6 cylinder overhead valve engine 61mm X 95mm. 1666cc. Coil ignition with auto-advance. 12 volt crankshaft-mounted Dynamotor for starting and electrical power. 4 speed gate-change "crash" gearbox with single plate clutch. X-braced chassis with Weymann Sunshine Coupe body. Top speed 65 mph, 20 mpg , 46 BHP New price £425
Model History
Regarded as the model that saved Talbot in the mid-twenties. With flagging sales, engineering genius Georges Roesch was called in to design a new car to restore the company's fortunes. The result was the 14/45. It was delivered from drawing board to production in just six months. Its high revving engine featuring knife-edge rockers and "knitting needle" push-rods produced 50% more power per litre than was the norm and it was the sensation of the 1926 Motor Show. Nearly 12,000 14/45s were produced. It subsequently formed the basis of the larger engined model 75, 90 and 105 cars that proved so successful in the thirties.
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This car was delivered new by Warwick-Wright of Hanwell, Middlesex to a local doctor on 27th July 1929. Dr Helen Faraday-Gray kept the car until 1967, covering 45,000miles. One buff logbook records the extra petrol she was allocated during WW2 to enable her to visit her patients. She was herself disabled and had a Borg and Beck hydraulically powered clutch fitted that had a switch on the gear lever thus allowing 2 pedal operation. The body was repaired and the fabric recovered in the mid 80s and it passed into Michael Marshall's ownership in 1999. Michael embarked on an end-to-end mechanical overhaul that was meticulously recorded and has featured in the Talbot Owners Club magazine over a number of years. The body was originally green, became grey in the 80s and was repainted blue in 2004.The interior is believed to be the 1920s original.
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