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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Greencan on March 01, 2014, 09:33:02 PM

Title: there are sheds...and then there are sheds
Post by: Greencan on March 01, 2014, 09:33:02 PM
(http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff133/greencan0/D1_zps62bb215e.jpg)
- 4 cylinders
- 4 litres
- 2 cams Bevel drives
-16 valves  Desmodromic
5 speed gear box

...and all this a 101 years ago...I think I may have had the privilege to have a comprehensive once-over of perhaps the most valuable car in Australia :thumbsup

Cheers the can :-)

Title: Re: there are sheds...and then there are sheds
Post by: Diesel on March 01, 2014, 09:51:47 PM
WOW! Give over Dickie... MORE INFO pls...     WOW:
Title: Re: there are sheds...and then there are sheds
Post by: Greencan on March 02, 2014, 09:59:21 AM
OK...

(http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff133/greencan0/D2_zps034c6f37.jpg)
circa 1914...photo courtesy of the super speedway

(http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff133/greencan0/D3_zps8c94756b.jpg)
last Friday :thumbsup

...should help :wink1
Title: Re: there are sheds...and then there are sheds
Post by: STeveo on March 02, 2014, 04:52:52 PM
The three stooges? or maybe the Marx brothers?
The only one I know of from 1914 with 16 valve twin cam head was the Peugot.
Title: Re: there are sheds...and then there are sheds
Post by: Greencan on March 02, 2014, 09:55:56 PM
These Guys to me were the Phil Vincent & Phil Irving of their day. Their ideas and level of engineering were (I believe), were decades ahead of their time. :clap

The chap on the left in Arthur Michelat and the chap on yhe right is Louis Delage

The level of complexity, skill an engineering of this Grand Prix Delage is truly awe inspiring. And when it is eventually up and running again and if its at a meet near you, I'd urge you to take some time out to have a look at it...if you have a love of anything mechanical, you wont be disappointed.  :grin

Cheers :-)
Title: Re: there are sheds...and then there are sheds
Post by: Sabie on March 02, 2014, 10:35:25 PM
Looks like an old suction hose on the side ... From an old fire truck
Title: Re: there are sheds...and then there are sheds
Post by: nealeray on March 03, 2014, 06:22:41 AM
Just waiting for old mate, with the hands on hips, to go, "haw, haw."
Title: Re: there are sheds...and then there are sheds
Post by: StinkyPete on March 03, 2014, 07:07:03 AM

The chap on the left in Arthur Michelat and the chap on the right is Louis Delage


.... and the guy in the middle could be John Newcombe before he took up tennis.