who owned and brought the first car to the region, making motorcar history.
This week, the 1904 Humber Humberette Coventry Royal the family owned - affectionately known as "Josephine" - arrived at the Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery in Alexandra to be put on display after being stored in a shed for the past 40 years.
The Humber was bought in Dunedin by Captain Bob Ross who lived in Alexandra and worked as a dredge master.
In the 1950s it was given to Ophir man Bob Turnbull to restore. Bob Turnbull Trust chairman Peter Brabant said Mr Turnbull restored the car and it had been "tucked away in the back corner of his shed" ever since.
Before Mr Turnbull died last year he said he wanted the car to go on display, Mr Brabant said.
While the car was insured for $50,000 it was believed Mr Ross paid between £100 and £200 for it.
Central Stories Museum & Art Gallery collections manager Rachael Welfare said the car would be on loan from the trust and displayed in the Heafey Lounge at the museum.
"It's such a massive piece of Central Otago history," Miss Welfare said.
At one stage a saw was attached to the back of the car and it was used to cut wood, she said.
), there's one that inspired a Star Wars vehicle. A 2-seater sports 
coupe of a rather dependent nature. Quite fruity too. Not renowned for its cornering.
