Sunbeam Talbot Owners Club

[Dudley Smith]

I've just come across this badge on eBay.
Does the Sunbeam Talbot Owners Club still exist? How come they use the TOC badge?
Does anyone know the history behind this?

Dudley

[jameswheildon]

HI Dudley,

This badge was designed by George Roesch for the "Talbot "Owner's club and used by them for a very short period before 1935 when Rootes took over. The name "Sunbeam" was added to the badge for the benefit of the owners of Rootes group cars thus named. I think it all fizzled out before the war. Over the years I have seen far more Sunbeam Talbot versions for sale than Talbot ones. I have one which has a low number, in the hundreds which was issued with a new Talbot 10 of 1938. I think I was told that all purchasers of the relevant cars when new automatically became members of the STOC.

[Dudley Smith]

I should have Googled the STOC first! Apparently it ran from 1936 to 1968 and was then resurrected in 2005 by a company that makes spares for post-war Sunbeam-Talbots. They don't appear to use the badge any longer.
Here is a link: