Delage Type D.8 (1929)
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 Delage Type D.8 with Chapron body
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| Type D.8 | |
| Sales designation: | Type D.8, Type D.8 S |
| Production period: | 1929-1934 |
| Class : | Upper class |
| Body versions : | Sedan , Pullman sedan , coupé , convertible , roadster , touring car |
| Engines: |
Otto engine : 4.1 liters (105-118 hp) |
| Length: | 4850 mm |
| Width: | 1700 mm |
| Height: | |
| Wheelbase : | 3310-3640 mm |
| Empty weight : | 1800-1980 kg |
| successor |
Delage Type D.8.100 Delage Type D.8.120 |
The Delage Type D.8 and the derived Delage Type D.8 S were passenger car models from the French brand Delage . There are also the spellings Delage Type D-8 , Delage Type D 8 and Delage Type D8 . For similarly named models see Delage Type D.8 .
description
The national approval authority granted the Type D.8 with the number 31.005 its approval on September 23, 1929. No separate type test has been handed down for type D.8 S. Delage offered the models from 1929 to 1934. There were no direct predecessors. The successors were Delage Type D.8.100 and Delage Type D.8.120 .
An eight-cylinder engine of the type M 7 drove the Type D.8 on. It had a 77 mm bore and 109 mm stroke . That resulted in a displacement of 4061 cm³ , 23 Cheval fiscal and 105 PS . The sports version Type D.8 S had an engine of the same size, Type MT 11 . It made 118 hp.
The chassis had either 1420 or 1480 mm track width , with the sports version always 1420 mm. The wheelbase was 3310 mm for the short version and the sports version, 3430 mm for the normal version and 3640 mm for the long version. For the sport version, 4850 mm length and 1700 mm width are given. The chassis weighed 1340 kg. The curb weight was between 1800 kg and 1980 kg. For the type D.8 S , a length of 4850 mm, a width of 1700 mm and a chassis weight of 1340 kg are also recorded.
Bodies are known as two- and four-door sedans , Pullman sedans , coupes , convertibles , roadsters and touring cars .
Record runs with a Type D.8 S
Ten international records were set between September 25 and 26, 1931. The drivers were Robert Sénéchal , Henri Frètet and Edmond Bourlier .
On February 28, 1932, the four Britons Kaye Don , George Eyston , Ernest Eldridge , Albert Denly and again Henri Frètet drove. They achieved six world records and three international records. Both trips took place in Montlhéry .
| date | event | place | vehicle | team | Result |
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| September 25-26, 1931 | Record runs | Montlhéry | Type D.8 S |
Robert Sénéchal / Edmond Bourlier / Henri Frètet |
International record over 500 kilometers International record over 500 miles International record over 1000 kilometers International record over 1000 miles International record over 2000 miles International record over 3000 kilometers International record over 3 hours International record over 6 hours International record over 12 hours International record over 24 hours |
| February 28-29, 1932 | Record runs | Montlhéry | Type D.8 S |
Kaye Don / Ernest Eldridge / Albert Denly / George Eyston / Henri Frètet |
World record over 500 kilometers World record over 1000 kilometers World record over 1000 miles World record over 2000 kilometers World record over 3 hours World record over 6 hours International record over 200 miles International record over 500 miles International record over 12 hours |
additional
The King of Yugoslavia Alexander I and French politician Louis Barthou were on 9 October 1934 victims an assassination attempt . They were shot in a delage. According to one source, it was a Delage Type DM . In another source, however, a Delage Type D.8 is mentioned.
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. For the Type D.8 , however , he gives the construction period from 1930 to 1933. Of the vehicles manufactured in 1902, there are still 20 normal, 16 Type D.8 C , 12 Type D.8 N and 8 Type D.8 L. Of the Type D.8 S , probably 99 units were made between 1931 and 1934, of which 36 were still are known. There are also 6 Type D.8 SS from the same period .
Auctions
On February 7, 2014, Artcurial auctioned a Type D.8 S from 1933 as a convertible by Pourtout for 949,720 euros.
The same auction house sold a 1931 Chapron Roadster for EUR 324,800 on the same day.
In December 2015, Sotheby’s auctioned a 1934 Type D.8 S with a convertible body from the Fernandez & Darrin body shop for $ 1,430,000.
Sotheby's also fetched $ 176,000 for a 1930 Cabriolet from Chapron in March 2016.
In June 2016, Osenat offered a vehicle that was originally a Chapron limousine body, but was converted into a pick-up in the years after World War II . The estimated price was between 20,000 and 30,000 euros. 61,200 euros were achieved.
In August 2017, Bonhams auctioned a Type D.8 S from 1933 as a Coupé by Letourneur et Marchand for 583,790 euros.
In February 2018, Bonhams achieved 109,250 euros for a 1931 Milord Cabriolet from Figoni & Falaschi .
In the same month Artcurial reached 274,160 euros for a Type D.8 S from 1932 with a Coupé body from Chapron.
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
- Information on the Type D.8 S from Les Amis de Delage (PDF; French)
- Pierre Lachet: Autocyber for Type D.8 S (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Pierre Lachet: Technical data for the Type D.8 on the Autocyber page (French, accessed on February 20, 2020)
- ↑ Pierre Lachet: Technical data for the Type D.8 S on the Autocyber page (French, accessed on February 20, 2020)
- ^ Daniel Cabart, Claude Rouxel, David Burgess-Wise: Delage. France's Finest Car . Volume 1. Dalton Watson, Deerfield 2007, ISBN 978-1-85443-219-3 , pp. 240-241 (English).
- ^ Daniel Cabart, Claude Rouxel, David Burgess-Wise: Delage. France's Finest Car . Volume 1. Dalton Watson, Deerfield 2007, ISBN 978-1-85443-219-3 , pp. 274 (English).
- ↑ Chroniques marseillaises des années trente (French, accessed February 8, 2020)
- ^ 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).
- ↑ Auction February 2014 (English and French, accessed March 1, 2020)
- ↑ Auction February 2014 (English and French, accessed March 1, 2020)
- ↑ Auction December 2015 (accessed March 1, 2020)
- ↑ Auction March 2016 (English, accessed March 1, 2020)
- ↑ Auction June 2016 (English and French, accessed March 1, 2020)
- ↑ August 2017 auction (accessed March 1, 2020)
- ↑ Auction February 2018 (English and French, accessed March 1, 2020)
- ↑ Auction February 2018 (English and French, accessed March 1, 2020)
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