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This fascinating righthand drive British-built Talbot was apparently delivered in chassis form to The Western Motor Company of Glasgow in February 1910, and is known to have served in France as an ambulance during WWI. The current Waggonnette body is presumed to have been a post-1918 addition and was fitted to the car when it was unearthed in Scotland during the 1970s. A restoration ensued and the refurbished Talbot is understood to have featured in the 1978 film version of the Thirty-Nine Steps. 'HS 316' is finished in Cream over Brown and trimmed in imitation Brown leather. The vendor describes the bodywork, four-cylinder engine (complete with new rings fitted to the pistons), and four-speed manual transmission as 'sound', the paintwork as 'good', and the interior as 'clean'. The venerable Waggonnette has remained in its current ownership since 1986 and is being offered complete with a dating certificate courtesy of the Veteran Car Club of Great Britain.