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  Louis Delâge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Born Pierre Louis Delâge to a family of modest means in Cognac in the Charente département of France, as an infant he lost the sight in one eye.
Delage then fulfilled his military obligation and was stationed in Algeria.
Louis Delâge was nearly 60 years old when he found himself in a personal financial crisis made worse by his divorce.
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 Blackhawk Auto Exhibition: 1938 Delage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Automobiles Delage was founded by Louis Delage in 1905; he started racing in 1906.
In 1929 the most elegant of the Delage line, the D8 series, was introduced; by 1935 Delage faced financial disaster and the company was sold to archrival, Delahaye.
This Delage D8-120 Coach Aérosport built by Letourneur et Marchand is one of six produced; one was exhibited at the 1939 World’s Fair in New York.
www.blackhawkauto.org /autocollection/profiles/delage/delage38.html   (138 words)

  
 Delage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The first of the much-admired Delage cars was the CO of 1918, with a six-cylinder 20 cv engine of 4532cc.
The 1920s saw many racing successes for Delage: the most successful touring cars of the period were the DI of 2120cc and the GL with an ohc 30 cv engine of 5945cc.
When Delage was forced to sell to Delahaye, some cars were continued, such as the 4300cc D8 100, the D8 120 and the 2700cc D6 70.
www.vea.qc.ca /marques1/delage.htm   (195 words)

  
 CyberSnippets   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Louis Delage had previously worked at Peugeot with Augustin Legros and the company they started, in a barn on the outskirts of Paris in 1905, was an assembler of parts.
Delage was now in a position to make enough cars to justify the appointment of agents across France and his first agent in London.
The last Delages made before the Second World war were the 6-cylinder 2.7-litre "D6-70 and the 8-cylinder 4.3-litre "D8-100" and in 1938 the 4,744cc "D8-120" all with independent front suspension hydraulic brakes and Cotal electric gearboxes.
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 origins   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Louis Napoleon Bellware's death certificate claimed he was born in Montréal, Québec on November 2, 1850.
The story passed down through the family, presumably from Louis, was that he had joined the Union Army in order to find his brother, John, who had joined earlier.
The middle names that John and Louis used appear to have been chosen by them later in life, instead of the ones they were given as infants.
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 Delage -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Delage Automobile company was established in 1905 in (Click link for more info and facts about Levallois) Levallois, a northwesterly suburb of (Click link for more info and facts about Paris, France) Paris, France.
It was founded by (Click link for more info and facts about Louis Delâge) Louis Delâge (1874-1947), an ambitious young engineer who had been working for the (Click link for more info and facts about Peugeot) Peugeot car company.
A license to manufacture cars under the Delage name was negotiated with the (Click link for more info and facts about Delahaye) Delahaye automobile company who continued to produce a Delage model until it went out of business in 1953.
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 Les gadz'arts
Louis Delage naît le 22 mars 1874 à; Cognac (...).
Delage s'empresse de leur en proposer en modifiant ses prototypes, et les commandes affluent (...).
Louis Delage connaît dès lors une vie de retraité.
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 wiki/Delage Definition / wiki/Delage Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
It was founded by Louis Delâge (1874-1947), an ambitious young engineer who had been working for the PeugeotPeugeot is a major French car manufacturer whose roots go back to bicycle manufacturing at the end of the 19th century.
Throughout the mid 1920s, Delage vehicles dominated racing, with Benoist winning the British, French The French Grand Prix is a Formula One race held as part of Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile's annual Formula One automobile racing championship season.
A license to manufacture cars under the Delage name was negotiated with the DelahayeThe Delahaye automobile manufacturing company was started by Emile Delahaye in 1894, in Tours, France.
www.elresearch.com /wiki/Delage   (943 words)

  
 DELAGE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Louis Delage qui avait travaillé auparavant chez Turgan-Foy et chez Peugeot, commença modestement à produire un classique runabout (voiturette découverte), pourvu d'un moteur De Dion monocylindre, 6 1/2 CV, d'un entraînement par arbre ; cette voiture fut vendue en Angleterre sous le nom de Baby Friswell.
Delage I et II très rapides, puis en 1923 apparut la V12, 10,7 l à soupapes en-tête, au volant de laquelle René Thomas battit le record du monde de vitesse à Arpajon l'année suivante, atteignant 230 km/h.
En 1954 Delahaye, comme Delage, fut absorbé par Hotchkiss.
www.vea.qc.ca /marques/delage.htm   (1052 words)

