1926 Talbot Lago T26 Record Coupe - Stunningly Restored! Important History!

View our eBay StoreSign up for our Email Newsletter 1951 Talbot Lago T29 Record Coupe by Chapron offered with a reserve

This exceptiuonally well restored example was the Paris Show Car in 1951, nd is one of just 3 Chapron Bodied coupes built that year, ach of which is unique. With a known history from new including some very luminary former owners such as Phil Hill, his car has unquestioned provenance. Finished in a stunning Red/Maroon color combination with an exotic Ostrich Skin Interior, his stunning car offers the best of all three worlds: A contender at any Concours Event A contender at any Vintage Racing Event A contender for most elegant car on any Vintage Tour

We have many more photographs of this car, lease click on any image to be taken to our full-size image list! The Anglo-French STD (Sunbeam-Talbot-Darracq) combine collapsed in 1935. The French Talbot company was acquired and reorganised by Venetian-born engineer Antonio Lago (1893-1960) and after that, he "Talbot-Lago" name was used internationally. On the home market the cars still bore the Talbot badge that they had carried since 1922, hich was when, n France, he "Talbot-Darracq" name had given way to "Talbot". At the same time, he British interests of Talbot were taken over by the Rootes Group and the parallel use of the Talbot brand in France and Britain ended. Talbot-Lago cars sold in Britain were now to be badged as Darracqs. For 1935, he existing range continued in production but from 1936 these were steadily replaced with cars designed by Walter Becchia, eaturing transverse leaf sprung independent suspension. These included the 4-cylinder 2323 cc Talbot Type T4 "Minor", surprise introduction at the 1937 Paris Motor Show, nd the 6-cylinder 2,696 cc Talbot "Cadette-15", long with and the 6-cylinder 2,996 cc or 3,996 cc Talbot "Major" and its long-wheelbase version, he Talbot "Master": these were classified as Touring cars. There was also in the second half of the 1930s a range of Sporting cars which started with the Talbot "Baby-15", echanically the same as the "Cadette-15" but using a shorter slightly lighter chassis. The Sporting Cars range centred on the 6-cylinder 2,996 cc or 3,996 cc Talbot "Baby" and also included the 3,996 cc 23 and sporting Lago-Spéciale and Lago-SS models, espectively with two and three carburettors, nd corresponding increases in power and performance. The most frequently specified body for the Lago-SS was built by Figoni et Falaschi and featured a particularly eye-catching aerodynamic form. Lago was an excellent engineer who developed the existing six-cylinder engine into a high-performance 4-litre one. The sporting six-cylinder models had a great racing history. The bodies—such as of T150 coupé—were made by excellent coachbuilders such as Figoni et Falaschi or Saoutchik. After the war, he company continued to be known both for successful high-performance racing cars and for large luxurious passenger cars, ith extensive sharing of chassis and engine components between the two. Nevertheless, he period was one of economic stagnation and financial stringency. The company had difficulty finding customers, nd its finances were stretched. In 1946, he company began production of a new engine design, ased on earlier units but with a new cylinder head featuring a twin overhead camshaft. This engine, esigned under the leadership of Carlo Marchetti, as in many respects a new engine. A 4483 cc six-cylinder in-line engine was developed for the Talbot Lago Record (1946-1952) and for the Talbot Grand Sport 26CV (1947-1954). These cars were priced against large luxurious cars from the likes of Delahaye, elage, otchkiss and Salmson. Talbot would remain in the auto-making business for longer than any of these others. Our Ebay Policies: Significant Cars is one of the largest Collector Car Brokers and Dealers in the Country.  Since 2003 we have worked hard to "change the way collector cars find new homes" by providing unparralleled web presentation of the cars we are representing.  Most of our cars have over 30 photographs, nd these can be viewed by visiting our website (our eBay handle dot com), r by clicking on any of the photographs in the black background area of our EBay listings.  We welcome your call with any questions about any of our listings at anytime at 800-837-9902 and certainly encourage your personal inspection of any of the cars we are selling-just call us and we will be happy to set up an appointment for your to see and test drive the car. We realize that eBay is a difficult venue to properly evaluate an item as complex as an automobile.  You can feel secure bidding with confidence on any of our cars since we guarantee your satisfaction!  Should you win the auction and come to see the car and decide you do not want it for any reason, o negative feedback will result, ny deposit you may have paid will be cheerfully refunded. Description images and copy © Significant Cars, nc.