NigelG Posted January 25, 2021 Share #14461 Posted January 25, 2021 Advertisement (gone after registration) Not a waste of time...😉 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted January 25, 2021 Posted January 25, 2021 Hi NigelG, Take a look here Name this car..... I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
Rona!d Posted January 25, 2021 Share #14462 Posted January 25, 2021 So may somebody do so 😉 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted January 26, 2021 Share #14463 Posted January 26, 2021 Nobody wants to find that mysterious french car? Wilson any idea? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted January 26, 2021 Share #14464 Posted January 26, 2021 I think it may be a Delage 15-S8 GP car from 1927. There were 4 of these made and I think 2 or 3 are left. The way the FIVA is heading, there will probably be 10 of them in a few years time. It could I suppose be the later D6R race car (1938-48) but I think that had transverse leaf André Dubonnet IRS, which from the photo of the front, this one doesn't. I still have nothing to post. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelG Posted January 26, 2021 Share #14465 Posted January 26, 2021 Correct make but not the right model... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted January 26, 2021 Share #14466 Posted January 26, 2021 Wilson, I was thinking of Delage 15S8 GP too, but couldn´t decide if it is this model exactely. My dealer has a nice 1929 Type D6 Special Roadster for sale. This could be a variant of a Type D6 here but the riddle has massive brakes and could have a MUCH larger engine. Judged by the exhaust this could well be the DH V12 (Brooklands Racer around 1923). Nigel has it a dark red stripe on the upper sides? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted January 26, 2021 Share #14467 Posted January 26, 2021 Advertisement (gone after registration) 13 minutes ago, Rona!d said: Wilson, I was thinking of Delage 15S8 GP too, but couldn´t decide if it is this model exactely. My dealer has a nice 1929 Type D6 Special Roadster for sale. This could be a variant of a Type D6 here but the riddle has massive brakes and could have a MUCH larger engine. Judged by the exhaust this could well be the DH V12 (Brooklands Racer around 1923). Nigel has it a dark red stripe on the upper sides? Ronald, I was thinking more of the small engined 2 litre V12 car GP from 1923. I didn't think the Brooklands DH big V12 originally had any front brakes at all, although they may have been added later. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted January 26, 2021 Share #14468 Posted January 26, 2021 V12 and early (around 1923) quite possible. I think the exhaust looks like they used on the 12 cyl. models. The dash looks still used in modern classic car racing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelG Posted January 26, 2021 Share #14469 Posted January 26, 2021 Ronald is correct - it's a 1923 Delage DH V12 and does indeed have distinctive stripes...😉 It was an earful to hear it driven hard. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 3 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=4126011'>More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted January 26, 2021 Share #14470 Posted January 26, 2021 What a biest, Nigel. I´m not sure if I ever saw it racing but I have an idea how well it sounds 😉 It was some fun looking for your riddle car, Nigel. Learned a lot I didn´t know and could refresh what I knew about 1920s french race cars. I was mainly focused on Talbot-Darracq and Delage but also learned a lot about how Delage has developed from the very early days until it´s end under Delahaye. Quite an impressive history. Thanks for that. While looking for old photos I found some old harddrives containing car shots, so I should be able to provide the next riddle car tomorrow. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted January 26, 2021 Share #14471 Posted January 26, 2021 We have to mention this: 10.7 ltrs. engine, 280 hp, only 1500 kg makes it a 240 km/h rocket. Imagine that on the old open public road racetracks it was driven in the early 1920s. WOW ! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Morgan Posted January 26, 2021 Share #14472 Posted January 26, 2021 Only 10.7 litres! Economy car...😀 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted January 26, 2021 Share #14473 Posted January 26, 2021 Delage is sort of being resurrected with yet another hopeless effort. Mid 7 litre V12 + hybrid, tandem seating and weird bodywork. Another triumph of optimism over common sense. https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/historic-delage-brand-revived-1085bhp-hybrid-hypercar Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted January 26, 2021 Share #14474 Posted January 26, 2021 vor 18 Minuten schrieb Charles Morgan: Only 10.7 litres! Economy car...😀 Charles, 10.7 litres/second 😉 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted January 26, 2021 Share #14475 Posted January 26, 2021 Gents, you might enjoy Nigels riddle car see racing at Goodwood´s Edwardian race and perform very well. Direct Youtube-link here. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted January 26, 2021 Share #14476 Posted January 26, 2021 Wilson - It might be more attractive than a Pontiac Aztec (Walter White's car in Breaking Bad) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelG Posted January 26, 2021 Share #14477 Posted January 26, 2021 3 hours ago, Charles Morgan said: Only 10.7 litres! Economy car...😀 Bear in mind if you watch the clip Rona!d posted you can see it up against a 28litre Fiat (only 4 cylinders though....😂) 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Morgan Posted January 26, 2021 Share #14478 Posted January 26, 2021 The Beast of Turin - I've seen that live at Prescott, and heard a talk from Duncan Pittaway about it. It is an extraordinary story and car,. It has run up the hill there, but it's not really its core skill! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted January 26, 2021 Share #14479 Posted January 26, 2021 Had to get the kids to bed otherwise I would have mentioned the 28ltr monster makes the 10.7 ltr riddle car look "small". Imagine 7ltr/cyl. Whew! And it´s chain-driven! Watch the chain shake (second 27 to second 30 in the video) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted January 26, 2021 Share #14480 Posted January 26, 2021 In my misspent youth, a man I was working for, around 1968, elected me as his riding mechanic for the London to Brighton run. I was not unwilling for as I thought, a gentle saunter down to Brighton, thinking about the film Genevieve. His car however, turned out to be an 80HP (around 9 litres) 1903 GP Mercedes, which he kept in a mews behind Harrods. It had been built as a 60 HP but up engined to an 80 HP, early in its life.Just to get me acclimatised to my duties, running the various oilers and using a paintbrush dipped in oil to lubricate the drive chains while driving, he took me for a run in the Mercedes two days before the event. The owner then proceeded to demonstrate that you really can do four wheel drifts on beaded edge tyres round a wet Hyde Park Corner roundabout. There was no speedometer, so I don't know what speed we were doing approaching the pylons on the entry to Brighton but we were overtaking everything in sight. Wilson 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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