Talbot 10/23
Car : Talbot 10/23
Year : 1923
Engine : 4 cylinders in line
Bore and stroke :60×95 mm
Cylinder capacity : 1075 cc
Gears : 3 forward
Brake horse power :23
Maximum speed : 50 mph
Wheelbase : 9 ft 4¼ ins (2.87 m)
Suspension : front and rear :semi-elliptic leaf- springs
The Talbot Company began as Clement-Talbot in London in 1903 as a joint verture by Adolphe Clément, Lord shrewsbury and Talbot. Its initial purpose was to import the French Clément-Bayard cars, but in 1906 it started independent production, marketing its cars under the name Talbot. In 1919 Clément- Talbot was bought by the French frim Darracq, and in 1920 this absorbed Sunbeam as well, and S.T.D. Motors was formed. Following this transaction matters became more complicated as Darracq was known as Talbot in France and Talbot-Darracq in Britain. In racing the group’s cars were known as either Sunbeam, Talbot or Darracq.

The car pictured here is, in fact, an English-built Talbot. It was a development of the 1922 8/18 and it was the work of the designer George Roesch. The engine had overhead valves, coil ignition, the differential was on the rear axle and the wheelbase was longer than the 8/18’s, enabling it to carry four people. In 1935 the S.T.D. group was acquired by the Rootes broters, and the French by Major Antony Lago, whose products became known as Lago- Talbots.