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[Rick]

Morning all,

Many months of sporadic negotiations led to the following pre-war gem being added to the OCC garage, a 1937 Talbot 3-Litre, just a week after the Morris 8 of the same year arrived on the scene.

The plan had never been to buy two pre-war saloons, but as negotiations on the Talbot had appeared to have ended without a deal, I looked elsewhere and agreed to take on the Morris. Then I heard back that my offer on the Talbot was, in fact, now acceptable, so the only logical thing to do was buy that too (which is why the Volvo's no longer here!).

I love these old garage finds and barn finds, so I couldn't really resist this very original survivor, which had been parked since 1976.



The plan is to tinker away with this one in the background, while I get on with the Morris. I'd like to get it running though, just to see how well or not it runs. With that known I can then decide on a plan of action. Plus it's not exactly light to push!

I uploaded a short video about is this morning, covering its acquisition and extraction from the garage it'd known since 1962!

https://youtu.be/E-W6f_8-YCY

RJ
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Various 1920s-1960s - Austin, Morris, Commer, Dodge etc.

[alastairq]

Superb....thanks for sharing...I have subscribed, but I'm not too sure what that really means?
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Ford Mustang coupe, 1967, 6 cylinder auto.
Fiat 126 BIS
Cannon special [1996 registered. Built in 1950's]
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Ford Pop chassis, Ashley 1172 bodyshell, in pieces.

[PapaJoe]

Oh, good find! Very impressive machine. Can we peek under the bonnet sometime soon even though you’re waiting to start working on it?
Regards, Joe
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1932 Chevy 5-Window Coupe
1967 Harley (Aermacchi) Sprint SS
Coveted: Ford Model Y Saloon

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[mikeC]

Much envy - a fine machine!

I have a brochure for the Sunbeam-Talbot 4-litre, this car's younger, but larger, sister; it's a seriously expensive production, with wonderful illustrations and embossed gold foil on the cover.
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in the garage: 1931 Austin 7, 1953 Lancia Appia
recently departed: 1967 Singer Chamois, 1914 Saxon, 1930 Morris Cowley, 1936 BSA Scout, 1958 Lancia Appia coupe, 1922 Star 11.9 ... the list goes on!

[Rick]

[petelang]

Fabulous find Rick. Looks like a real quality car in its day.
My father had a late pre war Talbot Ten which was sold to finance me so I never got to see it but it was a much admired car. Looking forward to seeing much more of this.
Peter

[Keith D]

A magnificent car, Rick. A fantastic find.

Keith
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1926 Chrysler 60 tourer
1932 Austin Seven RN long wheelbase box sedan
1950 Austin A40 tourer
1999 BMW Z3
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[badhuis]

Beautiful car. A prewar car I would love to own.
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[Rootes75]

Beautiful Rick.

Superb find and what patina.
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1937 Ford 7w
1937 Hillman 80
1946 ERF C.I.5
1947 Hillman Minx
1955 Hillman Minx Mk8
1950 Commer R541

[Rick]

[mikeC]

Your 3-litre Talbot was basically a Hillman Hawk, and the 4-litre was a Humber Snipe. Both engines were variants on the original Humber 3 1/2 litre engine.
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in the garage: 1931 Austin 7, 1953 Lancia Appia
recently departed: 1967 Singer Chamois, 1914 Saxon, 1930 Morris Cowley, 1936 BSA Scout, 1958 Lancia Appia coupe, 1922 Star 11.9 ... the list goes on!

[Rick]

[peter scott]

Great find! Looks nicely preserved both inside and out. Will look forward to her progress.

Peter.
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