Talbot Samba Rallye

[Faker]

Old images removed and current ones added. Had the artwork done and well impressed. 

[trigger]

Smart!

[Jim Bell]

Nice!

[dollywobbler]

Smashing!

[Novanick1]

Brilliant!

[Sigmund Fraud]

Lovely ! Do those have a twin carb version of the 'suitcase' engine ?

[Faker]

Lovely ! Do those have a twin carb version of the 'suitcase' engine ?

Yep, twin carbs and suitcase engine.

[londonm]

That looks kind of interesting. Were the bumpers that colour originally?

[phil_lihp]

Sweet, love the colour scheme!

[Faker]

That looks kind of interesting. Were the bumpers that colour originally?

Thanks, the rallye did not come with coloured bumpers. However in keeping with the Motorsport theme I thought it would really suit blue bumpers. The chap doing this build is an absolute master. He asked me if I wanted to paint the bumpers and skirts, so I looked at a pile of them on google images and decided on blue. The painter picked the shade.

[Sigmund Fraud]

Please tell me that the Samba will be getting wide PTS stripes... It MUST get wide PTS stripes !!!

 

On a slightly different note, how do those things handle ? Do they share the characteristic 'amazing grip, then irritating understeer, then deadly lift-off oversteer' of 205s and 106s ?

[Junkman]

Isn't rally a sport where you sink a shitload of money into some shite just to hit a tree with it?

[vulgalour]

Almost.  You sink a load of cash into an unlikely car, drive very fast and try very hard not to crash.  Sometimes you manage it too.

[Faker]

Most definitely will have PTS stripes!

Sambas have no torsion beam rear suspension, they have adjustable rear trailing arms with struts. They reportedly handle really well. Really well painted too. It's now silver inside just like the factory built works rally cars from back in the day, and most modern WRC cars.

[Junkman]

Is there a practical reason why silver is the preferred choice for inside?

[Faker]

I have been advised that silver is easier to keep clean than white, which discolours easily when fluids or oils get spilt. Silver cabins do look very fresh and bright.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

SambaS is gonna blow a gasket when he sees this

[SambaS]

Pah.... show us ya Samba S then!

[Faker]

New thread created.

[Junkman]

Smashing!

 

No! Please no!!

[petr]

It looks realy good, Faker.

I have a Samba with the little 954 engine so I like to go round the corners as fast as I can, so as to not lose to much speed, as it takes a bit to get going again with all the power its got! I do find that on my car the tail comes out and it starts to oversteer, its only got skiny 135s on it though. But its good fun round the bends.

[Faker]

No! Please no!!

I'm sorry but I see the humour in this! Lol

[ianmac]

Not seen one of these in ages. Closely related to the Peugeot 104 if I remember correctly ?

[Faker]

Mot'd and on the road! Result.

[SambaS]

Are you the chap in Ireland who bough the Samba Trio recently?

[Faker]

Are you the chap in Ireland who bough the Samba Trio recently?

No Edd, not me.

[Faker]

[Honey Badger]

Nice looking car, excellent job on the rebuild.

 

I don't know much about the Talbot range, but is the tiny roof mounted dog a standard fitting?

[Faker]

Hi folks. Haven't posted for ages as i have moved house and have no tinternet yet. Picked the wee beauty up on Friday the 13th of December and brought her home. Once the weather improves a touch i will post some pics of it up. It truly is a thing of beauty. Its parked up in the garage next to the nova.

[SambaS]

I'd take mine out for a run today but the damn thing wont start. I think I need a bigger hammer!