Let's Talk Cyclecars

A new addition to Marc's cyclecar collection...

 

tamplin via Marc...

 

GN Vitesse sans coachwork... Marc pic...

 

Those chain drives are amazing.

 

i wonder how fast she'll go?

 

Now that is eccentric. Looks like 2CV bits.

 

Looks like you could take the extra rear wheels off and just make a trike out of it.

 

I posted the GN chassis yesterday.I always liked the factory photo the best.

 

That is a great picture Bob!

 

From J-J C ...

 

1952 Pierier Monoto trike W/125CC engine. GCL pic...

 

... to much, for sure?
Ciao, Zoran

 

... but, for begginers?
Zoran

 

Sooner or later you have to give it a go.

 

Morgan via RA...

 

1922LEY TC by Paul Jaray

 

1948 Davis Divan

 

Messersch mitt

 

I would love to see the rest of the car Mr. Martel is driving!

 

So would I. It does not need the flag on the screen post to identify it as a classic French skiff. Labourdette were the masters of the type.

 

Vernon-Derby, c. 1924-5, from Joris Bergsma's excellent website:

Little coupés, you see ...

 

Yes - it is. They look like they are all front arms and the motorcycle wheels are mounted in the driveshaft opening somehow.

 

Cool, but not even close to a cyclecar. I saw one of the survivors at the Lane Motor Museum this summer. This is how their website describes the Davis: "The Divan, at 15½ feet long, is a massive vehicle by 3-wheeled standards." Think three-wheeled Henry J (whose engine it shared), and you are not far off.

 

In European terms it would be a "D-segment large car", comparable in size to the current BMW 3-series, Mercedes-Benz C-class, Ford Mondeo, etc.

 

Faultless

 

Article on cyclekarting...


http://www.drivingline.com/2014/09/cycle-kart-racing-2014-tieton-grand-prix/

 

Another little coupé:

The coachwork is either very crudely utilitarian or inspired by contemporary German expressionism.

Courtesy of Marc Hendrix.

 

from RA