1223 Delage Bequet 2 seater Grand Prix (1921 : 1926)
Delage Bequet 2 seater Grand Prix (1921 : 1926) Engine 11,762cc Twin SparkHispano Suiza V8 Aero engine of 180bhp
DELAGE SET
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The best thing at the Bicester scrambles is that you have no idea what you will see. This one in one of the garage - showrooms is an absolute gem.
Normally seen racing at VSCC speed events, the Delage Bequet started life as the chassis of what is believed to be one of the first of the 1923 Delage 2LCV Grand Prix cars, this sophisticated race car featured a 2 litre V12 engine and would have been raced with and without a supercharger. The 2LCV was not particularly successful and by 1926 would have been rendered obsolete for Grand Prix racing as the Formula opted for a reduced 1500cc displacement. This prompted Delage to sell the car and develope the altogether more successful 15 S8 for the 1926 and 1927 seasons.
Equipping an old race car with a fighter plane engine was nothing new in the 1920s, and this old warhorse was no exception, at the behest of privateer Maurice Bequet and his business partner Roland Coty the Delage Grand Prix chassis was mated to a Hispano Suiza V8 engine originally used in a Spad airoplane. Bequet was familiar with this engine having worked with them alongside Louis Bleriot in the Great War as an engineer at Spad. The engine was aquired as war surplus, in 1926
Bequet himself was a successful race driver as early as 1922 he had finished second in the Targa Florio in a Peugeot and had raced a 1914 Alda fitted with the same Hispano Suiza engine.
The Delages ladder frame, suspension and brakes were retained but the original V12 was exchanged for the V8 Hispano Suiza engines of almost six times the displacement, fed by a Zenith carburettor and twin spark ignition it produced 180bhp and a tree stump puling ammount of torque. The lightweight body was modified but the special weighed in at 875 kg compared with the original 690 kg. in 1926 it was entered in two Grand Prix, but was heavily handicapped but managed a close second at the Grand Prix de la Baule after being forced to start 4 laps behind. It was shown at the 1926 Paris Salon and subsequently used as a roadcar, and competed successfully in some minor events. Bequet and Coty finally sold the car in 1936 and it is now ne just three remaining 1923-1925 Delage Grand Prix cars to survive.
Diolch am 77,922,695 o olygfeydd anhygoel, mae pob un yn cael ei werthfawrogi'n fawr.
Thanks for 77,922,695 amazing views, every one is greatly appreciated.
Shot 06.10.2019 at Bicester Scramble, Bicester, Oxon. 143-1223
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1223 Delage Bequet 2 seater Grand Prix (1921 : 1926)
Delage Bequet 2 seater Grand Prix (1921 : 1926) Engine 11,762cc Twin SparkHispano Suiza V8 Aero engine of 180bhp
DELAGE SET
www.flickr.com/photos/45676495@N05/sets/72157623789136964...
The best thing at the Bicester scrambles is that you have no idea what you will see. This one in one of the garage - showrooms is an absolute gem.
Normally seen racing at VSCC speed events, the Delage Bequet started life as the chassis of what is believed to be one of the first of the 1923 Delage 2LCV Grand Prix cars, this sophisticated race car featured a 2 litre V12 engine and would have been raced with and without a supercharger. The 2LCV was not particularly successful and by 1926 would have been rendered obsolete for Grand Prix racing as the Formula opted for a reduced 1500cc displacement. This prompted Delage to sell the car and develope the altogether more successful 15 S8 for the 1926 and 1927 seasons.
Equipping an old race car with a fighter plane engine was nothing new in the 1920s, and this old warhorse was no exception, at the behest of privateer Maurice Bequet and his business partner Roland Coty the Delage Grand Prix chassis was mated to a Hispano Suiza V8 engine originally used in a Spad airoplane. Bequet was familiar with this engine having worked with them alongside Louis Bleriot in the Great War as an engineer at Spad. The engine was aquired as war surplus, in 1926
Bequet himself was a successful race driver as early as 1922 he had finished second in the Targa Florio in a Peugeot and had raced a 1914 Alda fitted with the same Hispano Suiza engine.
The Delages ladder frame, suspension and brakes were retained but the original V12 was exchanged for the V8 Hispano Suiza engines of almost six times the displacement, fed by a Zenith carburettor and twin spark ignition it produced 180bhp and a tree stump puling ammount of torque. The lightweight body was modified but the special weighed in at 875 kg compared with the original 690 kg. in 1926 it was entered in two Grand Prix, but was heavily handicapped but managed a close second at the Grand Prix de la Baule after being forced to start 4 laps behind. It was shown at the 1926 Paris Salon and subsequently used as a roadcar, and competed successfully in some minor events. Bequet and Coty finally sold the car in 1936 and it is now ne just three remaining 1923-1925 Delage Grand Prix cars to survive.
Diolch am 77,922,695 o olygfeydd anhygoel, mae pob un yn cael ei werthfawrogi'n fawr.
Thanks for 77,922,695 amazing views, every one is greatly appreciated.
Shot 06.10.2019 at Bicester Scramble, Bicester, Oxon. 143-1223
.