Let's Talk Cyclecars

1930 Indian Power.M.T. pic... View attachment 2683668 View attachment 2683668

 

One for sport ,one for touring. Archie Frazer-Nash in the top image.Marc pics...

 

Simon Lewis pic... www.simonlewis.com

 

From LeCyclecaristeBelge

 

marc pic...

 

Another Miss Bacfire image from G.L..1900 cc engine

 

Great photo
two cylinder? looks like a single air cooled - underslung chassis on the left
The car to the right possibly an F head water cooled 2 cylinder correct hand drive

 

The left one also looks like a 2 x 4 frame and stage coach steering with what looks like a square cable drum on the steering shaft. I love the streamlined gas tank. I' sure that really added to his top speed!

 

Tribac LeCyclecaristeBelge pic...

 

LeCyclecaristeBelge pic...

 

Bond, I think? Those things had one of a very few tolerable layouts for a conventional 1F2R three-wheeler, i.e. it was driven by the single front wheel and was therefore inclined to understeer to counteract the oversteer induced by loading the outside rear tyre in turns. The entire drive train was mounted on a steerable cradle, which gave it a turning circle hypothetically less than twice the wheelbase plus twice the front overhang. No reverse gear needed: just turn the engine/gearbox/front wheel around 180°. Elegant, but obviously limited in the physical bulk of engine that can be accommodated.

 

Let's tip this one right side up and use it in a cyclecar..... via Bike Like Classics

 

1924-6 Morgan/GN "SALOME" W/1120CC J.A.P. Engine GCL pic

 

Humberette Chassis

 

Amilcar vs Truck

 

Mass and inertia seem to have won the conflict.

 

Tom Webb image from 1949.Amilcar at Rue de la Huchette,Paris.

 

Image via Black Coffee Club

 

Of note there is the central accelerator pedal, which though the minority arrangement was by no means unknown, and the off-side gearchange. I have no personal experience of the latter (nor of the former, I must confess) and have seached in vain for an explanation of how the typical gearchange linkage worked and what its action was. I have tried various combinations of search terms, to no avail. If anyone has a link it would be much appreciated.

 

I like centre throttle , my model a was a right hand drive Canadian built export car and came with a centre throttle made toe and heel blips on down change very easy

 

Marc & Ade's Chater Lea Marc pic...

 

Tamplin Marc pics...

 

Here is the GNAT in a 1972 VSCC bulletin and a more contemporary image by Colin S. ...

 

Another Anzani.
Pictures taken last weekend at a big event called Schloss Dyck Classic Days.
lots of cyclecars as well. Will post more...

Mario

 

here's some more...
Senechal - Mathis - Sima Violet - the one with the side mounted engine i forgot what it was ...

Mario

 

some more details of the Humberette

 

Premier Chassis with solid mounted rear axle.

 

Mario,I think the car with the side mounted engine is Frank Seger's SCHASCHE.

 

Via LeCycylecaristeBelge...