What it is 243...SOLVED>>>Delage 3-litre Type X

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October 06, 2008, 08:15:51 AM Last Edit: January 20, 2021, 02:25:21 AM by Oguerrerob
"Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are ruined. The great object is that every man be armed. Everyone who is able may have a gun."-Patrick Henry

GRAYWOLF

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October 13, 2008, 07:57:16 PM
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"Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are ruined. The great object is that every man be armed. Everyone who is able may have a gun."-Patrick Henry

Allan L

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October 14, 2008, 02:30:17 AM
That's a 1913 Grand Prix Delage
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October 14, 2008, 09:37:06 PM
close.
"Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are ruined. The great object is that every man be armed. Everyone who is able may have a gun."-Patrick Henry

Allan L

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October 15, 2008, 02:43:54 AM
Yes, actually it's from 1911 when there was no Grand Prix, but it raced in the Coupe de l'Auto which was held instead.
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October 15, 2008, 10:07:25 PM
I don't know the year (I didn't take that down)...It has a model name that isn't really related to a race.
"Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are ruined. The great object is that every man be armed. Everyone who is able may have a gun."-Patrick Henry

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October 16, 2008, 03:18:48 AM Last Edit: October 16, 2008, 03:26:20 AM by Allan L
Quote from: GRAYWOLF on October 15, 2008, 10:07:25 PM
I don't know the year (I didn't take that down)...It has a model name that isn't really related to a race.
Sometimes referred to as the Model X, but I think that's a post hoc name.
It is a well-known car here, owned for many years by Sir John Briscoe (who called it "Denise")and may still be in that family.
There was a long piece on the history, finding and restoring the car by John (Lord) Charnwood in the VSCC Bulletin in Autumn 1952
These cars finished 1, 3 and 4 in the Coupe de l'Auto and this was the winner (driven by Bablot)
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