How will we know if its your one Rhys? Is there anything I should be looking for?
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Read the description below. Apparently this Talbot 26C has never been raced!
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Steve,
You will just have to come to Laguna Seca in August to see a Talbot 26C on the race track.
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(Ken Hyndman photo. Laguna Seca. August 2017.)
"" This 1950 Talbot T-26C Grand Prix car with chassis number 11052 was one of the factory works racers during the 1950 season. It is fitted with the twin-plug engine and a side air intake commonly known as a 'bazooka'. It is one of just 23 examples created from 1948 through 1951 and is powered by a straight six cylinder engine that displaces 4.5 liters and produces 260 horsepower. There is a four-speed manual gearbox and four-wheel drum brakes."
By Daniel Vaughan | Feb 2008 " (Conceptcarz.com information )
This one is just for you Steve.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyB8scps_x8
Ken H
Have a look at the rear wheel placement of both 26c's, the one that was not raced in post #46 seems to have the rear wheel oddly placed too far toward the cockpit, whereas the photo in post #47 has the rear wheel placed more rearward in a more practical place. Or is it the angle of the shots?
Paul,
That might be the reason it had never raced. The driver would have been terrified of losing a elbow on a road wheel being that close !
Ken H
And now for something a little smaller.....
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A SMALL VERSION OF THE ABOVE.................Peter Giddings brought one down here a few moons ago
Two engine shots of the 1950 Talbot T 26C at Laguna Seca. 2017.
Note the straight six engine with 12 ignition wires for 2 spark plugs per cylinder.
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( Ken H photos. )
(ken H)
This is where it really started to get interesting for me, when I got amongst the cars from the 1930s and beyond. The 1930s really brought about some fascinating design.
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The information board for this beautiful 8C was incorrect, although the museums website provides the correct details: http://citedelautomobile.com/en/coll...o-type-8c-2-31
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Obviously the museum has been added to since the 1970s, with various updates to the building, as well as the addition of new cars. Also, there is this room at one end of the museum which I assume has a regularly changing theme. On my visit, it was celebrating the Corvette.
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And now for a little French eccentricity.
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