Firing up 27 litre Hispano Suiza at VSCC SeeRed at 70 Donington Park 2009

Hear the mighty 27 litre Hispano Suiza aero engined 1926 Delage roar to life, see it on the track and hear it's owner Anthony Howat interviewed at the VSCC SeeRed at 70 Donington Park Seaman Memorial Trophies Race Meeting 2009

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Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• 27 litre
• Hispano Suiza
• Delage
• VSCC
• SeeRed
• at 70
• Donington Park
• Seaman Memorial
• Vintage Cars
• Aero Engined Cars
• Classic Cars

[123yyz123]

Hmmm...as to the earlier comment, I have an Amilcar chassis AND a Hispano V8 lurking in the shop... Must give thought to a marriage.

[RaceClassicTV]

@123yyz123 Nice items to have lurking in the garage would be great to see and of course hear such a combination!

[hangarrat101]

@RaceClassicTV

it is indeed a V12, 12X is the model. It was later developed into the 12Y and 12Z, used in various French fighters of the Second World war.

[RaceClassicTV]

@hangarrat101

I've written to the cars owner to see if he can confirm the model and will update again as soon as I've heard.

[RaceClassicTV]

@hangarrat101

Just heard back from the owner with the following information regarding the Hispano Suiza engine apparently its a Type H.S. 57 12 Mb

[hangarrat101]

is this a hispano suiza 12x engine?

[RaceClassicTV]

@hangarrat101

The engine is a V12. From around 40 sec Anthony covers the specs of the engine. Be sure to start from the beginning though to hear the full story!

[ROBBEAUDOIN66]

They used Hispano Suiza motors in post ww2 surplus 109's when the daimler benz 605's wore out...

Brilliant car

[FosterZygote]

@hangarrat101 The 12Y was also built under license by Klimov and no doubt served as a basis for their own 105 series engines, like those used in the magnificent Yak-3.

[RaceClassicTV]

We'll be sure to look out for a Hispano-Amilcar!