Delage

Wow.

Where he started 14th and placed 7th in a Delage.

Delage.

Yeah.

And you know who goes with him? Who? On this trip.

That's what we call it.

In 1914, Delage came out with a car called the Type S, which actually did feature desmodromic valve actuation, and was the kind of initial Major League letdown that engineers to this day fear on a project.

Unlike the Peugeot, the Delage was more of an open book.

They took this to the track with high hopes, and believe it or not, in the reality of the situation is, it ran very well before things kind of shook themselves to pieces, but... people got to see the valve train parts that the Delage had in it and saw how they worked.

I mean, journalists and all.

Now, here's a look at the design and components of the desmodromic system that the guys at Delage, including Louis Delage himself, developed and used.

It was amazingly close to what Ferroa described the 1912 Peugeots to be, minus the magical roller tip camshaft that never existed in any capacity.

The 1912 Peugeots, on the other hand, were never once disassembled in front of the media or photographed in any technical form.

And then it turned out that they had an appetite for cars that I was not knowledgeable.

So these were Bugattis, Hork, HRG, Delahaye, Delage, Tabalago.

And I had to learn about all these cars.

But then we advertised because everything was in print ads at that time and Hemmings looking for these cars.