Talbot AO75/90

This 1931 Talbot 75, later upgraded to 90 specification, is a Georges Roesch-designed car with an unusually well-documented life. It was ordered at the 1930 London Motor Show by the racing driver and record-breaker Major Goldie Gardner, and registered GO 8057 in March 1931. Its four-seater tourer coachwork by KC Bodies is described as unique. Fox & Nicholl are thought to have raised the car to the more powerful 90 specification at Gardner's request.

Gardner sold it within the year to 19-year-old John Harris, who later became a noted golf-course architect. Harris kept it for 45 years and covered more than 200,000 miles in it. In 1955 he took it to Goodwood, where Roesch himself drove it. Peter Pollard bought it in 1976, retrimmed the interior and used it sparingly. In the early 2000s he stripped the chassis, had the engine rebuilt by IS Polson and had the body repainted. The car appeared at the Concours of Elegance at Windsor Castle in 2016.

The car is said to retain its original coachwork, engine and 'silent third' gearbox. It has three owners from new. The history file includes period photographs and invoices dating back to the 1950s work by Fox & Nicholl. The price is on application.