Usine's Delin

Emblem on the grille

Emblem at the entrance

Usines Delin stock from 1898

Usines Delin was a Belgian manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles from the Belgian city of Leuven , the capital of the province of Flemish Brabant .

Company history

J. Delin started a company in 1890 to manufacture bicycles under the name Derby . From 1898 the company traded as Usines Delin. Société Anonyme, Fabrique d'Automobiles et de Cycles . The first car was created in 1899. In January 1902 the company went into liquidation and was taken over by competitor Mathieu .

vehicles

In March 1899, the first car was exhibited at an exhibition in Brussels . It had a two-cylinder engine from the French company Loyal , a friction gear and the Duc body shape. This was followed in 1900 by a Victoria Combination voiturette , a tricycle with a 2.5 hp engine and a motorcycle with a 1.75 hp engine. From 1901 there were four models: a two-seater Voiturette with a 2.75 hp engine, a four-seater with a 4 hp engine, a four-seater tonneau with an 8 hp engine and a delivery van with a 4 hp engine.

Three vehicles still exist today: One in the Smålands Bil-, Musik och Leksamsmuseum in Rydaholm, Sweden, one in the Museo del Automóvil in Uruguay , and one in the hands of a Belgian collector who occasionally uses the vehicle at the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run .

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  Delin from 1901 in the Smålands Bil-, Musik och Leksamsmuseum

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  Delin from 1901 in London

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  Delin from 1901 in London

literature

• Yvette Kupélian, Jacques Kupélian and Jacques Sirtaine: Histoire de l'automobile belge. Paul Legrain, Brussels, ISBN 2-8705-7001-5 and epa, Paris, ISBN 2-8512-0090-9 (French)
• George Nick Georgano : Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, 1975 (French)

Web links

Commons : Usines Delin  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ www.icom-uruguay.org (accessed April 28, 2012)
2. ↑ Starting number 96 on the 2011 trip from London to Brighton (accessed on April 28, 2012)