Re: Off-topic...though there may be Packards in this menagerie

Posted by 58L8134 On 2014/12/7 10:15:04

Hi Owen

The coachbuilder for the Talbot-Lago, if not Figoni & Falashi, might be Saoutchik. A well-known '48 Cadillac bodied by the latter carries frontal styling almost the same at this Talbot-Lago.

Saoutchik too practiced those broad sweeping chrome trim surfaces on the fenders. Both companies created bodies with wonderful proportions but always a bit overdone when it came to the accent garnishes. Neither seemed to have a feel for the broad grille themes becoming the norm as evidenced by their later bodies. F & F partnership ended in 1951, Figoni carried on afterward; Saoutchik lasted until 1955.

Steve