When the fan hits the sh... A small Talbot disaster. Last Friday we planned a drive out with the editorial limousine, the french Talbot. It was sunny and fine and nothing could stop us. The idea was to change location in order to make room for the Amilcar to go out. It's always an interesting job to drive the xxl Talbot backwards out of the small garage and into the narrow driveway with soft S-curve... (it's a long wheel base
1931 K78 Saloon). After having overcome this small challenge the driving lasted for another 4 miles until most unpleasant sounds started to develop under the bonnet. The results are pictured above. The top water lead which is also
the cooling fan housing cracked open. This resulted the fast revving fan starting to look for a new position. On its way down it
broke the waterpump house which was not in very good shape anyway. Also the ventilator itself broke in pieces. On its way out one of those tried to create an extra louvre on the right hand side of the bonnet.
No further adventures were needed for that day, so we decided to return home with the car. I pulled the remains of the ventilator out of the radiator core (no leak!), cut the fan belt and drove the car home (the waterpump kept in position with a tie-rap was still working). Back at the shop I had to conclude that we will need a new used waterpump(house), a top waterlead, a ventilator (this last item is the smallest problem and probably can be welded). Already we are in contact with the always extremely helpful friends of
the Sunbeam Talbot Darracq Register. But these are relatively rare items, so we hope you can check your french Talbot spares. All parts from the M67, M75 and K75 series probably fit. And maybe even parts of the earlier DUS series. We hope to hear from you. The editorial Talbot likes to make a few more miles this summer!