  
 The St-Gelais Families of North America
Gertrude DELAGE was born on 9 Jun 1724 in Ile d' Orleans, Montmorency, P. She was baptized on 9 Jun 1724 in St. Laurent, Ile D' Orleans, P. Parents: Charles Sr.
Marie-Angelique DELAGE was born on 23 Oct 1738 in St. Jean, Ile d' Orleans, P. She was baptized on 23 Oct 1738 in St. Jean, Ile d' Orleans, P. Parents: Charles Jr.
Marie-Anne DELAGE was born on 26 Jan 1732 in St. Jean, Ile d' Orleans, P. She died on 27 Nov 1809 in L' Ile-Aux-Coudres, P. She was buried on 29 Nov 1809 in L' Ile-Aux-Coudres, P. Parents: Charles Jr.
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 CARS (PART 6)
For 1913 Louis Delage went into full Grand Prix racing with a 6.2 litre car, making no secret that his ambition was to build the best and fastest racing cars in the world.
At the French Grand Prix at Amiens the Delage proved to be the fastest of the field, Albert Guyot fighting with the Peugeots for the lead when he suffered a puncture and the mechanic, eager to fix the problem, jumped off too soon and got run over.
Delage was one of several French manufacturers that suffered from the hard economic times of the early 30s.
www.kolumbus.fi /leif.snellman/c6.htm   (1823 words)

  
 Louis Chiron, the monegasque Gentleman driver, the Bugatti years"
Louis Chiron has problems with red-hot brakes but ends in sixth place anyway.
Louis Chiron takes the lead and leaves it to Bouriat only for the time of refuelling.
Louis Chiron is the leader once again and remains so till the finish.
www.flyandrive.com /Louis_chiron2.htm   (1727 words)

  
 They all partied for ... - Nov. 21, 2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Jetting in from Paris for the grandiose event was hotshot Monsieur Louis Vuitton Malletier (LVM) chairman and CEO Yves Carcelle.
He cut the ceremonial ribbon with Serge Brunschwig, LVM managing director for operations; Francois Delage, Louis Vuitton Pacific Ltd. executive vice president; Andrew Glenn and Edd Fuentes, public relations manager of LV Asia-Pacific and head of the Fuentes Publicity Network Inc., respectively; Gigi Mabanta, LV Philippines general manager; and civic-oriented socialite Kit Silverio Zobel.
Louis Vuitton became a legend in the art of travel when it was founded in Paris in 1857.
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 1933 Delage D8S Coupe Demo Auction Auctions Grandview, Ohio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Louis Delage was handicapped by blindness in one eye, yet it was in his mind’s eye that his genius took form.
For the first time, Delage had recognized the importance of style, and the new car was truly beautiful.
Delage was quite successful on the export market, where the favorable exchange rate of the French franc made the cars quite affordable.
www.myauction.com /Auctions/213/Detail/Lot_165.html   (523 words)

  
 Delage history
The most crowned Delage cars were a 2121-cc DI type and a 30HP 5954 cc GL type.
Louis Delâge, who was still thinking of racing, built the 2LS type and successfully entered his cars in motor racing competitions.
Louis Delage undertook a big technical revival, helped by his great and talented engineers but financial and commercial situation was vigorously shaken.
www.histomobile.com /histomob/internet/110/histo02.htm   (584 words)

  
 City of Cognac - History of the town
Louis XIV thanked the town for its support by granting several privileges.
He is not the town’s only celebrity, since the car constructor Louis Delage was born there in 1874, and mechanical glass-blowing was invented in Cognac by Claude Boucher, and it was there in 1875 that gallium was discovered by the scientist François Lecoq de Boisbaudran, a native of the town.
As in the rest of the country, following the First World War, the population of Cognac declined, but despite the successive economic crises during the inter-war years, cognac was still drunk throughout the world, the train had replaced the sailing barges and the wheels of commerce were turning.
www.ville-cognac.fr /article.php3?id_article=565   (767 words)

  
 Histoire de Delage
En 1913-1914, Louis Delage accentue son orientation sur la compétition et s'oriente vers la voiture de luxe avec des 6 cylindres.
Toujours passionné de compétition, Louis Delage conçoit une 8 cylindres de 1500 cc avec l'ingénieur A. Lory.
Louis Delage entreprend un vaste effort de renouveau technique, supporté par ses grand ingénieurs toujours aussi talentueux mais la situation commerciale et financière de la firme est durement ébranlée.
histomobile.com /histomob/internet/110/histo01.htm   (651 words)

  
 Edwardian Cars - Delage 1911   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Louis Delage werd in 1874 in het Zuid Franse stadje Cognac geboren.
Vanaf het begin was Louis in races geinteresseerd en hij schreef in voor de Coupe des Voiturettes van 1906 (een race voor kleine raceauto’s).
Louis Delage was born in 1874 in Cognac, in the south of France.
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 GrandPrix.com > Features > News Feature > Seventy-six years ago today   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The main challenge came from Louis Delage's works team from France, which was running a trio of new straight-eight machines for drivers Robert Benoist, Robert Senechal and Louis Wagner.
The Delage had a basic design problem as the exhaust was located too close to the cockpit and after a few laps the cockpit began to heat up and the drivers began to get uncomfortable.
Louis Delage had won the race but when the team returned to Paris it was decided that it was pointless to go on.
www.grandprix.com /ft/ftng036.html   (1471 words)

