Delage Type 2 LS

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Type 2 LS
Production period: 1922
Class : race car
Body versions : Phaeton
Engines: Otto engine :
2.0 liters
(75 hp)
Length:
Width:
Height:
Wheelbase : 2980 mm
Empty weight : 900 kg
successor Delage Type 2 LCV

The Delage Type 2 LS was a racing car from the French brand Delage .

description

The vehicle with the chassis number 8799 and the engine number 1 was approved by the national registration authority on May 26, 1922. Delage only used the model in one race in 1923 and 1925. The successor was the Delage Type 2 LCV .

The basis was the Delage Type DE . Its four-cylinder engine was reduced in size so that it complied with the displacement limit. It had a 70 mm bore and 130 mm stroke . That resulted in a capacity of 2000 cc and 12  Cheval fiscal . The engine developed 75  hp (55 kW). The specified maximum speed is 120 km / h.

The vehicle had a track width of 1320 mm and a wheelbase of 2980 mm and weighed 900 kg when empty .

A total of two vehicles were built.

Races

On July 15, 1923, the Gran Premio de San Sebastián took place. Charles Belben started with the number 17 and reached second place in the class up to 2 liters.

On September 20, 1925, the Gran Premio de Tourisme de San Sebastián was . André Marandet started but dropped out.

date event place vehicle team Result
07/15/1923 Gran Premio de San Sebastian San Sebastian Type 2 LS Charles Belben /? 2nd place in the class up to 2 liters displacement
09/20/1925 Gran Premio de Tourisme de San Sebastián San Sebastian Type 2 LS André Marandet Goal not achieved

literature

  • Daniel Cabart, Claude Rouxel, David Burgess-Wise: Delage. France's Finest Car . Dalton Watson, Deerfield 2007, ISBN 978-1-85443-219-3 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Daniel Cabart, Claude Rouxel, David Burgess-Wise: Delage. France's Finest Car . Volume 2. Dalton Watson, Deerfield 2007, ISBN 978-1-85443-219-3 , pp. 19-21 (English).