Page 7 - Talbot-Lago T26 Grand Sport 110102

TOP: In America in late 1949 or early 1950 with Louise Barlow at the wheel. From the same April 1950 issue of Road and Track, which carried the photo of 110101. (Road and Track) ABOVE: Otto Zipper with mechanic working on 110102 in the early 1950s. Note the carefully arranged tools and that the hood had been completely removed. The picture looks staged. (© Archives Club Talbot)
picture of 110102 from 1950. The low-roofline of 108 would not have allowed a sunroof mechanism.
According to the build sheet, 110102 was delivered on September 27, 1949, almost a year later than 110108. The build sheet for 110102 specified that the color was black, whereas 110108 was grey. The earliest known picture of 110102 was printed in the October 1949 Paris Salon issue of l'Équipement Automobile. The next picture was published in the April 1950 issue of Road and Track. Both pictures showed a car, which was almost certainly black and with the higher rounder greenhouse not on 110108. In these pictures, the car carried a relatively thick chrome side strip and a chrome accent under the rear fender, both of which are now missing. These chrome accents were not on the Dubos body, which was first mounted on 110115. On contemporary photographs, 110102 can be distinguished from 110115 by these chrome trim pieces. Further, the chrome trim along the lower sills on 110102 is also absent on 110115.
On the build sheet for 110102, the engine, gearbox, and rear axle are all numbered 114. On the build sheet for 110108, these parts
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