• Year of manufacture 
    1983
  • Car type 
    Other
  • Lot number 
    218
  • Condition 
    Used
  • Location
    France
  • Exterior colour 
    Other

Description

1983 TALBOT SAMBA RALLYE GROUPE B EVOLUTION

Unregistered
Chassis n° VF451A611CP494608

Car used to homologate the Samba Group B Evolution
Exceptional original condition
In a major European collection for over 25 years

Competing in the under-1300cc class and with its light weight and agile handling, the Talbot Samba Rallye made many amateur drivers in Group B very happy. According to Hervé Charbonneaux, who rallied the model in period (with a best time at the Chamonix 24 Hours race in 1989) and therefore knows it well, the car we are presenting was kept in stock when new by Peugeot Talbot Sport. It was used to obtain the FIA homologation papers for the Samba Evolution. It was then driven in the 1983 Terre de Provence rally by J-P Nicolas, who finished third.
Its current owner bought it at the start of the 1990s, along with some other Group B cars, attracted by its original condition. It has not been driven since and will need to be recommissioned. The car is exactly as it looked when homologated, in the livery of PTS and its sponsors Shell and Michelin, and with its aluminium roll cage (now outlawed), its wheels shod with Michelin TRX tyres, period bucket seats and harnesses, as well as all its characteristic features, such as its polyester doors, boot and bonnet, Plexiglas windows, wheel arch extensions and, inside, the dashboard specific to the model, Terratrip and other special equipment. Under the bonnet, the original engine is fitted with two Weber carburettors. The front discs are from the 205 T16 Evo 1, while the front suspension uses wishbones and has a wider track.
As Hervé Charbonneaux has confirmed, it is a radical car with a lively engine which goes fast and stops well. Today, this little car, which is quick and fun to drive and is in exceptionally preserved condition, undoubtedly represents one of the most affordable ways to enter the legendary world of Group B.

Photo © Philipp Löhmann

The auction of this lot will take place on Friday 18 March 2022.
https://www.artcurial.com/fr/lot-1982-talbot-samba-groupe-b-evolution-no-reserve-4134-218


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