1933 Talbot-London

TALBOT-LONDON 105 BY ABBOTT FOR THE 1933 OLYMPIA SHOW. OPEN TOURER WITH THE 2969CC 6 CYLINDRE 105 SERIES ENGINE. THIS IS A ONE-OFF BODIED CAR WHO WAS FIRST SHOWN AT THE 1933 LONDON OLYMPIA CAR EXPOSITION ON THE ABBOTT COACHBUILDER STAND. IT IS A TWO SEATER ROADSTER OR A FOUR SEATER CONVERTIBLE BY AN INGENIOUS ARRANGMENT OF THE DECK. THE REAR SEATS BEING COVERED BY A MOST HANDSOME DECK,WHEN CLOSED, FALL IN LINE WITH THE RANKISH APPEARANCE OF THE COMPLETE CAR.THE WINGS AND FAIRINGS ADDED TO THE CHARM OF THIS VERY FINE SPORTS CAR WHOSE MOST PRONOUNCED FEATURE IS A STABILIZER OF THE "BLUEBIRD"TYPE. THE FIRST OWNERS WERE MR.AND MRS.MASTERS WHO SHOWED THIS AUTOMOBILE AT THE 1934 CONCOURS D'ELEGANCE IN EASTBOURNE WHERE IT WON THE "FEMININE ENSEMBLE"PRIZE.IN THE 1950'S THE CAR WAS EXPORTED TO THE USA AND BY 1988 RE-IMPORTED IN ENGLAND BY THE WELL KNOWN LONDON DEALER TONY MARGULIES.IN 1990 THE TALBOT WAS SOLD TO MR.JOHN RUSTON WHO ORDERED A FULL BODY-OFF RESTORATION BY IAN POLSON "THE" MARQUES SPECIALIST OF TALBOT-LONDON'S.THE CAR HAD A FOUR YEAR RESTORATION AND WAS READY FOR THE 1995 CONCOURS AT THE GOODWOOD FESTIVAL OF SPEED.IN 1998 MR. RUSTON SOLD THE AUTOMOBILE TO ITS PREVIOUS OWNER WHERE WE BOUGHT THE TALBOT FROM IN 2003. WE MADE SEVERAL RALLIES AND CONCOURCES WITH HER IN FRANCE, ITALY, BELGIUM AND THE NETHERLANDS.THIS YEAR THE CAR TOURED A THE TRANSAPPENNINICA IN ITALY WHERE IT WAS ADMIRED AT EVERY STOP AND ALONG THE FINE ROADS WE DISCOVERED. **INFO ONLY BY CALLING +32 495.216.612 MONDAY-FRIDAY FROM 8 A.M. TILL 7 P.M.BELGIAN TIME**.