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£74,750
1951 Talbot Lago T26 Project
United Kingdom • 1 Sept 2023
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This lot features a 1951 Talbot Lago T26 project, consisting of a rolling chassis, engine, gearbox, and an aluminum replica body styled after a T150 SS. It's noted as a potentially rewarding project, despite lacking registration and having its engine number removed, presenting a unique opportunity for collectors willing to undertake significant restoration.
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This vehicle is a project car, described as a rolling chassis with engine, gearbox and a replica body. The engine number has been ground off, and there are no documents included in the sale. The replica body is bare but complete and done to a high standard.
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• Rolling chassis, engine and gearbox • Aluminium replica body • Exciting and potentially most rewarding project The French marque's ultimate pre-war road car - the 4.0-litre Lago Special - produced 165bhp and was good for more than 160km/h (100mph).
This successful series of cars was later renamed 'Talbot-Lago', after proprietor Tony Lago, and engineer Walter Becchia's engine would be one of the few that saw service in Grand Prix cars both before and after WW2.
In 1946 the model was revived as the 'T26 Record', now sporting hydraulic brakes, a Wilson pre-selector gearbox and a 4½-litre, twin-cam version of the classic long-stroke overhead-valve engine producing 170bhp.
Its 'T26' designation had been used before – for the 4½-litre GP racers in the late 1930s – and referred to the car's taxation rating of 26CV.
For serious competition work there was the short-wheelbase 'Grand Sport' with a 190bhp version of the new '2AC' engine featuring an aluminium-alloy cylinder head and triple c...
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