Marius Barbarou (* 28. Oktober 1876 in Moissac (Departement Tarn-et-Garonne, Frankreich;
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Zuname: Barbarou Vorname: Marius Geboren: 28.10.1876
Geboren 28.10.1876 in Moissac/Tarn et Garonne, Frankreich.
Schule in Moissac, Lehre im väterlichen Mechaniker-Betrieb.
Kurse in Paris bei Gustave Chauveau und Aimé Witz, Konstruktion erster eigener Automobile.
1900-1902 Chef des Konstruktionsbüros bei der Automobilfabrik Clément-Bayard, Paris.
Oktober 1902 bis Frühjahr 1904 Leiter des Konstruktionsbüros, das Julius Ganß bei Benz & Cie. in Mannheim zusätzlich eingerichtet hatte ("Französisches Konstruktionsbüro").
1903 Rennfahrer.
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1904-1914 Technische Leitung bei Delauney-Belleville, Frankreich. 1903 war Barbarou
S.A. des Automobiles Delaunay-Belleville was formed in 1903 by Louis Delaunay and Marius Barbarou. Barbarou's family owned the boiler making company St. Denis in Belleville, with boiler design influences inspired by the company. Barbarou, then 28,[2] had experience working for Clément, Lorraine-Dietrich and Benz and was responsible for design and styling, including the trademark round grille shell.[3] The first car was exhibited at the 1904 Paris Salon, and it received enormous acclaim.[4]
This famous engineering firm from Saint Denis started with Marius Barbarou as engineer, building 16, 24 and 40 hp four-cylinder cars.
But the six-cylinder engine was to become a feature of Delaunay-Belleville design, and the four-cylinder an exception. The marque was considered in France as the ultimate in cars and their round radiator-recalling the famous Belleville marine boilers was well known. The smallest six-cylinder they made before World War One was the 12 hp of 29l3cc and the biggest was the 45 hp of 7998cc. After the Armistice, Delaunay-Belleville resumed production with pre-war models, including the 1914 14/I6 hp of 2129cc.
In 1922 the 2613cc 12 hp four-cylinder acquired an ohc. By the late 1920s the Delaunay-Belleville had lost its prestige, some unimportant models were made with American engines like the Continental straight-eight.
The last true Delaunay-Bellevilles were the 3180cc and 3619cc ohv sixes. At the very end, after World War Two, Delaunay-Belleville built the tiny De Rovin cars in their works.
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Ab 1914 Konstruktionschef bei der Société Automobiles Lorraines.
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Barbarou erhielt am 18. November 1909 das internationale Flugzeugführer-Zertificat Nr. 11 des Aero-Club von Frankreich; ausgestellt kurz nach jenen von http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pilots_awarded_an_Aviator%27s_Certificate_by_the_A%C3%A9ro-Club_de_France_in_1911
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- mercedes-benz-classic.com: Marius Barbarou (abgerufen am 19. August 2013)
- vea Voitures européennes d'autrefois / Vintage European Automobiles (VEA): Delaunay-Belleville (Französisch / Englisch) (abgerufen am 19. August 2013)