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1936 Talbot 10 Sports Tourer

United Kingdom • 2 Mar 2019 • Lot 250

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AI Listing Summary

This 1936 Clement-Talbot 10hp is a restored four-seater convertible sports tourer with a rich history, including original documents and factory ledger. Though not entirely original, it features an upgraded engine and hydraulically assisted brakes, along with a fully rebuilt original specification side valve engine. The car is finished in Jaguar British Racing Green with a brown interior and new tonneau cover and has been on several long driving trips.

Condition

7

While not totally original, the car is described as being in very good condition, presenting very well with a Whittingham and Mitchel body. It has been restored over eight years and has been on several long driving trips, reportedly never skipping a beat. The car displays its original registration number and drives without fault. The engine is barely audible at tickover.

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Transmission:

[Transmission]

Chassis No:

BE1327

Odometer:

18,375 miles

Reg Number:

CLT 57

RHD/LHD:

RHD

Introduced in 1936, the Clement-Talbot 10hp was promoted as 'Britain's most exclusive light car'.

A product of the Rootes Group, the newcomer was based on a modified Hillman Aero Minx chassis.The Clement-Talbot and then the Sunbeam Motor Car Company businesses fell into the hands of Rootes in 1935 and the new owner's strategy was clearly to use the prestige of the Talbot name for selling larger numbers of lower priced cars.

This Rootes' Talbot Ten was one of the first products of the Rootes strategy which intended to open Talbot's planned shift down-market and add a genuine small car to its proposed range.

A star of the 1936 Motor Show it was a lengthened Hillman Aero Minx with a stronger chassis that was all updated at short notice by Talbot's Georges Roesch and rebadged, so adding another variant to the existing middle market saloon, the Hillman Minx.

Reviewers described the car as an attractive refined and well-equipped small car.

This lovely restored four-seater convertible sp...