Lot n° 13
Estimation :
600000 - 900000
EUR
Result with fees
Result
: 468 000EUR
1937 Talbot-Lago T150C Roadster
Serial number:... - Lot 13 - Osenat
1937 Talbot-Lago T150C Roadster
Serial number: 90010
French registration
- Probably the car of the 1937 show
- Exceptional mechanics
- Original condition
- Desirable bodywork
- Known history
Anthony Lago, the famous Patron of Automobiles Talbot, considered that participation in motor racing and the construction of leisure vehicles were inseparable. In his view, cars designed for competition should have a sports version that was accessible to customers. As a result, the company became renowned for its racing-derived powertrains. The T150C, launched in 1937, derived from this vision, and was the symbol of the racing car adapted to a broader clientele. Of course, this car was always as sporty as Talbot wanted its models to be. Its 6-cylinder, 3,996 cm3 engine could reach speeds of up to 185 km/h.
The example we are offering for sale was acquired new by Monsieur Fayet, an industrialist in Saint Etienne, on the occasion of the 1937 Salon de l'Auto. It was most probably exhibited at the Salon, as indicated by the date of first registration on the current Carte Grise: November 16, 1937, and the corked cylinder head cover, exclusive to Salon cars. At the end of the '40s, Monsieur Fayet decided to give the car a "facelift" by modifying the grille and bumpers. He had a small collection of sports cars, all in red.
In the 50s, one of his sons borrowed one of them and lost his life at the wheel. Monsieur Fayet decided to have all his cars repainted black. The roadster changed color from bright red to the darkest black. Mr Bruno Dalmas is the second owner. A masonry contractor and collector of vintage vehicles, he met Monsieur Fayet in the 1960s. The T150C had been abandoned in a shed, sitting on candles and covered in dust. It took him around ten years to convince Monsieur Fayet to sell it to him, which finally happened in 1977, 40 years after its first appearance at the Paris Motor Show.
Monsieur Dalmas in turn sold it to the current owner in 2018, 41 years after taking it out of Monsieur Fayet's hangar. By his own admission, he didn't drive the car more than 500 km during this period, but he had it put back on the road and repainted in red and black, the two colors that had been his for the first forty years of its life. Today, the car is in beautiful original condition and its mechanics have been completely overhauled.
1937 Talbot-Lago T150C Roadster
Serial number: 90010
French registration
- Probably the car of the 1937 show
- Exceptional mechanics
- Original condition
- Well-known history
Anthony Lago, the famous Patron of Automobiles Talbot, considered that participation in motor racing and the construction of leisure vehicles were inseparable. In his view, cars designed for competition should have a sports version that was accessible to customers. As a result, the company became renowned for its racing-derived powertrains. The T150C, launched in 1937, derived from this vision, and was the symbol of the racing car adapted to a broader clientele. Of course, this car was always as sporty as Talbot wanted its models to be. Its 6-cylinder, 3,996 cm3 engine could reach speeds of up to 185 km/h.
The example we are offering for sale was acquired new by Monsieur Fayet, an industrialist in Saint Etienne, on the occasion of the 1937 Salon de l'Auto. It was most probably exhibited at the Salon, as indicated by the date of first registration on the current Carte Grise: November 16, 1937, and the corked cylinder head cover, exclusive to Salon cars. At the end of the '40s, Monsieur Fayet decided to give the car a "facelift" by modifying the grille and bumpers. He had a small collection of sports cars, all in red.
In the 50s, one of his sons borrowed one of them and lost his life at the wheel. Monsieur Fayet decided to have all his cars repainted black. The roadster changed color from bright red to the darkest black. Mr Bruno Dalmas is the second owner. A masonry contractor and collector of vintage vehicles, he met Monsieur Fayet in the 1960s. The T150C had been abandoned in a shed, sitting on candles and covered in dust. It took him around ten years to convince Monsieur Fayet to sell it to him, which finally happened in 1977, 40 years after its first appearance at the Paris Motor Show.
Monsieur Dalmas in turn sold it to the current owner in 2018, 41 years after taking it out of Monsieur Fayet's hangar. By his own admission, he didn't drive the car more than 500 km during this period, but he had it put back on the road and repainted in red and blac
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