1937 TalbotLago T150C SS Image. Chassis number 90103
By 1937, the Talbot Teardrop became the ultimate expression of this streamlined era and made its seminal mark in Paris as well as the 1937 New York Auto Show. Throughout production Figoni played with the design, creating some roadster versions and other variations on different chassis.
1937 TalbotLago T150C SS 'Goutte d’Eau' Coupé The Big Picture
The second version, featuring a fastback design, was unveiled at the 1937 New York International Auto Show and fittingly named Modéle New York.The Talbot-Lago T150-C-SS presented here, chassis 90107, is widely regarded as the most beautiful and unique of the Figoni-bodied Teardrops.
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Gooding & Company's $13,425,000 result (including fees) for a 1937 Talbot-Lago T150 CSS Figoni & Falaschi Teardrop Coupe (chassis 90107) was 3.2 times the second-highest Amelia sale ($4,185,000 for a 1955 Porsche 550 Spyder at Bonhams). By itself, the Talbot-Lago represented 10.6 percent of the entire three-auction total at Amelia Island.
1937 TalbotLago T150C SS Gallery Gallery
Major Anthony Lago Antonio Franco Lago was born on March 28th, 1893, in Paris. He served in the Italian Army during World War I and achieved the rank of major, Mr. Lago began his career in the automobile industry selling Italian-built Isotta-Fraschini automobiles in London.
1937 TalbotLago T150C SS Gallery Gallery
This 1937 Talbot-Lago T150-C-SS Teardrop Coupe sets the record as the most valuable French car ever sold at auction, going for $13.4 million.
1937 TalbotLago T150C SS Gallery Gallery
Talbot-Lago was a French automobile manufacturer based in Suresnes, Hauts de Seine, outside Paris. The company was owned and managed by Antonio Lago, an Italian engineer that acquired rights to the Talbot brand name after the demise of Darracq London 's subsidiary Automobiles Talbot France in 1936. [2]
1937 TalbotLago T150C SS
Powering the 1937 Talbot-Lago T150-C-SS Teardrop Coupe is a 4.0-litre inline-six engine with three Zenith-Stomberg carburettors making 140 bhp (104 kilowatts). It has a four-speed Wilson pre-selector gearbox, four-wheel mechanical brakes, a front independent suspension, and a live rear axle. Both feature semi-elliptical leaf springs.
1937 TalbotLago Type 150CS “Goutte d’Eau Hemmings Daily
SCM Analysis Detailing This car, Lot 54, sold for $13,425,000, including buyer's premium, at Gooding & Company's Amelia Island auction on March 4, 2022. In the mid-1930s, America was in the midst of the Great Depression and Europe was doing little better.
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If so, you aren't alone, because someone convinced The Peninsula Hotels to sponsor The Peninsula Classics Best of the Best Award, convinced two dozen experts to serve as judges and during Monterey Car Week presented the inaugural trophy to Peter and Merle Mullin and the Mullin Automotive Museum Foundation for their 1937 Talbot-Lago T150-C SS.
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The car world was expecting big things from one particular 1937 Talbot-Lago earlier this month, and, well, the vintage ride did not disappoint. The coveted T150-C-SS Teardrop Coupe in.
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1937 Talbot-Lago T150-C-SS Teardrop Coupe Chassis #90107 | Gooding & Co. Being a coachbuilt car, the Talbot-Lago T150-C-SS Teardrop Coupe isn't exactly common. Estimates vary, but the consensus is Figoni et Falaschi bodied 10-12 Teardrops.
1937 TalbotLago T150C SS Image. Chassis number 82928. Photo 107 of 257
But even so, Talbot left to posterity some of the most beautiful cars ever made, like this 1937 Talbot-Lago T150-C-SS Teardrop Coupe. Valued at more than $10 million, it's heading to the Amelia.
1937 TalbotLago T150C SS at the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance
A 1937 Talbot-Lago T150-C-SS Teardrop Coupe just sold as part of an auction on Amelia Island, setting records with a price over $13 million.. For a little over 40 years, Talbot-Lago made acclaimed, high-performance automobiles that continue to fascinate car enthusiasts. The marque has been defunct for over 60 years, but the Talbot-Lagos that.
1937 TalbotLago T150CSS by Figoni & Falaschi Drive
With a name as long as its list of accolades, the finest show car in the world may just be the 1937 Talbot-Lago T150-C SS Coupé aérodynamique 'Goutte d'Eau', Figoni & Falaschi that earned the.
1937 TalbotLago T150C SS Image. Chassis number 82928. Photo 77 of 257
On March 4, Gooding & Company will auction off this 1937 Talbot-Lago T150-C-SS Teardrop Coupe bodied by Figoni et Falaschi. Mathieu Heurtault, courtesy of Gooding & Company. The Talbot-Lago.
1937 TalbotLago T150C SS Gallery Gallery
The creation of the Talbot-Lago T150-C-SS Goutte d'Eau, or Teardrop - one of the most enduringly beautiful automobiles of all time - resulted from a collabor.