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Car Of The Day: April 26, 2017; Hot Wheels '37 Talbot-Lago T150C
Topic Started: Apr 26 2017, 03:35 AM (442 Views)
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Today's Car Of The Day is Hot Wheels' 1937 Talbot-Lago T150C.

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Automobiles Talbot S.A. was a French automobile manufacturer based in Suresnes, Hauts de Seine, outside Paris.


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For more information and pictures of the real car, please visit: Talbot-Lago T150C

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One of the most beautiful cars ever created, when a teardrop Talbot-Lago crosses the auction block it's guaranteed to sell for seven figures.

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For 1935, the existing range continued in production but from 1936 these were steadily replaced with cars designed by Walter Becchia, featuring transverse leaf sprung independent suspension. These included the 4-cylinder 2323 cc (13CV) Talbot Type T4 "Minor", a surprise introduction at the 1937 Paris Motor Show, and the 6-cylinder 2,696 cc (15CV) Talbot "Cadette-15", along with and the 6-cylinder 2,996 cc or 3,996 cc (17 or 23CV) Talbot "Major" and its long-wheelbase version, the Talbot "Master": these were classified as Touring cars (voitures de tourisme).

There was also in the second half of the 1930s a range of Sporting cars (voitures de sport) which started with the Talbot "Baby-15", mechanically the same as the "Cadette-15" but using a shorter slightly lighter chassis. The Sporting Cars range centred on the 6-cylinder 2,996 cc or 3,996 cc (17 or 23CV) Talbot "Baby" and also included the 3,996 cc (23CV) 23 and sporting Lago-Spéciale and Lago-SS models, respectively with two and three carburettors, and corresponding increases in power and performance. The most frequently specified body for the Lago-SS was built by Figoni et Falaschi and featured a particularly eye-catching aerodynamic form.

Lago was an excellent engineer who developed the existing six-cylinder engine into a high-performance 4-litre one. The sporting six-cylinder models had a great racing history. The bodies—such as of T150 coupé—were made by excellent coachbuilders such as Figoni et Falaschi or Saoutchik.


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I've had the good fortune to shoot a real one:

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juantoo3
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Aluminum was an exotic metal in the 1930s, having aluminum coachwork was a very flamboyant extravagance at the time.
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pjedsel
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:thumbup: It has always intrigued me that of all the toy brands out there it has been Hot Wheels that offered us some very nice '30's era cars. The Talbot Lago is among my favorites of that group - one that I, at one time, tried to get all the variations of. A very exotic car done well in small scale by the folks at Mattel. :thumbup:
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Dean-o-mite
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Great selection; it is one I would have guessed had been featured long ago. I really like the color on it.
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JeepXJLover
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Like Dean, I am quite surprised this hasn't be offered as COTD before now.
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Swifty
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It surprised me too! I triple-checked.

The packaging (yes, this was mint on not-so-mint card) labels this as a 1937 Talbot-Lago Darracq T 150 C Coupe. My understanding is the Darracq name was dropped in the early 1920s, though its possible some export markets (specifically the UK) were still getting cars branded as Darracq after that.

And yes, Hot Wheels has surprised with their choices from the '30s, but if you think about it a bit it starts to make sense. The Art Deco designs were radical for their era, and radical is what Hot Wheels loves most. Back in the '70s Hot Wheels offered three Gremlins and a Pacer while most other diecast manufacturers ignored the former entirely. Hot Wheels also offered the Dustbuster Lumina APV minivan. Hot Wheels likes the oddballs that are ahead of their time (or never catch on at all), and that's why I love Hot Wheels.
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Man, that real one is gorgeous! I saw a different model Talbot Lago this weekend at the Concours of Texas. I don't think I've ever seen a genuine Teardrop model. I saw one on the back of a trailer in the middle of West Texas once and only saw it from about 100 feet away but I strongly suspect it was a recreation.
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Nice blast from the past!
I always liked this casting, my favourite is the all white with whitewalls!
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chris.p
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Nice model and a good line. A pity HW didn't have wheels that were more in keeping with original. Those road roller tyres look all wrong.

It was quite a choice for them back then.

Chris
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JeepXJLover
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I'll also ad. This is a model you do not want to get hit in the face with from an angry sister.
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I'll also ad. This is a model you do not want to get hit in the face with from an angry sister.
That sounds like there's a story there. ;)
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