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29-09-2021, 08:43 AM
(This post was last modified: 29-09-2021, 08:47 AM by Nick Salmon.)
Good looking car but I could not find anything about it online. In any case I was well put off by the idea of splitting the reg from the car. Just doesn't sit comfortably with me.
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Nick is quite right. If it is a genuine car with competition history, the vendor should be ashamed of themselves splitting car and reg number. If on the other hand, is it not even faintly genuine……
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Didn't this get aired on here when it was found... and get cooed over?
Yes, great pity about the plate. Nice of seller to give the option, but that's essentially a plus 3 grand tax on top, isn't it?
At least one can be assured that its had a modern MOT to liberate it onto retention!
But as a UXS or BF or whatever, distinctly less attractive.
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Location: Sherwood Forest
Car type: 1938 Talbot Ten Airline
The MOT expired in August, so it will need re-MOTing before the number can be transferred, always assuming the number is transferrable anyway!
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29-09-2021, 03:27 PM
(This post was last modified: 29-09-2021, 03:27 PM by Stuart Giles.
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Love the (implied) competition history in that advert. You could spend half a lifetime tidying up that car. Interesting inlet manifold though, looks to have been originally made for a twin choke (American made) Stromberg.
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I'm now thinking that our house must have had a strategic link to wartime bomber command, as we have a green front door.
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Car type: 36 Nippy, 31 RM, 38 Special, 24 Works Rep
29-09-2021, 08:04 PM
(This post was last modified: 29-09-2021, 08:07 PM by Ian Williams.)
The cockpit green is fake I know that much! LOL
The black and white photos appear to indicate a 50's or 60's build with a lower streamlined radiator cowl than it has now, (it looked better too, the current raised bonnet and standard cowl rather spoil the lines) so I suspect it is a period built special. As to competition history if someone were to sleuth through old 750Mc bulletins its possible they might find pictures of the car in its previous form.
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Bryan Norfolk produced a list of photos in 750 bulletins from 1959 to 1969 on an excel spreadsheet. A quick search didn't reveal any instances of the registration.
