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1938 Talbot-Lago T-150 CSS Body Marcel Pourtout Body, designer Georges Paulin.
1937 Talbot Lago T150 SS Teardrop body cut by Figoni Falaschi.
Launched at the Paris Motor Show 1937, the 13 minor Talbot HP has expanded the range by Talbot on the territory where the minor four-cylinder 2323 cc compete with equivalent models of Hotchkiss and Salmson.
The Anglo-French STD Sunbeam-Talbot-Darracq combine collapsed in 1935. The French company Talbot was acquired and reorganized by the Venetian engineer Antonio Lago born in 1893 and after 1960, the Talbot-Lago name was used internationally the domestic car market still bore the Talbot badge they had worn since 1922, which was when, in France, the Talbot-Darracq name had given way to Talbot.
Meanwhile, British interests Talbot were supported by the Rootes Group and the parallel use of the Talbot brand in France and Britain ended the Talbot-Lago cars sold in Britain were now to badged as Darracq.
For 1935, the existing range continuous production, but from 1936 these have been gradually replaced by cars designed by Walter Becchia with transverse leaf sprung independent suspension These include the 4-cylinder 2323 cc 13CV Talbot-type T4 Minor, an introduction surprise in Paris 1937 Motor Show and the 6-cylinder 2696 cc 15HP Talbot Cadette-15 and and the 6-cylinder 2996 cc and 3996 cc 17 or 23HP Talbot Major and long-wheelbase version, the Master Talbot these were passenger car passenger cars 1.
There was also in the second half of the 1930s, a range of sports cars Sports cars that started with the Talbot Baby 15, mechanically identical to the Cadette-15, but using a slightly lighter frame shorter range sports Cars centered on six -cylinder 2996 cc 3996 cc or 17 or 23HP Talbot baby and also included the 3996 cc 23HP and 23 sports-Lago Lago Special models and SS, respectively with two and three carburetors, and corresponding power increases and performance 1 most often specified body for the SS-Lago was built by Figoni and Falaschi and presented a particularly eye-catching choice aerodynamic 2.
Lago is an excellent engineer who developed the motor existing six-cylinder high performance of a 4 liter for sport six-cylinder models with a rich history of racing organizations such as cut T150 were made by of great coachbuilders such as Figoni and Falaschi or Saoutchik.
Although the proliferation of car types and model names that followed the acquisition of Lago of the company is the first disconcerting at first, it actually involved four lengths of standard chassis as follows.
Special Lago 6 cylinder, 3996 cc with simple carbohydrates or triple.
Extra short 104 mm 3 to 2650 Chassis wheelbase.
Long 7 seater chassis 3450 mm wheelbase 135 8.
During the first years of the war, Walter Becchia Talbot left to work for Citroen, but Lago was joined in 1942 by another genius engineer, Carlo Machetti, and from there the two of them worked on camshaft dual six 4483 cc cylinders which lie at the heart of the Talbot T26 1946.
After the war, the company continued to be known for both high performance racing success cars and for large luxury cars, with a large share chassis components and engine between the two, however, the period was period of economic stagnation and financial rigor the company was struggling to find customers, and finances were strained 3.
In 1946, the company began production of a new engine design, based on previous units, but with a new cylinder head with overhead camshaft head dual This engine, designed under the direction of Carlo Marchetti 4 was many respects a new engine a 4483 cc engine with six-cylinder was developed for Talbot Lago record 1946 1952 for Talbot grand Sport 26CV 1947 1954 These cars were prices against large luxury cars from the likes of Delahaye, Delage, Hotchkiss and Salmson Talbot remain in self -Make longer than any other business these, and the name Talbot has the dubious distinction more than a resurrection in the early 1980s 4.
Talbot Lago T26 record was a big car with a fiscal horsepower of 26 hp and a real power output of 170 hp claimed, delivered to the rear wheels via a manual gearbox with four speeds, with the option at additional cost pre Wilson SELECTOR gearbox, and supporting a top speed of 170 km h 105 mph The car was commonly sold as a four-door sedan style, but a two-door convertible was also offered there was promotion as nasturtium with body by traditionalists claimed these companies as Graber 4.
1950 Talbot-Lago T26 Grand Sport, bodied by Jacques Saoutchik, Paris.
The T26 Grand Sport GS was displayed in public in October 1947 a shortened chassis 5 and only 12 were made during 1948, which was the first full year of production 6 models The car was noted for its speed engine that produces 170 hp in the lake of the plug has been designed to provide 190 hp 140 kilowatts or later 195 hp 145 kilowatts in the GS, and a top speed of about 200 km h 124 mph is claimed, according to the organization that has been installed 4 the car was built either for racing or the luxury and benefits directly from big car success Talbot T26C Price as such, it was expensive, rare and helped her with Louis Rosier son to win the race 24 hours LeMans in 1950 replaced the GS-Record Lago chassis that was named for its remarkable speed GS was one of the most powerful production car in the world when she had several special features of s Car Grand Prix T26, as a 4 to 5 liters 6 cylinder inline aluminum, a hollow camshaft, exhaust system multiport and triple carburetors 7 details of the chassis were similar to Grand Prix cars, but it was more longer and wider, he came there two lengths -104 and 110 inches wheelbase 2800 mm.
