1952 Sunbeam Talbot 90, 2267cc. Registration number HKY 110....

Hammer

£1,600

1952 Sunbeam Talbot 90, 2267cc. Registration number HKY 110. Chassis number not found. Engine number found.
There is no paperwork with this vehicle.
In the late 1940s, the Sunbeam and Talbot names still had a sporting resonance despite ownership since 1935 by the rationalising Rootes Brothers. The first post-war cars were warmed-over 1930s types, but in June 1948 came genuine new models.
The 90 came as a four-door saloon with a pillarless join between rear door and quarter-window, or as a four-seater drophead coupé. Both had rear wheel spats, and the 90 became one of the most successful rally cars of its time in the hands of drivers like Stirling Moss, Sheila Van Damm and Mike Hawthorn.
From September 1950, the Sunbeam-Talbot 90 MkII brought a much better big-bore engine with 2267cc and 70bhp, plus a stronger chassis with a central cruciform brace, independent front suspension and Panhard rod location for the rear axle. Air intake grilles replaced the twin foglamps of the early cars, and headlamps were raised. This was the classic 90, capable of 86mph. There was a more powerful, 77bhp, version of the engine from October 1952, when the MkIIA models appeared. These had bigger brakes to cope, plus ventilated disc wheels, and they lost the rear wheel spats.
This example appears to have been off the road since 1985 and dry stored with our deceased vendors other vehicles. It appears to be in overall good condition.
One of Spicers clients has seen it and stated he owned it in 1961, buying it from a garage in Hull and selling it to a bank manager a year later to by a Vincent Rapide! During his ownership it had rear spats fitted.