Showing posts with label Talbot. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Talbot. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 06, 2023
Wednesday, November 15, 2023
not many people have a super cool classic in their family history, fewer are ever able to find it again (80 years in this case) and buy it.
Malcolm Stern with his dad's 1930 Sunbeam Talbot-Darracq 80 years ago and now
Malcolm's father sold it in 1942. The decades passed, and it became a family tale. Then in 2020, a 91-year-old Malcolm looked up the car online.
In a few clicks, he found a listing for a Talbot-Darracq — with a recent photo. It was still in one piece, and the license plate matched the one in their family photos. It was going on auction in a few weeks’ time.
Malcolm and his son Jonathan purchased the nearly century-old car for around $8,000 and began a refurbishment project that lasted three years. Last week, the Talbot-Darracq — complete with a new yellow paint job — hit the road again, capping the unlikely restoration of the Sterns’ family treasure.
In a few clicks, he found a listing for a Talbot-Darracq — with a recent photo. It was still in one piece, and the license plate matched the one in their family photos. It was going on auction in a few weeks’ time.
Malcolm and his son Jonathan purchased the nearly century-old car for around $8,000 and began a refurbishment project that lasted three years. Last week, the Talbot-Darracq — complete with a new yellow paint job — hit the road again, capping the unlikely restoration of the Sterns’ family treasure.
Mr Stern said his son will inherit the car, passing it on to a third generation of the family.
Jonathan Stern said: "Dad's been working on this for such a long time and he's just such a stubborn and obstinate guy so there was no way that this was ever not going to happen - and he just made it happen.
"To see it come full circle from it being a wreck to something that we could reliably drive... is testament to the incredible amount of work my dad has put in."
Jonathan Stern said: "Dad's been working on this for such a long time and he's just such a stubborn and obstinate guy so there was no way that this was ever not going to happen - and he just made it happen.
"To see it come full circle from it being a wreck to something that we could reliably drive... is testament to the incredible amount of work my dad has put in."
Sunday, June 14, 2020
Someone just made this kids day, well, maybe his entire summer
1950's - Talbot scale model long 1.79 m
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=2597434417252131&id=100009567938826
Monday, August 13, 2018
So, racing in parking garages was thought to be an import thing, something these damn kids do since Fast and Furious, with Hondas and Nissans... how quaint. It's been at least 91 years since some Parisian hooligans were drifting around the corners and up the ramps, so, it's nothing new.
Way back in 1927!
Banville's symbol race where several thousand people in Paris went racing in a new and gigantic garage in the neighborhood, eight floors high and three or four floors below ground, all accessed by ramps.
Spectators hung out in the turns and at each landing, and also on the steps of the stairs and in the offices that give it an elegant feel of a major sporting event.
At the top, in a spacious tennis court were tables of cakes, small ovens, and champagne were waiting for guests.
The meeting, which was attended by Divo, Seneschal, Wagner, Boillot, Robert Benoist, Guyot Lagache, Charavel, Thomas, Rovin and Dauvergne. Benoist was the initiator and organizer of this meeting that included motorcycles, cyclecars, racing cars and Bugatti, Delage, Amilcar, Seneschal, Talbot, Peugeot, etc.,
It ended, without incident or accident. At the race was only one closed car, the winner of the recent Monte Carlo rally. 27.02.1927
https://www.facebook.com/isabelle.bracquemond.7/posts/10217147361785088
Tuesday, October 10, 2017
an old car, once used by a farmer to pull his pigs into the market had a much different origin, when Stirling Moss used it to win the Charles Ferro Trophy in the Monte Carlo Rally of 1967.
Most Valuable ‘Antiques Roadshow Find
Stirling Moss’s Car
In a 2010 episode of Antiques Roadshow, filming took place in Beverly Minister, Yorkshire.
The episode featured an old car, once used by a farmer to pull his pigs into the market; the vehicle turned out to belong to no other than Stirling Moss, legendary British race car driver.
Stirling Moss used the Sunbeam Talbot 90 when he won the Charles Ferro Trophy in the Monte Carlo Rally of 1967. Stirling Moss’s Sunbean Talbot 90 went to auction for $50,000.
http://definition.org/most-valuable-antiques-roadshow-finds/2/
Wednesday, July 05, 2017
Sunday, December 29, 2013
variety of cool images from Le Container
I can't tell how the front blades aren't hitting the ground, but, obviously they haven't
interestingly some of the very first airplanes that could fly intercontinental were named "spirit of" and "city of"
immediately reminded of http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2012/05/1983-jawa-ice-motorcycle-only-eastern.html
are they nuts? Han't they been shown the famous photo? Never drive a orange crawler over a crevass!
from Mad Max of course.... I've never seen this screen grab before though
all from lecontainer.blogspot.com
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Tuesday, July 08, 2008
an online Concours de Elegance has the most unusual cars, I'm posting the best variety to entice you to look at Cardomain.com
for a complete and extensive gallery I photographed in Sept 2010 see http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/09/1912-mercedes-model-37-with-perfect.html
Serenissima 308 Jet Coupe
Via http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/event_list/&mode=annual choose what event you want to look at the photos of!
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