Almost all Talbots sold in 1940 came with Talbot body, built in the manufacturer's extensive workshops The T26 Grand Sport GS was the exception, however, and the cars were delivered as bare chassis as that requiring customers to choose the custom bodywork from a specialist coachbuilder 6 GS was a star turn in a dull world bodybuilders such as Saoutchik, Franay, Oblin and Figoni and Falaschi attended outweigh Talbot own designers with richly elegant 4 body.
Talbot Lago Baby 1948 1951 marked the return of a pre-war Talbot model name and was the third model introduced by the company in the 1940s, the car was commonly sold as a four-door sedan, but a two-door convertible was also offered its engine included only four cylinders, but the overhead cam shaft with dual cylinder valves on both sides of the engine block has been resubmitted 4-2690 cc engine capacity likened to a fiscal power of 15 hP 3 which was enough to attract punitive levels of car tax applied by the french government to large cars output power was initially 110 hp 82 kW, which in 1949 was increased to 120 hp 89 kilowatts 4 Although the baby postwar sedan like the most powerful folder on a short look, the baby s 2950 mm wheelbase is slightly less than the wheelbase 3130 mm e the plug, and the total length is even shorter than 200 mm, which reflects the shortened engine block 4 cylinder 4 also the cheapest car sitting on a simplif ied suspension set-up baby customers could specify optional a pre-selector gearbox Wilson 4.
Talbot Lago made three presidential special cars in a seven-seater for the President of France, one for the President of Tunisia and to the royal family in Saudi.
The T26C was a car racing car with a box section frame, without compressor 4 5 liter six-cylinder engine line and a selector gearbox Wilson four-speed 8 frame and gearbox have been obtained from the years 1930 race cars company and were similar to those used on their road cars postwar 8.
The T26C has made its competition debut in the 1948 Monaco Grand Prix, finishing second in the hands of Louis Chiron 8 Grand Prix victories were obtained the following year with Louis Rosier won the Belgian Grand Prix in 1949 and Louis 9 Chiron won the 1949 french Grand Prix 10 a two-seater modified version won the 1950 24 Hours of Le Mans led by Louis Rosier and Jean-Louis Rosier 8.
In 1951, while the company's financial difficulties intensified the rumors, a new pontoon body size appeared to the baby Talbot and Record 4 wheelbases were deferred from previous models Although in many ways, the new car surprisingly modern featured a front windshield two rooms instead of one flat screen of its predecessor, which probably reflects the difficulties at the time of the combination of the strength of a curved glass windshield at a price acceptable and large rear window quality of the new car is itself substituted by one to three larger piece panoramic wrap around the rear window as part of the first face-lift of the car, which was held in time for the motor Show in Paris in 1952 3 specification engine of the four-cylinder unit has remained unchanged as the performances, even if the new body was some 100 kg more than the old A new development with the body of valid car Ponton was the availability of the largest unit six-cylinder Talbot register in the top of the lin e Talbot baby, which in this form was called Talbot 6 luxury baby, and there was a bit longer wheelbase and the total length imposed by the larger engine length six cylinder 4.
At the 1954 Salon The Paris Motor Show, Talbot-Lago presented its latest new engine the new four-cylinder still had the typical dual side mounted camshaft, although it has been updated in five main bearings The new engine 120 hp 2491 cc 88 kilowatts was called the T14 LS, but he did not have a car to go until May 1955, when the 2500 Talbot-Lago T14 LS Coupe was finally presented the first 11 cars had body while aluminum, but later used cars more steel cut 54 of these were built, but they have proven difficult to sell - elegant bodywork t hide quite couldn the foundations of the thirties, and the rough engine offered little elasticity or durability 12.
Lacking the resources to develop the necessary improvements for 1957 Talbot-Lago had to resort to buying a motor They chose the 2580 cc V8 provided by BMW but with slightly reduced bore diameter, 72 5 mm, which resulted in a displacement of 2476 cc engine, positioning the car just in the Gaza 14CV car tax 13 Reflecting the company's export plans, Talbot now rebranded the car Talbot Lago America and finally came into line with other french carmakers by placing the driver left the car 13 Unfortunately, the reaction of the market was lukewarm, however, and only a dozen BMW powered Talbot Lago Americas were produced 13 it was early in the summer of 1958, Tony Lago decided to accept an offer of Simca president Henri Pigozzi, for the sale of Talbot Simca mark 13 the sale of Company in 1959 has advanced 14.
