1933 Talbot 105

This car competed in the Bill Phillips Trophy Race at the Vintage Sports Car Club's meeting at Oulton Park in May 2005.

It's the 1933 Talbot 105 of Gideon Hudson, a car that was developed by Georges Roesch from the Talbot 90, the 6-cylinder inline 2,276cc engine of which was increased to 2,969cc. The Talbot 105 was a prominent competitor at Brooklands and also achieved success in the Alpine Trials.

1933 Talbot 105

I took this photograph at a classic car show organised by car dealers Gordon Ford of Stockport in July 1987.

There was no list of the vehicles taking part in the event, but it's a 1933 Talbot 105, which started life as a Talbot 75 saloon then was given an Alpine replica body and later a 105 engine. The Talbot Owners Club has this information about it.

1934 Talbot 105

This car is rounding Lodge Corner during a Scratch Race at the Vintage Sports Car Club's Richard Seaman Memorial Trophies meeting at Oulton Park in July 1987.

It's the 1934 Talbot 105 of D Rathbone, a car that was developed by Georges Roesch from the Talbot 90, the 6-cylinder inline 2,276cc engine of which was increased to 2,969cc. The Talbot 105 was a prominent competitor at Brooklands and also achieved success in the Alpine Trials.

1933 Talbot 105

This car was in the paddock at the Vintage Sports Car Club's SeeRed meeting at Donington Park in May 2011.

It's a 1933 Talbot 105, chassis 33880, and is a replica of the Talbot AV 105 Alpine Team cars with a 6-cylinder inline 2,969cc engine, number AV336.

Georges Roesch Talbots

I photographed this line-up of Talbots at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1997.

The three green cars bear the number plates of the three Talbot 105s that took part in the 1934 Alpine Rally, each of the cars completing the rally without a single penalty point and thus winning a Coupe des Alpes, or Alpine Cup. The programme of the Silverstone meeting shows that number 72 was the 1934 Talbot 105 of Stephen Curtis and was driven in the two Pre-War Sports Car Races that weekend by Humphrey Avon and Tom Threlfall. Of the other two Talbot 105s one was entered by Stephen Curtis and driven by himself and David Morris, and the other entered by Peter Bradfield and driven by him and by another driver 'to be nominated'. Those cars were numbered 71 and 73, but the racing numbers can't be seen on the other two green cars in the photograph and I've not been able to positively identify which is which. BGH 21 and BGH 23 are largely original, but BGH 22 is a replica built after the original car bearing that number was exported to Australia. The white car at the far end, registered PL 2, is a 1930 Talbot 90, one of the team that finished in 3rd and 4th places in the 1930 Le Mans 24 Hour race. This car isn't listed in the Silverstone programme as taking part in the races there.

There's a Talbot Owners Club, whose website carries a report of the 1934 Alpine Rally.

Talbot 105

This car competed in one of the races at the VSCC's Richard Seaman Memorial Trophies meeting at Donington Park in May 2011.

It's Nicholas Pellett's 1931 Talbot 105, one of four cars (GO 51, GO 52, GO 53 & GO 54) campaigned by the Fox & Nicholl team in 1931 and 1932, finishing in 3rd place in the Le Mans 24 Hour Race in 1932. The car was sold in November 2006 by H&H Classic Car Auctions, in preparation for which they produced this history of the car.