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Delage and three
At Brooklands: " Kay Petre got three lap records, her first two in 1934, first in a Bugatti at 124 mph then in a Delage at 129. 58 mph.

Delage and cars
Typically made by Alfa Romeo, Bugatti, Delage, Delahaye, Duesenberg, Mercedes-Benz, Lincoln, Cadillac, and others, these extremely stylish prestige cars were favored by film stars, aristocrats, playboys, and gangsters for projecting dashing and extravagant images.
French cars continued to dominate ( led by Bugatti, but also including Delage and Delahaye ) until the late 1920s, when the Italians ( Alfa Romeo and Maserati ) began to beat the French cars regularly.
These cars were priced against large luxurious cars from the likes of Delahaye, Delage, Hotchkiss and Salmson.
When the war concluded, Delage moved away from the small cars its reputation rested on toward larger cars.
But Louis Delage would not admit defeat, and with the help of a businessman called Walter Watney created the Société Nouvelle des Automobiles Delage ( SAFAD ), to market Delage cars, assembled from production Delahayes.
There was a series of 1 / 24 old cars and small trucks including golden age European types — Delahaye, Delage, certain Bugattis, the 4. 5-liter " Blower " Bentley, and others that were not, and have not yet been, kitted by other manufacturers in that scale.
Johnson raced Delage, Talbot-Lago and ERA cars in single-seater events between 1946 and 1950.
There is also a car theme with Lancia Drive, Lagonda Drive, Bugatti Drive, Mercedes Road, Maserati Drive and Peugeot Drive becoming main thoroughfares and Fiat, Ferrari, Cadillac, Ford, Alfa, Renault, Rambler, Vauxhall, Buick, Leyland, Delaunay, Daimler, Stutz, Morgan, Sunbeam Place, Pontiac Place, Chevrolet Place, Delage Place and Oldsmobile Place being named after cars too.

Delage and with
* In 1994, Guy Delage was the first man to allegedly swim across the Atlantic Ocean ( with the help of a kick board, from Cape Verde to Barbados ).
Although she is always associated with the Delage, Kay started racing in a Wolseley Hornet Special bought for her by her husband.
At this time, Nieuport became Nieuport-Astra, with the absorption of Société Astra, a company known for aerial balloons, though this name would not be used for long, before becoming Nieuport-Delage, in honour of the work of the chief designer, Gustave Delage, who had been running the company throughout the war years.
Despite the many successes achieved with 29 and 31 in setting speed and altitude records, Delage quickly embarked on a new design ( The Nieuport-Delage NiD. 42 ) that was to provide the basis for a family of aircraft that would remain in service until the fall of France during World War II.
In 1932, as a result of the amalgamations taking place in the French aviation industry, Delage retired and Nieuport-Delage was briefly renamed Nieuport again, before merging with Loire Aviation to form Loire-Nieuport, which was reformed as SNCAO during the mergers in the French aircraft industry.
* Guy Delage, the first person to allegedly swim across the Atlantic with the help of a kick board from the Cape Verde Islands to Barbados in 1994.
Delage initially produced parts for Helbé, with the De Dion-Bouton engine and chassis assembled by Helbé ; Delage added only the body.
Like other early carmakers, Delage participated in motor racing, entering the Coupe de Voiturettes held at Rambouillet in November 1906 with a racer.
Delage entered the 1911 Coupe de l ' Auto at Boulogne with a () four with two-diameter bellcrank-operated valves per cylinder controlled by camshafts in the crankcase.
Works driver Paul Bablot won, at an average, with a 1m 11s over Boillot's Peugeot, followed home by Thomas in a second Delage ; Delage also took the team prize.
Delage would move up to Grand Prix racing in 1912, with a Léon Michelat-designed car powered by a four-valve () four-cylinder of, coupled again to a five-speed gearbox and fitted this time with.
On the day, Bablot's Delage proved the fastest car in the field, turning in a lap at, but it was Guyot who would fall out of the lead with a puncture, and the race went to Peugeot, while the the Delages were fourth and fifth.
At the French Grand Prix, Delage put Bablot first, Guyot second, ahead of Pilette's 1908 Mercedes GP car, Salzer in a Mercedes, with Duray coming in fifth in the third Delage.
In 1926, Delage introduced the DM, with a () six, which made it emblematic of the era for the marque.
Delage followed in 1932 with the Grand Sport, on a ( in 1934 ) wheelbase, capable of.
Delage was absorbed into Hotchkiss along with Delahaye in 1954, and car manufacturing ended.
In 1914, Delage emphasized its focus on competition by creating the type O Lyon Grand Prix, while at the same time moving towards the luxury car market with 6 cylinders of a large class.
In 1918, after the return of peace, Delage sold the CO, plans for which had been drawn up during the conflict ; this was the first passenger car with front brakes.

Delage and De
Delage converted to four-cylinder engines in 1909, at first provided by De Dion and Edouard Ballot ; shortly, the company were producing their own sidevalve fours, too.

Delage and driven
A Delage 155 B won the first Grand Prix of Great-Britain in 1926, driven by Louis Wagner and Robert Senechal.

Delage and by
* Hommage à Jean Cocteau, mélodies d ' Henri Sauguet, Arthur Honegger, Louis Durey, Darius Milhaud, Erik Satie, Jean Wiener, Max Jacob, Francis Poulenc, Maurice Delage, Georges Auric, Guy Sacre, by Jean-François Gardeil ( baryton ) and Billy Eidi ( piano ), CD Adda 581177, 1989
: Aviation Generale Delage edited by Delville and published by Breitling.
In 1914, Boillot's 3-liter L5 set a new Indy lap record of, and Duray placed second ( beaten by ex-Peugeot ace René Thomas in a Delage ).
Another precedent to the prepared piano was an experiment by the French composer Maurice Delage ( 1879 – 1961 ): his Ragamalika ( 1912 – 22 ), based on the classical music of India, calls for a piece of cardboard to be placed under the B-flat in the second line of the bass clef to dampen the sound, imitating the sound of an Indian drum.
This first British Grand Prix was won by Louis Wagner and Robert Sénéchal, sharing the drive in a Delage 155B.
The hymenostomes were first defined by Delage & Hérouard in 1896.
The first ever British Grand Prix was won by the French team of Louis Wagner and Robert Sénéchal driving a Delage 155B.
* May 30 – 4th running of the Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is won by René Thomas ( France ) in a Delage Type Y.
Delage was a French luxury automobile and racecar company founded in 1905 by Louis Delage in Levallois-Perret near Paris ; it was acquired by Delahaye in 1935 and ceased operation in 1953.
The company was founded in 1905 by Louis Delage, who borrowed Fr 35, 000, giving up a salary of Fr 600 a month to do so.

Delage and Albert
The winner is Robert Benoist / Albert Divo ( both of France ) driving a Delage 2LCV in 8: 54: 41. 2.
1928 painting of Albert Divo taking on the banking at Montlhéry in a Delage Torpedo
1925 Albert Divo / André Morel driving a Delage 2LCV

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