Delahaye 107 Racer w/ Gipsy Major Airplane Engine: Bizarre Start-Up Procedure & Accelerations!

Last year I saw this interesting machine for the first time during the Kilomètre Lancé, held on the runway of Engadin Airport, in Switzerland. It’s called Delahaye 107 Racer and having its name I was pretty sure I would have found more info on the internet. Nothing could be more wrong. Honestly I’m still not very knowledgeable about pre-war cars but I’ve learned you can find anything nowdays. Yet this Darracq V8-style vehicle seemed a total mystery. Luckily at this year’s Kilomètre Lancé I managed to see it again and get some info on this amazing build. And everything comes from the passion for cars of Riccardo Beccarelli, owner and driver of this 107 Racer, from . From what I understood, the idea behind this project was to replicate the 1904 Premier Vanderbilt Cup Racer built by Carl Fisher, who later founded the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1909. This car had a huge 15-liter (923 cu. in.) four-cylinder engine. Riccardo’s car is call