Delage Type BK

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Delage Type BK
Delage Type BK
Type BK
Production period: 1915-1918
Class : Middle class
Body versions : Touring car
Engines: Gasoline engine :
2.7 liters
(27 hp)
Length:
Width:
Height:
Wheelbase : 3360 mm
Empty weight :
Previous model Delage Type AK

The Delage Type BK was an early passenger car model from the French brand Delage .

description

The national registration authority tested the vehicle with the number 5690 and engine number 623 and granted approval on December 23, 1915. Delage offered the model from 1915 to 1918. The predecessor was the Delage Type AK .

The vehicles were powered by a self-made 6- cylinder type 6 K engine. It had a 66 mm bore and 130 mm stroke . That resulted in a displacement of 2669 cm³ . The engine was rated 13  Cheval fiscal , but actually made 27  hp .

The chassis had a track width of 1400 mm and a wheelbase of 3360 mm . The open body was a torpedo with four seats.

Numbers of units and surviving vehicles

Peter Jacobs from the Delage Register of Great Britain compiled an overview of production figures and the number of vehicles that still exist in October 2006. His information on the construction times differ in some cases from the information given by the book authors. Numbers of the models before the First World War are unknown. For this model he confirms the construction period from 1915 to 1918. One vehicle still exists.

auction

On February 4, 2016, the Bonhams auction house offered an open touring car from collector Jean-Marie Prince and expected around 150,000 euros , but did not sell the vehicle.

literature

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

Web links

Commons : Delage Type BK  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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. 13 (English).
  2. ↑ Auction 2016 (English and French, accessed March 1, 2020)