With the sale of the company to Simca, the new owners were left with a handful of final Talbot Lago Americas waiting with engines 15 It was now question Simca being allowed, or wish, to produce cars with engines BMW, and only solution was to adapt the last batch of cars with 2351 cc Simca own V8 4 This engine has its roots in 1930s Detroit, and was supplied by Ford to give Ford Vedette then produced by a French subsidiary taste of driving experience offered by an unaccented American-style sedan V8 15 He was not far from the imagination of an engine for a sports car, even with a second carburetor produced only 95 hp 71 kW 138 hp against 103 kW in the BMW engine the previous year's car production 15 Claimed speed was now 165 km h 103 mph instead of 200 km h 124 mph classified the previous year to 15 in 1959 Paris Motor Show booth was reserved for what was now the Simca brand -Talbot, bu t a late decision was made not to present an American lake and the stand was instead given to a prototype built hastily motorshow special which, after the motor show, nothing more would be heard 15.
Sales data for the model were kept confidential, may be related to the financial difficulties of the company, but overall totals for early 1950 tell a devastating story Suresnes The plant produced 155 cars in 1947, an output that increased by 23 in 1948, 6433 cars were produced in 1950, but then fell to 80 in 1951 and 34 in 1952 in 1953, we think that the company is only 13 26CV registration model and 4 babys 15 HP 3 During the rest of the volumes decade not recover significantly; no more than 54 of the T14 LS were built in 1955 and 1956 12.
As commercial trajectory of the company implies, the years that followed the end of the war have been marked by slow financial collapse of Anthony Lago Talbot society Other luxury carmakers whose glory years was the 1930s fared better in the 1940 and 1950 Talbot, with Delage, Delahaye and Bugatti Hotchkiss disappearance of the automobile business in Panhard, nimbly so little improbably, is reinventing itself as a manufacturer of small fuel-efficient cars customers with enough money to spend on a luxury car was difficult to find, and even among those with sufficient funds in a country where many in the 1950s, the Communists, supported by the heroic role played by some of their leaders over the years of resistance, regularly polled 25 of the vote in national elections, there was little to live now pay later mind who had supported the habits of extravagance in government policy from the 1930s supported the austerity by creating a tax system that postwar fiercely penalized owners of cars with engines over two liters in size and economically, Pons Plan 6 which granted the government's favor and benefits still rare materials such as steel on only five manufacturers, these being companies that became France's big five automakers in the 1950s and early 60s for other automakers luxury in France, meanwhile, including Talbot, the tide was just released 3.
The money ran out, and Anthony Lago was forced to seek court protection against its creditors, according to a procedure known at that time as a bankruptcy filing March 6, 1951, the court accepted a moratorium of debt that allowed limited restart production at the company's factory in Suresnes, but the case provided for Talbot junk cash flow problems, and the company experienced more difficulty in obtaining production credit was also limited by the extent to which it was necessary to downsize, and the reputational damage caused by the reports of the three processes.
Activities staggered on until 1959, but never had the financial strength to support the development and production of its latest model, the 2500 Talbot-Lago T14 LS Coupe, launched after a long gestation May 1955 In 1958, Lago decided to throw in the towel and to create business for sale An offer was received from Henri Pigozzi under which the terms of the company Talbot remains would be part of Simca to avoid bankruptcy, Lago agreed to sell the company on the conditions proposed by President -Director Simca, an Italian expatriate compatriot Talbot-Lago was transferred to Simca 1959 14 Despite the dismal state of the Talbot company over the previous ten years, commentators suggest that Pigozzi got a good deal, receiving in Suresnes an industrial site and buildings worth many times the amount paid, with a brand name that resonated was still heavily ith someone old enough to remember the glory days of 14 Talbot.
Talbot-Lagos became a popular car up at different auctions At Figoni and Falaschi valid T150C SS Teardrop Coupe owned by Brooks Stevens, sell US 3,535,000 at Pebble Beach Concours d Elegance Christie's auction August 18, 2005, another 16 for the United States 3905000 Elegance at the Palm Beach International Competition Gooding auction Company January 22, 2006, where it was unanimously voted Best in Show, 17 18 19 and another for US 4.620. 000 at Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance RM auctions Sports Classics of Monterey auction August 14 21 22 20 BASELINE 2010 has T150 C SS with a body Aerocoupé Pourtout, designed by Georges Paulin, sold for US 4847000 for sale Bonhams Butterfields exceptional Motorcars and Automobilia 2008 at Quail Lodge 23.
An unrestored 1948 T26 Grand Sport with coachwork by Oblin and chassis 110106, is a part of the permanent collection of the Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum in Philadelphia, PA, USA 7.
A Talbot-Lago T26 Grand Sport Coupe 1949 Saoutchik the Baillon Collection sold for 1.45 million at auction Artcurial on 24 February 2015.
Even Talbot-Lagos with factory bodies, rather than bodied custom, are popular; a 1939 T150 C SS valid sales factory in 2013 to 418000 US the Company Gooding Scottsdale sale 25.
GRAND SPORT T26 Talbot-Lago CONVERTIBLE extremely rare and Flickr ..., great sport, cabriolet.