4-cylinder, 970 c.c., overhead valve, water-cooled, 3-speed gearbox, rear-wheel brakes, two-seat tourer with rear dickey seat. Top speed is 45 to 50 mph.
Model History
This Talbot model was one of the first of a new class of car - the ‘Light Car’, designed for the younger, newly-mobile clientele emancipated during the First World War.
About 1500 of the 8/18 model were produced between 1922 and 1924, initially selling for £325 (equivalent to £60,000 today), and falling to £250, (equivalent to £40,000 nowadays) by the end of manufacture at Talbot’s Barlby Rd, West London, works. Even light cars weren’t cheap by today’s standards.
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This car, chassis number 12208, is the oldest surviving Talbot 8/18. After being exhibited at the Scottish Motor Show in 1922, it was used as a dealer demonstrator before being bought for young Miss Lenanton by her wealthy father.
The sequence of owners is known from 1950 to date. It competed in a Vintage Sports Car club light car race at Silverstone in 1953.
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