1933 Delage B8S

This 1933 Delage D8S Roadster with coach work by DeVillars was the star of the 1934 Paris Auto Salon. Delage sold the car for over 100,000 francs (approximately $20,000) It has a 130-inch wheelbase and four-liter push rod overhead valve straight eight producing 145 bph @ 145 rpm. The engineering team designed a new military aircraft engine and the D8S carburetor was an aviation type to avoid icing, surrounded by heated oil. The cable operated brakes, unusual for the period, are vacuum assisted. Some unique details are a jack mounted to the steering box, a handy wrench attached to the fuel pump and the head lamps have diffuser lines worked into the silver-plated bowls. The first owner was Alejandro Lerroux, Prime Minister of Spain. It was passed through the Lerroux family and then to the Gran Hotel Velasquez in Madrid. This is the original white color scheme. The frame is white, the brake drums and steering wheel are white and the instruments on the chrome trimmed dashboard are white faced.

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