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1902 Delaugere & Clayette

2 cylinders, serial number 159, 8 hp, King of the Belgians bodywork London - Brighton possible with this vehicle.

SA des Etablissmeents Delaugère, Clayette, Frères et Cie, Orléans, Loiret

Regional makes are not peculiar to Great Britain and the USA. The cars of Delaugère-Clayette survived for a quarter of a century, little known even in their homeland. Delaugère-Clayette cars were apparently never exported. Initially Delaugère-Clayette tricycles and quads were marketed, as well as conventional single-cylinder runabouts of 475cc and 500cc with 3-speed gearboxes, but by 1903 the Delaugère-Clayette company had progressed to bigger vehicles on Panhard lines with 2- and 4-cylinder automatic inlet valve engines and side chain drive: the bigger Delaugère-Clayette 20hp had four forward speeds. Six Delaugère-Clayette models were listed in 1905, the top of the range being represented by an 8-litre 4-cylinder and an even larger four of about 15 litres. 1906 Delaugère-Clayette models were still chain-driven but gate change was now featured, and a 16hp 4-cylinder could be bought for 13.000 francs. A year later there were shaft-driven Delaugère-Clayette cars as well: all had low-tension magneto ignition, and there were a 1.8-litre twin, and two 4-cylinder cars of 4.4 and 8-litres. Monobloc engines came in with a 10cv 2.1-litre four in 1911. Twin Delaugère-Clayette cars were still catalogued in 1912, along with a 5.2-litre 6-cylinder Delaugère-Clayette Type 6N. At the 1913 Paris Salon the Delaugère-Clayette firm adopted a rear-axle gearbox on some models, while there were fours and sixes with the Fischer slide-valve power unit, also tried by De Bazelaire in France and Palmer-Singer in USA.

Genre

Antique