A pair of magnificent motors from the 1930s have been reunited for the first time in decades.
The two 1930 Talbot-Lagos that have been deemed priceless, have joined the world’s leading car collection.
One T150-C SS by Fignoni and Falschi and one by Pourtout make an extremely rare duo of vehicles.
Fewer than 30 versions of the T150-C SS were ever produced, with only three being made by Pourtout Aerocoupés.
The 1939 version on display, designed by a man named Paulin, boasts a unique history.
The car was being built in the suburbs of Paris before the Second World War broke out.
It was hidden from the Nazis during their occupation of France, only to be completed in 1944.
The designer was one of the most celebrated automotive stylists of the mid-late 1930s before he became a key figure in the French resistance.
During the war, he reportedly became a spy for the British and was later betrayed, which led to his arrest in 1941.
Despite the British offering an escape plan, Paulin sacrificed himself to save the rest of his team.
He was executed in 1942, without ever seeing his beautifully designed motor completed.
Both motors are equipped with a 4-litre, six-cylinder engine boasting an impressive 170 brake horsepower.
In their prime, the cars could cruise effortlessly at 100 miles per hour on France’s open roads, as reported by Luxury Auto News.
The cars will now feature at the Concours of Elegance 2024, hosted at Hampton Court Palace, from 30 August to 1 September.
They will be alongside 60 of the world’s rarest cars, with a further 500 motors featuring that weekend.
A spokesperson for the Concours of Elegance said: “The Concours of Elegance 2024, which kicks off next week, will reunite two priceless, ultra-rare 1930s Talbot Lagos for the first time in decades.
“The pair of exceptional art deco streamliners – a T150-C SS bodied by Pourtout, and another by Fignoni and Falschi – will return to the limelight as part of a display of 60 of the world’s rarest and most spectacular automobiles.
“The two cars were produced by the sports car brand Talbot-Lago, which was formed when the mercurial Anglo-Italian engineer Anthony Lago turned his hand to rescue the struggling Automobiles Talbot in the early 1930s.
“In his effort to resurrect the firm, Lago enlisted the former Fiat and Sunbeam-Talbot-Darracq engineer, Walter Becchia to develop a range of glamourous, sporting models, hoping to create machines that combined competition capability with elegant grand touring design.”
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