Solved - MJW #058 - Delaney Sports 1954; AKA Delaney Delta

woodinsight · October 10, 2010, 03:29:33 PM

Make and year for a point

woodinsight · October 21, 2010, 02:13:49 PM

Some expertise needed I think!

barrett · October 22, 2010, 01:42:14 PM

Nice!
A wild guess, but any Marcos connection?

woodinsight · October 22, 2010, 02:08:45 PM

There is a resemblance to an early Marcos but nothing to do with this one.......

woodinsight · November 05, 2010, 04:28:09 PM

Moving up to pro level

Paul Jaray · November 07, 2010, 05:45:29 PM

That's a Delaney!
This very unusual sports racer was built by Eric Delaney so that he could compete in the 1950's '750 Motor Club' races. Built by the Delaney-Gallay works in London the car has an all-aluminium body, a John Griffith's (of Cooper) designed twin-rail chassis and an even more unusual supercharged engine. The highly modified E93A engine has a balanced crank, polished rods, modified head, competition springs, race camshaft, vertex magneto and specially designed alloy sump. The engine is fed by a Ken Roberts' (Wade Supercharging) designed Marshall-Nordic manifold and supercharger. The car also has a Ford close-ratio 3 speed gearbox and NEW Alan Baillie built foam-filled fuel-tanks!

woodinsight · November 08, 2010, 02:11:25 AM

It's the Delaney!
Excellent full reply PJ.
Another point for you.

Allan L · November 08, 2010, 06:18:02 AM

Quote from: Paul Jaray on November 07, 2010, 05:45:29 PM
That's a Delaney!
This very unusual sports racer was built by Eric Delaney so that he could compete in the 1950's '750 Motor Club' races. Built by the Delaney-Gallay works in London the car has an all-aluminium body, a John Griffith's (of Cooper) designed twin-rail chassis and an even more unusual supercharged engine. The highly modified E93A engine has a balanced crank, polished rods, modified head, competition springs, race camshaft, vertex magneto and specially designed alloy sump. The engine is fed by a Ken Roberts' (Wade Supercharging) designed Marshall-Nordic manifold and supercharger. The car also has a Ford close-ratio 3 speed gearbox and NEW Alan Baillie built foam-filled fuel-tanks!

Several things in that description seem odd to me:
750MC racing's "1172 Formula" was for unsupercharged Ford (E93A at first, and 100E) engines.
Further to that, Wade superchargers and Marshall-Nordec were different companies with (slightly) different products.
May have a line to Eric Delaney, if he was one of the Delaney-Gallay Delaneys.

woodinsight · December 05, 2011, 12:18:32 PM

Two views when the car was new -

Wendax · October 31, 2013, 07:34:39 AM

The car is still around and currently for sale in France:

grobmotorix · November 01, 2013, 06:17:52 AM

WOW!

What a gorgeous little machine...

Wendax · November 02, 2013, 08:44:07 AM

... and with the roof taken off:

Carnut · January 09, 2014, 07:32:04 AM

What's this, based on what and from when - for 1 point?:

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Carnut · January 16, 2014, 05:33:39 AM

Experts?

AlexFrance · January 16, 2014, 05:38:29 AM

From the UK?

Carnut · January 16, 2014, 06:22:43 AM

Quote from: AlexFrance on January 16, 2014, 05:38:29 AM
From the UK?

Yes..

gilescooperuk · January 16, 2014, 06:16:47 PM

Looks like a modified Moss Monaco?

Carnut · January 17, 2014, 04:32:01 AM

Quote from: gilescooperuk on January 16, 2014, 06:16:47 PM
Looks like a modified Moss Monaco?

No connection there - it's much older..

shamrock · January 17, 2014, 05:50:32 AM

grenfell special

Carnut · January 17, 2014, 05:56:29 AM

Quote from: shamrock on January 17, 2014, 05:50:32 AM
grenfell special

No..

And I've just noticed I've passed the 20000 posts mark.
I wonder when that was; must have been yesterday!

gilescooperuk · January 17, 2014, 03:02:23 PM

home build - or bought complete?

Carnut · January 20, 2014, 05:44:21 AM

Quote from: gilescooperuk on January 17, 2014, 03:02:23 PM
home build - or bought complete?

It's a home-built one-off.

AlexFrance · January 20, 2014, 08:20:17 AM

Congrats on your 20.000th post!

The wheels do not point in that direction but could it be based on a Austin Seven chassis?

Carnut · January 20, 2014, 09:04:02 AM

Quote from: AlexFrance on January 20, 2014, 08:20:17 AM
Congrats on your 20.000th post!

The wheels do not point in that direction but could it be based on a Austin Seven chassis?

Thanks!
No, it's not Austin based.

AlexFrance · January 20, 2014, 10:53:24 AM

What about MG?

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Solved - MJW #058 - Delaney Sports 1954; AKA Delaney Delta