This late-1935 AX 65 saloon was almost the last in a long series of 14 h.p.

Roesch Talbots that extended all the way back to the London Motor Show of late-1926.

The 14 h.p.

Talbot had been one of the two undisputed stars of that Show - the other being the Riley Nine - and it went on to sell 10,000 cars across 1/2 doz.

different series: AD, AF, AG, AQ, AU & AX.

The last-named of these was introduced at the 1932 London Show, and featured a dropped front axle & de-cambered rear springs - giving the cars a lower 'stance' - and, much more importantly, a Wilson pre-selector gearbox as standard in place of the two previous types of 'crash' 'box.

On the 1935-model 'Special' & 'De Luxe' cars, a centrifugal 'Traffic Clutch' was fitted - in conjunction with automatic pre-selection of the upward gear-changes from 1st to top: all one had to do now, was to keep hitting the 'clutch' pedal! [Although, whether this is both still fitted and operational would need to be checked with the car's owner...