Car & Classic Dealer

Polson Motor Co. Ltd

Mill Farm, Ashfield Green, Wickhambrook, Newmarket, Suffolk

CB8 8UZ

Polson Motor Co. Ltd

Brooklands Double-Twelve, BARC Six-Hours, Irish Grand Prix competitor, Le Mans Classic Eligible

At the end of 1928 a syndicate of Waltham and Hertford, Hertfordshire-based racing enthusiasts decided to pool their resources in order to enter International long-distance sports car racing seriously in 1929. In February 1929 Lagonda agreed to supply the syndicate with special competition ...

4,800
14 Dec 2022
Suffolk

As a Swiss, Talbot Chief Engineer, Georges Roesch, designed his cars with Alpine motoring in mind. With their combination of a strong and powerful push-rod six cylinder engine, powerful brakes, light and accurate steering and a compact, light yet sturdy chassis it is no surprise that Talbots excelled in the Alpine Trials of the 1930s. Then undoubtedly the foremost long distance rally and an incredible ...

27,000
19 Oct 2022
United Kingdom

As a Swiss, Talbot Chief Engineer, Georges Roesch, designed his cars with Alpine motoring in mind. With their combination of a strong and powerful push-rod six cylinder engine, powerful brakes, light and accurate steering and a compact, light yet sturdy chassis it is no surprise that Talbots excelled in the Alpine Trials of the 1930s, then undoubtedly the foremost long distance rally and an incredible ...

15
5 Jun 2022
Suffolk

"Lagonda cars have always upheld a reputation for effortless fast touring and the pride of ownership which fine detail work and distinguished coachbuilding can give. The 4½-Litre model retains these characteristics, but scores considerably over its forebears by its high power-to-weight ratio. The chassis is no bigger than the three litre car, and there is no suggestion of clumsiness, heavy steering ...

48
11 May 2022
Suffolk

The ex-Fox and Nicholl Team, 1932 Alpine Trial Coupe des Alpes Winning, 1932 Talbot AV105 coachwork by Vanden Plas

Among the most technologically sophisticated powerplants of the 1930s, the straight-six engine fitted to the '105' boasted a seven-bearing crankshaft, nickel chrome Swedish steel con-rods, four-bearing chrome-plated camshaft, vertically staggered inlet / exhaust ...

0
7 Mar 2022
Suffolk

As a Swiss, Talbot Chief Engineer, Georges Roesch, designed his cars with Alpine motoring in mind. With their combination of a strong and powerful push-rod six cylinder engine, powerful brakes, light and accurate steering and a compact, light yet sturdy chassis it is no surprise that Talbots excelled in the Alpine Trials of the 1930s, then undoubtedly the foremost long distance rally and an incredible ...

0
2 Jan 2022
Suffolk

As a Swiss, Talbot Chief Engineer, Georges Roesch, designed his cars with Alpine motoring in mind. With their combination of a strong and powerful push-rod six cylinder engine, powerful brakes, light and accurate steering and a compact, light yet sturdy chassis it is no surprise that Talbots excelled in the Alpine Trials of the 1930s, then undoubtedly the foremost long distance rally and an incredible ...

0
24 Dec 2021
Suffolk

Offered here from long term ownership is a well-known example of what is considered by many knowledgeable enthusiasts to be the finest British sporting car of the Vintage period.

Vauxhall 30-98 adherents will maintain that while Bentley generated greater publicity - thanks largely to their victories at Le Mans - the Vauxhall company (which raced at both Grand Prix and Tourist Trophy ...

0
4 Oct 2021
Suffolk

The arrival in 1909 of influential designer Louis Coatalen to Sunbeam and the pursuit of an effective competitions programme enabled the marque to establish a formidable reputation prior to WWI, its superbly made products enjoying a reputation rivalling that of the best from Lagonda and Bentley thereafter.

After the Great War the firm continued to be active in motor sport at the highest ...

8,986
24 Sep 2021
Suffolk

Like many people his age 20 year old Stuart Young dreamed of racing at venues such as Goodwood, Silverstone and Brands Hatch. Unlike most of his peers however, Stuart was in the fortunate position of having a father who was mad keen on racing having competed himself at Brooklands and having a successful family engineering business Weldandgrind that did a great deal of work for firms such as BRM and ...

0
27 Jun 2021
Suffolk

As a Swiss, Talbot Chief Engineer, Georges Roesch, designed his cars with Alpine motoring in mind. With their combination of a strong and powerful push-rod six cylinder engine, powerful brakes, light and accurate steering and a compact, light yet sturdy chassis it is no surprise that Talbots excelled in the Alpine Trials of the 1930s, then undoubtedly the foremost long distance rally and an incredible ...

6,800
29 Mar 2021
Suffolk

The Brasier marque originated in 1901 when engineer Henri Brasier left Mors to join Georges Richard, who together with his brother Max had been building cars since the late 1890s at Ivry-Port, Seine, France. Previously called 'Georges Richard', the cars were renamed 'Richard-Brasier' for 1904 and plain 'Brasier' after 1905 following Georges Richard's departure. On ...

0
11 Jan 2021
Suffolk

"Lagonda cars have always upheld a reputation for effortless fast touring and the pride of ownership which fine detail work and distinguished coachbuilding can give. The 4½-Litre model retains these characteristics, but scores considerably over its forebears by its high power-to-weight ratio. The chassis is no bigger than the three litre car, and there is no suggestion of clumsiness, heavy steering ...

34,660
13 Nov 2020
Suffolk

From the pen of Owen Maddock, Cooper’s first volume-produced small-capacity sportscar, the transverse leaf-sprung Type 39, was essentially a streamlined tube-frame single-seater chassis which, on its introduction in 1955, carried the Coventry Climax FWA engine mated to a Citroen-based ERSA gearbox. With its truncated tail, the model was quickly nicknamed ‘Bobtail,’ which stuck. A vestigial perch ...

0
27 Oct 2020
Suffolk