Debuted in 1947, French marque Talbot-Lago’s short-wheelbase T26 Grand Sport was, for a fleeting span, the fastest production car on the planet. Only 32 chassis of the model were made, each mated to a six-cylinder power plant. Chassis No. 110102 was one of two dressed by coachbuilder Dubos Frères, and the only one still with us. An award-winner at the 1949 Concours d’Élégance du Bois de Boulogne, it was later bought and raced in period by sports-car dealer Otto Zipper before moving on to multiple owners and receiving a frame-off restoration in 1997. “Dubos isn’t Figoni & Falaschi, the most flamboyant and sought-after coachbuilder to body these cars, but it’s a lot (literally) of car to get you on the lawn at the world’s top-flight concours events," says Kidston. Regarding the dashboard alone, he refers to it as “Gallic eccentricity at its stylish best."
Estimate: Approx. $1.3 million to $1.6 million
Number build: 32
Engine: 4.5-liter, six-cylinder twin cam
Output: 190 hp
Top Speed: 120+ mph
From the article by Viju Mathew
