A 1927 Talbot 14/45 DHC with dickey, body by W & G Du Cros.Reg No. YU 8665. Car No. 23293.Engine No. AD1357.Green and black with black interior.Georges Roesch, a Swiss automotive engineer, worked under Louis Coatalen in the 1920’s at the Talbot Motor Works in Barlby Road North Kensington, to ..
A 1923 Sunbeam 14hp four-seat tourer.Reg No. DA 7349. Car No. 5575C.Engine No. 5606C.Blue and black with black interior.Renowned for the quality of their construction, Sunbeam cars started life producing bicycles in Wolverhampton, the car Company founded in 1905. Louis Coatalen’s participation in..
A 1924 Crossley 19.6hp Sports tourer.Reg No. NE 802. Car No. 16836. Engine No. 16883. Cream with red interior.The Manchester Company had a long history, first producing cars in 1904. WWI enabled the Company to expand with War Department contracts for commercial vehicles and Staff..
A 1914 14hp Humber tourer. Reg No. NA 2161.Car No. H325.Engine No. H345.Mole with brown upholstery.From an interest in motor vehicles beginning in 1896, the motor division of Humber Ltd became much more important than the cycle and motorcycle divisions, and by 1913 were second only to Wolseley as..
A 1905 Darracq 10 hp, four-seat, rear entry tourer. Reg No. AX812.Car No. 9386ZV.Engine No. 9386ZV.Green and black with brown upholstery.Alexandre Darracq founded A Darracq et Cie in 1897 with the profits from his Gladiator bicycle company. By 1904, the Darracq company, after som..
A 1934 Alvis Firefly. Two-door DH four-seater coachwork by Cross & Ellis. Reg No. KV7063.Car No. 11116.Engine No. 11564.Red, black, and silver with red interior.Introduced in 1932, the Firefly model was notably low-slung. Its 1496cc OHV engine allied to a manual or pre-select..
A 1931 Alvis 12/60 TK. Reg No. GO 5767. Car No. 8834. Engine No. Not recorded.Maroon and black with tan interior.Uprated from the 12/50’s 1496cc, the 12/60 increased the engine’s capacity to 1645cc.Coil ignition was supplied as standard unless a magneto was specified. The sports version (the TK) ..
Reg No. HU 9485. Car No. 14373.Engine No. 14373.Blue and black with black interior.For the 1927 season, the replacement for the Humber 12/25 was the 14/40, four-cylinder IOE engine with a capacity of 2020cc.The 14/40 was to become one of the most popular and therefore most successful vintage products. T..
Reg No. 615 BS 27 (French).Car No. 117254.Engine No. 7492.Black with cloth interior.Produced between 1928 and 1934, the C17 had a 1324cc 8hp engine, but the C17G model was uprated to 9hp. Very little technical information was produced by the factory, and the French registration suggests that the car ori..