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1927 Delage Grand Prix Car (170 Horse Power)

Louis Delage was born in France in 1874. He worked for the Peugeot Com pany as a draftsman before starting his own automotive empire on a modest scale in 1905. Throughout the course of its history, the Delage Company concentrated on building luxurious, rather expensive, but usually very fast touring cars. Delage entered his cars in European racing competitions and enjoyed considerable early success.

By 1926, the Grand Prix formula for racing automobiles had changed. Racing officials were disturbed at the increasing speed of race cars and decided to reduce the engine capacity from 2 liters to 1.5 liters. In order to continue his participation in racing, Delage instructed his designer, Albert Lory, to develop a car that would fit the new 1.5-liter ruling. The result was the 1927 Delage automobile, one of the most expensive and technically advanced machines of its time. In appearance, it was remarkable for its low overall height. Lory used an offset monoposto layout, the engine, transmission and differential being offset to the left. The driver sat very low on the right with the drive shaft extending alongside him at hip height. Lory also took advantage of improved road conditions by designing the new car for a ground clearance of only four inches.

There were innovations in the design of the en¬gine as well. The straight-eight-cylinder powerplant yielded 170 horsepower at 8,000 revolutions per minute. In keeping with the standard operating procedure, the block and head were integral, but it was unusual in that all eight cylinders were cast in one piece. The engine had twin over¬head camshafts, each running in nine roller races, and the one-piece crankshaft ran in nine roller bearings. The engine used a total of more than 60 roller and ball bearings. One of the most extraordinary aspects of the inner workings of the car was that Lory managed to include 19 timing gears in the engine (and an additional four in the original 1926 supercharged layout), which was probably some sort of a record.

When the car first appeared in public in 1926, however, it had several defects. The most serious drawback was that the automobile generated unbearable cockpit temperatures because of the location of the exhaust system. Lory redesigned the car to correct this problem, and the 1927 Delage became invincible. During 1927, the Delage au¬tomobile won the French, Spanish, European and RAC Grands Prix.

Despite his outstanding record, Louis Delage withdrew from the racing scene at the end of 1927 and ceased all design and production of any additional Delage racing cars. His prize-winning 1927 Delage automobiles were eventually sold to private owners, some of whom continued to enter them in racing events.
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