1939 Talbot Lago
Offered for Sale

Once in a great while our shop will be fortunate enough to have a fascinating vehicle cross our path. There are many reasons why we find ourselves intrigued with a specific car, manufacture, style, history, rarity, and mystery. This particular machine is case in point. This piece of automotive history is a 1939 Talbot Lago. Prior to its journey to the U.S., this stylish automobile was stored in the Frenche-Comte region of France.

This vehicles design employs many stylistic attributes such as, its long louvered hood, flowing fender lines, saloon style body, sporty Le Mans gas cap and a radiator that was fashioned by the famous race coachwork company of Chassen. These features suggest that this 1939 Talbot Lago would be a T-120 sports saloon model. Stylistically speaking the most fascinating feature of this automobile is the streamlined treatment of the headlights. The headlight bucket's basic shape is a teardrop which incorporates a free flowing line running parallel to the fenders lead edge. The headlight bucket's shape and length terminates at precisely the most aesthetically pleasing location, thus resulting in a timeless design proportion commonly known as the golden section.

The Talbot Lagos of the 1930's are world renowned for their elegance in design and excess of luxury. However, most people are not aware of the fact that performance was a key objective in its overall design. The racing models and sports models were relatively light for that era and coupled together with an ever developing engine technology. Proven results were soon evident at venues such as Le Mans.

Arguably, the 1939 Talbot-Lago is among the most sought after automobiles by collectors and aficionados of the pre-war era. This Talbot-Lago featured, employs a three liter inline six cylinder, with a single up draft carburetor. We recently applied power to the coil and starter as well as primed the carburetor. To our surprise, our tinkering was rewarded with the engine waking from decades-long slumber. Unfortunately it is time for this little car from France to find a new home.