Talbot-Simmins

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Talbot-Simmins | Pre War British Sports Cars

The Talbot-Simmins was based on the very popular Talbot Eight of the middle twenties, and had an extremely sporting performance for such a small-engined vehicle. The Simmins people went to great lengths to extract the maximum h.p. from the 987-c.c. (57 x 57.5-mm.) overhead-valve engine. Crankshaft and conrods were specially balanced, whilst the flywheel was lightened. Earlier cars had a sort of coiled pipe from the exhaust manifold, which acted as a hot-spot for the single Solex carburetter. Later and faster versions had twin Memini carburetters.

A gravity-cum- hand-pressure petrol tank was used; ignition was by Delco coil, and the drive was via a dry-plate clutch, three-speed gearbox to a solid back axle. Suspension was by quarter-elliptic all round, controlled by Hartford shock absorbers. It looked a real racer of the period, with its streamlined aluminium two-seater body, aero windscreens, and T.T.-type wings. It was mainly successful in speed events, and figured in the prize list of many of the hill-climbs around 1924.
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