Delage Type DR

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Delage Type DR.70 from 1929
Delage Type DR.70 from 1929
Type DR
Sales designation: Type DR.65, type DR.70
Production period: 1927-1929
Class : upper middle class
Body versions : Sedan , touring car , coupé , convertible , Pullman limousine
Engines: Otto engine :
2.2–2.5 liters
(38–45 hp)
Length: 4500 mm
Width: 1650 mm
Height:
Wheelbase : 3220 mm
Empty weight : 1500 kg
Previous model Delage Type DI
successor Delage Type DS
Delage Type DR.70 as a sedan from 1927
Described as Delage Type DR.70 from 1925, but the year of manufacture does not match the model

The Delage Type DR was a series of passenger cars from the French brand Delage . These included the Delage Type DR.65 and the Delage Type DR.70 .

description

First, the Type DR.70 received its approval from the national licensing authority on June 16, 1927. Type DR.65 followed six days later, and the vehicle with the number 24.360 was tested. Delage offered both models from July 1927 to November 1929. The predecessor was the Delage Type DI series . The successor was the Delage Type DS .

A six-cylinder engine powered the vehicles. The weaker version had 65 mm bore , 109 mm stroke , 2170 cm³ displacement , 12  Cheval fiscal and 38  HP engine power. In the other version, a 70 mm bore resulted in a displacement of 2517 cc, 14 CV and 45 hp. The bore was part of the type designation.

The chassis normally had a track width of 1320 mm and a wheelbase of 3220 mm . The Colonial version had a track width of 1340 mm. One source mentions 4500 mm vehicle length, 1650 mm vehicle width and 1500 kg empty weight .

Superstructures have been passed on as a sedan with four doors, touring cars with four doors, coupé , convertible , Brougham and Pullman sedan .

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 this model he confirms the construction period from 1927 to 1929. Of the 5296 vehicles produced, 66 still exist. Another source mentions 5367 vehicles.

Auctions

The Oldtimer Galerie Toffen offered on April 23, 2016 Type DR.70 1928 with a structure as Faux Cabriolet of Carrosserie Nouvelle Henri Levy from Paris to, expected a price from 30,000 to 40,000 Swiss francs , the vehicle but not sold. On October 14, 2017, it was auctioned for CHF 24,500.

On August 16, 2013, Bonhams auctioned a Type DR.70 from 1930 with a touring car body from the Australian company James Flood for 80,167 euros . The same vehicle was sold for $ 101,750 at a Sotheby’s auction in October 2017 .

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 DR  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Pierre Lachet: Technical data on the Autocyber page (French, accessed February 20, 2020)
  2. ^ 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).
  3. ↑ Information from Les Amis de Delage on Type DR.70 (PDF; French, accessed on January 20, 2020)
  4. ↑ Auction April 2016 (German, English and French, accessed March 1, 2020)
  5. ↑ Auction October 2017 (English, accessed March 1, 2020)
  6. ↑ August 2013 auction (accessed March 1, 2020)
  7. ↑ Auction October 2017 (English, accessed March 1, 2020)