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09/02/2021 11:25 am
Following Rich Sufficool’s inspirational post on Lago-Talbot (correctly referred to as Talbot-Lago but I was always taught as I’ve written and unfortunately can’t change now - old dogs and all that) which showcased the beautiful creations of Figoni Et Falaschi . I would like to kick-off a couple of posts featuring the work of rival in the flamboyance stakes: Jaques Saoutchik. Russian emigree to France. Coachbuilder to fine marques from the 1920s through the ‘30s and on into the early to mid ‘50s but who, in the immediate post-war era, took automotive art to a dizzy zenith of flambyant curves in colour and chrome.
1948 T26 Lago-Talbot (Ilario 1/43)
1950 T26 Lago-Talbot (ilario 1/43) originally two tone blue
09/02/2021 12:05 pm
Super pictures and comments Charles. I especially like the Talbot-Lago T26.
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09/02/2021 12:18 pm
Nice write-up and pictures Charles. The French produced some unique and beautiful cars.
Thanks for this.
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09/02/2021 12:34 pm
Here are most of my Saoutchik cars. And someday I will learn how to pronounce his name.
Topic starter
09/02/2021 12:45 pm
Very nice indeed, Harv' and you beat me to posting the Chromes 175 (all's fair in love and war - though I might sneak mine in, in a day or so). I had no Idea he had produced the Bucciali so this is a great education. And I've always pronounced it Sao (as in Paulo) tChick and if people have laughed, they've at least done it behind my back.
09/02/2021 1:38 pm
Rolling works of art!
09/02/2021 2:05 pm
Saoutchik also made great works over Pegaso chasis...
Pegaso Z102 Coach Saoutchik Series 2 by Matrix
Cheers
Keko Romero Sánchez
Cádiz, Spain
http://kekomovil.blogspot.com
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09/02/2021 2:13 pm
@keko-romero I quite agree. The Pegasos are his best works during the 1950s and I think among the nicest of European sports cars, generally.
09/02/2021 4:21 pm
I've always pronounced it in my head as a Russian hockey player! Sow-check! fantastic cars though -all of them. I almost always go for 50-60s designs but that 1948 in green and brown is a +++"Duesy"! 🤩
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09/02/2021 8:07 pm
John Kuvakas
Warrenton, VA
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10/02/2021 4:31 am
@jkuvakas hate to be difficult John, but I'm struggling to see a difference here except in form of writing.
são-tchik
sow-oot-chik
10/02/2021 5:50 am
Jaques Saoutchik was in fact an 'enFrenchment' of his real name, as he was a Bielorussian immigrant. His real name was Zswutchik. I don't speak French but I have heard the French pronunciation as 'so-sheek'.
Keko Romero Sánchez
Cádiz, Spain
http://kekomovil.blogspot.com
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10/02/2021 6:19 am
here is what the experts are saying ... Karl is right
in regards of his original name, the video below (I think it is in Ukrainian) refers to him as
Яків Савчук that is pronounced Yakov Savchouk. They state he is from Ukrainian descent even though he came to France from Belarus. The perfect person to help us with Ukrainian is Vlad @vlad-srk
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10/02/2021 6:36 am
@chav Perhaps you didn't notice that your experts are both pronouncing it differently? I would say that my...são-tchik.. pretty much resembles the author's...são-tcheek..
10/02/2021 6:39 am
@keko-romero Zswutchik sounds Polish to me.
Belarus, Ukraine, Russia, Bulgaria and several other countries use the Cyrillic alphabet, so it is important to know the original spelling of the name in order to pronounce it properly. BTW, the Cyrillic alphabet was developed in Bulgaria in the 9th century.
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