Detail Info for: 1954 Sunbeam Talbot

Transaction Info

Sold On:

08/02/2010

Price:

$ 2550.00

Condition:

Used

Mileage:

Location:

san jose, CA, 95132

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Vehicle Specification

Year Make Model:

1954 Other Makes talbot

Submodel Body Type:

alpine Convertible

Engine:

Unspecified

Transmission:

Unspecified

VIN:

a3014098lr0

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Drive Train:

Fuel Type:

Gasoline

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Vehicle Detail

Up for sale is a 1954 Sunbeam Talbot. This is a very rare collection car. In fact, it is the only one listing right now. This is not a running vehicle. It need engine restoration. body is straight, with no dent. Is has light golden color, but it should need a new paint job. It has a little rust here and there but nothing is major. The previous owner told me that the car was restored 4 years ago but he could not get it car to run. It will come with a Ford V8 engine and transmission. It will also come with 80-90% original parts. If you have any question just send me an email. Thank you I will post pictures of the car later on today. On Jul-30-10 at 17:24:22 PDT, seller added the following information: I did a little research on the car and here is what I got: this car was also in the movie "To Catch a Theft" The Alpine Mark I and Mark III (no Mark II was made) were hand built – like the 90 drophead coupé – at Thrupp & Maberly coachbuilders from 1953 to 1955, remaining in production for only two years with 1,582 automobiles produced. The majority of production (a little over 1,000 vehicles) were exported, primarily to the USA, as left hand drive models. It has been estimated that perhaps as few as 200 have survived. 1954 Alpine convertible in 2008 In the 1953 Alpine Rally four Alpines won the Coupe des Alpes, one of which, finishing 6th, was driven by Stirling Moss; Sheila van Damm won the Coupe Des Dames in the same rally.[3] Very few of these cars are ever seen on the big screen. However, a sapphire blue Alpine roadster featured prominently in the 1955 Alfred Hitchcock film To Catch a Thief starring Cary Grant and Grace Kelly. More recently, the American PBS show History Detectives tried to verify that an Alpine roadster owned by a private individual was the actual car used in that movie. Although the Technicolor process could "hide" the car's true colour, and knowing that the car was shipped back from Monaco to the USA for use in front of a greenscreen, the car shown on the programme was ultimately proven not to be the film car upon comparison of the vehicle identification numbers.