Although this car bears a number 1 it was actually number 17 in the programme of the Richard Seaman Memorial Trophies meeting at Donington Park in June 2003, where it took part in the VSCC Ron Flockhart Trophy race.
This is Richard Pilkington's 1950 4,482cc straight-6 Talbot Lago T26 with the offset driving position which meant it could compete in Grand Prix or Sports Car races. It's chassis #110057 and is the car with which Louis Rosier and Juan Manuel Fangio took part in the 1951 Le Mans 24 Hour race, retiring after 9 hours. On 21 September 2017 I showed a photograph of this car that I took at Donington Park in 2006 and gave a bit more of its history.
Very interesting.
ReplyDeleteDo you know where the car is located today?
The last trace of it I can find is that it appeared at the Paris Retromobile in 2014.
DeleteThank you. That's when I saw it last as well.
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