Description
French registration document
Six-cylinder pushrod
2438 cm³
Six-window limousine
strapontins
Original interior
Good condition for its age
In the early 1920s, Talbot launched a range of four-cylinder overhead-valve pushrod cars that immediately enjoyed respectable success. The boss, Owen Clegg, decided to go further and a six-cylinder was developed by his engineer Vincenzo Bertarione, with identical valvetrain. This engine would be offered in several displacements and serve as the basis for the most widespread Talbots up to the early 1930s. Within this range, the K74 appeared in 1925, with a 2. 5‑litre engine developing 58 bhp. In his work on the marque, Alain Spitz notes that La Vie Automobile of 25 June 1929 reported a top speed of 111 km/ h, a very respectable figure at a time when the majority of touring cars topped out at around 80 km/ h. Talbots also boasted a finish superior to the average.
