Author Topic: Solved - MJW #058 - Delaney Sports 1954; AKA Delaney Delta (Read 2630 times)

woodinsight · « **on:** October 10, 2010, 03:29:33 PM »

Make and year for a point

woodinsight · « **Reply #1 on:** October 21, 2010, 02:13:49 PM »

Some expertise needed I think!

barrett · « **Reply #2 on:** October 22, 2010, 01:42:14 PM »

Nice!
A wild guess, but any Marcos connection?

woodinsight · « **Reply #3 on:** October 22, 2010, 02:08:45 PM »

There is a resemblance to an early Marcos but nothing to do with this one.......

woodinsight · « **Reply #4 on:** November 05, 2010, 04:28:09 PM »

Moving up to pro level

Paul Jaray · « **Reply #5 on:** November 07, 2010, 05:45:29 PM »

That's a Delaney!
This very unusual sports racer was built by Eric Delaney so that he could compete in the 1950's '750 Motor Club' races. Built by the Delaney-Gallay works in London the car has an all-aluminium body, a John Griffith's (of Cooper) designed twin-rail chassis and an even more unusual supercharged engine. The highly modified E93A engine has a balanced crank, polished rods, modified head, competition springs, race camshaft, vertex magneto and specially designed alloy sump. The engine is fed by a Ken Roberts' (Wade Supercharging) designed Marshall-Nordic manifold and supercharger. The car also has a Ford close-ratio 3 speed gearbox and NEW Alan Baillie built foam-filled fuel-tanks!

woodinsight · « **Reply #6 on:** November 08, 2010, 02:11:25 AM »

It's the Delaney!
Excellent full reply PJ.
Another point for you.

Allan L · « **Reply #7 on:** November 08, 2010, 06:18:02 AM »

Quote from: Paul Jaray on November 07, 2010, 05:45:29 PM

That's a Delaney!
This very unusual sports racer was built by Eric Delaney so that he could compete in the 1950's '750 Motor Club' races. Built by the Delaney-Gallay works in London the car has an all-aluminium body, a John Griffith's (of Cooper) designed twin-rail chassis and an even more unusual supercharged engine. The highly modified E93A engine has a balanced crank, polished rods, modified head, competition springs, race camshaft, vertex magneto and specially designed alloy sump. The engine is fed by a Ken Roberts' (Wade Supercharging) designed Marshall-Nordic manifold and supercharger. The car also has a Ford close-ratio 3 speed gearbox and NEW Alan Baillie built foam-filled fuel-tanks!

Several things in that description seem odd to me:
750MC racing's "1172 Formula" was for unsupercharged Ford (E93A at first, and 100E) engines.
Further to that, Wade superchargers and Marshall-Nordec were different companies with (slightly) different products.
May have a line to Eric Delaney, if he was one of the Delaney-Gallay Delaneys.

woodinsight · « **Reply #8 on:** December 05, 2011, 12:18:32 PM »

Two views when the car was new -

Wendax · « **Reply #9 on:** October 31, 2013, 07:34:39 AM »

The car is still around and currently for sale in France:

grobmotorix · « **Reply #10 on:** November 01, 2013, 06:17:52 AM »

WOW!

What a gorgeous little machine...

Wendax · « **Reply #11 on:** November 02, 2013, 08:44:07 AM »

... and with the roof taken off:

Carnut · « **Reply #12 on:** January 09, 2014, 07:32:04 AM »

What's this, based on what and from when - for 1 point?:

ANYONE FOUND GIVING ANSWERS OBTAINED BY USING GOOGLE SEARCH BY IMAGE MAY BE BANNED FOR AN INDETERMINATE PERIOD!

Carnut · « **Reply #13 on:** January 16, 2014, 05:33:39 AM »

Experts?

AlexFrance · « **Reply #14 on:** January 16, 2014, 05:38:29 AM »

From the UK?

Carnut · « **Reply #15 on:** January 16, 2014, 06:22:43 AM »

Quote from: AlexFrance on January 16, 2014, 05:38:29 AM

From the UK?

Yes..

gilescooperuk · « **Reply #16 on:** January 16, 2014, 06:16:47 PM »

Looks like a modified Moss Monaco?

Carnut · « **Reply #17 on:** January 17, 2014, 04:32:01 AM »

Quote from: gilescooperuk on January 16, 2014, 06:16:47 PM

Looks like a modified Moss Monaco?

No connection there - it's much older..

shamrock · « **Reply #18 on:** January 17, 2014, 05:50:32 AM »

grenfell special

Carnut · « **Reply #19 on:** January 17, 2014, 05:56:29 AM »

Quote from: shamrock on January 17, 2014, 05:50:32 AM

grenfell special

No..

And I've just noticed I've passed the 20000 posts mark.
I wonder when that was; must have been yesterday!

gilescooperuk · « **Reply #20 on:** January 17, 2014, 03:02:23 PM »

home build - or bought complete?

Carnut · « **Reply #21 on:** January 20, 2014, 05:44:21 AM »

Quote from: gilescooperuk on January 17, 2014, 03:02:23 PM

home build - or bought complete?

It's a home-built one-off.

AlexFrance · « **Reply #22 on:** January 20, 2014, 08:20:17 AM »

Congrats on your 20.000th post!

The wheels do not point in that direction but could it be based on a Austin Seven chassis?

Carnut · « **Reply #23 on:** January 20, 2014, 09:04:02 AM »

Quote from: AlexFrance on January 20, 2014, 08:20:17 AM

Congrats on your 20.000th post!

The wheels do not point in that direction but could it be based on a Austin Seven chassis?

Thanks!
No, it's not Austin based.

AlexFrance · « **Reply #24 on:** January 20, 2014, 10:53:24 AM »

What about MG?

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Author Topic: Solved - MJW #058 - Delaney Sports 1954; AKA Delaney Delta (Read 2630 times)