  
 The Car Connection - 2005 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance - Collectors converge on that quiet strand of beach known ...
Think of this 1937 Delage D8-120 Portout Aero Coupe as an exercise in sensuality," said Emily Mann, who owns the sleek 2-door along with her husband, Sam, and Alfredo Brener.
Delage was a featured marque at this year's Concours, celebrating its centennial.
Louis Delage was passionate about design, and racing, and found ways to blend the two together.
www.thecarconnection.com /Enthusiasts/Classics_Corner/2005_Pebble_Beach_Concours_dElegance.S215.A9132.html   (1319 words)

  
 List of French people - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Louis XVI -- King of France when the Revolution started.
Marie Antoinette -- Austrian born Queen of France, wife of Louis XVI.
Louis de Broglie -- 1929 Physics Nobel Prize winner.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_French_people   (1194 words)

  
 Louis Delage Definition / Louis Delage Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Louis Delage, born March 22March 22 is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (82nd in Leap years).
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Born Pierre Louis Delage to a family of modest means in CognacCognac is a commune in the French département of Charente, of which it is a sous-préfecture.
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 HELLO! Tai Tai .com
Louis Vuitton, the star brand of the world's largest luxury-goods group, LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA of France, opened its first store in China in 1992 in Beijing's Palace Hotel and has operated at Plaza 66 since 2001.
Louis Vuitton opened a store in China on Thursday that is its largest in Asia outside Japan, underlining western companies' confidence that an increasingly wealthy middle class will splash out on luxury goods.
Louis Vuitton is now part of the world's largest luxury goods conglomerate LVMH, or Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy, the maker of Louis Vuitton handbags and accessories, Moet and Chandon champagne, Hennessy cognac, Givenchy fashions and Christian Dior perfumes.
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 FINELIVING: A Carography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Louis Delage founded his own automobile brand in 1905, at age 31.
The company was close to bankruptcy in 1935, when the right to manufacture cars under the Delage name was bought by Delahaye.
A Delage Coach Aerosport was chosen to represent part of the French government's automotive display at the 1939 New York World's Fair.
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 Delage The Delage's Friends Put On History, Models, Informations, Photos And Little Adds About Delage An   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Delage The Delage's Friends Put On History, Models, Informations, Photos And Little Adds About Delage An The DELAGE's FRIENDS put on history, models, informations, photos and little adds about DELAGE and his club.
Delage Jewelers is a 3rd generation family owned business specializing in Diamonds and Custom Jewelry both quality and price.
Technical specs and images for 1908 Delage Type F Delage is a French company that was founded in 1905 by L. Delage and A. The Delage Garage, Restorers of vintage automobiles and dealers in fine automobilia.
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 Forbes.com - Magazine Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Louis Delage built a company on romance and racing, and no car embodied these principles more than the 120-145 horsepower D8.
Like the Delage D8, the extraordinary thing about the 135 was the custom coachwork.
Facel Vega cropped up at the right time; Delage and Delahaye were both dead, making this the only high-end French marque left.
www.forbes.com /2000/12/13/frenchcarslist_print.html   (815 words)

  
 Delage - Motorbase
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Founded by Louis Delage in 1905 the French built Delage cars quickly established themselves as beautifully made sportscars for discerning motorists.
Delage enjoyed many race victories in the early part of the 20th Century which helped sell its production cars.
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 Sports Car Market > Profiles > 2000 > July > Etceterini
Louis Delage was reluctant to change this image to suit the varying economic climate and after a falling-out with his co-directors, he left the company in 1935.
They retained their individuality, but became more selective with their range, and a new Delage D8-120 was introduced in 1937 incorporating hydraulic brakes, a revised Delahaye-style chassis with transverse-leaf independent front suspension and a Cotal electromagnetic gearbox.
The engine was an eight-cylinder version of the existing six-cylinder Delahaye with a capacity of 4.3 liters, providing a healthy 95 bhp at 4,000 rpm in its initial form.
www.sportscarmarket.com /profiles/2000/July/Etceterini   (890 words)

  
 Historia: DELAGE | Entre coches
Louis Delage tenía 31 años y Legrós 25.
Pierre Delage, su hijo, murió en extrema pobreza en 1964.
Madame Delage, ciega y sin nadie que la asistiera murió en 1970 en las inmediaciones de la ciudad declarada por Delage.
www.entrecoches.com /historiadelage--coches-1721.html   (544 words)

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