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Derby Is - 1933-1936 | | Its english-sounding name adopted to suit the snobbery of turf-racing fanciers, derby began making automobiles in 1921. The marques last model had frontwheel drive, fully independent suspension and an unusual two-litre v8 engine. Sales probably did not pass 30 before the company went out of business. | Specifications performance
Top speed of 75 mph
engine typedrivetrain: V8, with overhead inlet and side exhaust valves.
displacement 1,990 cc (2 l) power rating 50 hp
chassis: Fully independent transverse leaf-spring suspension with rear floating axle; Bendix brakes; 2.240-2,425 lbs. |
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Overhead and side valves
derby technical director etienne lepicard designed the v8 engine, which had the cylinder heads in an f pattern, with overhead inlet and side exhaust valves. The chassis was furnished with bendix brakes, transverse leaf springs and twin horizontal solex carburetors. Built on a 118-in. Wheelbase, the roadster, convertible, coupe and sports sedan bodies were constructed by duval of boulogne. L8s ran in the 1934 and 1935 le mans 24-hour endurance races, but without success.
driving proprietors
in 1930 derby passed from its original french owners to an english racing driver, wallace douglas hawkes, and an american driver, gwenda stewart, who later married hawkes. She set new records in 1934 on the. Montlheiy race
course in a four-cylinder derby that was actually a miller renamed for the occasion. Derby never sold more than 200 cars in a single year.
The derby l8 had frontivheel drive and a v8 engine-very ambitious for an automaker whose total production was only about 1.400. |
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