Let's Talk Cyclecars

Ade,I like it very much when places have events that take them out of their comfort zone.

 

WOW! From the tire distortion and attitude, it's obvious that those folks don't have a problem with pushing the limits in "old cars". How it should be, use them and enjoy them.

 

im not sure weather the two cars are supposed to be the same , but there are a number of differences between the two cowl shape , steerin column length and angle , i could go on but i wont bore you

 

From TheOldMotor

 

Piccolo via Marc.

 

Obviously the one in the advertisement is a Saxon.The one in the current photograph is a lengthened vehicle with the owner struggling with sanctioning "bodies" as to what class it belongs in.More than likely,as a competition car,it has lost some of it's original clothing.Therefore,the discrepancies in visual similarities.

 

Noel sur Noel,1920 le Mans M.T. image

 

Loving the three wheel fabric bodied coupe. That would be fun.

 

I have that one as a Framo Stromer.

 

Fred,
Quite right! There are some other versions, not so cute as small coupe.
Small coupes are the law!
Ciao, Zoran

 

Fred,the description read like this... Framo PICCOLO stormer.So,I decided to use just the Piccolo part.

Why don't you post more here?

Bob

 

Cool Little car!

 

Stromer is correct; though I don't have enough German to know if it shouldn't be Strömer. It means "streamliner" and comes from strömen, to stream, and Strömung, stream or current. The connection is easy to my ears because the equivalent Afrikaans word is stroom. Thus the tendency in Afrikaans would be to translate "streamliner" as stromer, with neither the initial capital nor the umlaut.

Here is the Jawa, unchained:



Both Framo and Jawa are part of a swarm of engineering traditions and commercial connections with DKW at its epicentre.

 

Sorry Bob, you got me there.
I post if I think it is contributing something but most of you guys are way ahead of me. I'm learning every time I come here.
Thanks for all your great postings,

 

Amilcar on 2 wheels....might be rerun from a long while back.

 

1939 Moto Kar from M.H. ...

 

GN getting roadside repairs.... from H.E.

 

Hello Fred,
I do not think that you were wrong at all:
FRAMO-WERKE was a company (G.m.b.H. - founded by great Danish engineer Jørgen Skafte Rasmussen, the founder of DKW, in 1923.), but STORMER (probably connected to streamliner, as Ned wrote) and PICCOLO (mostly four-wheeler, with engine at rear or later at front) - was two of many models made by that company...
But, probably not very important for us today?
Ciao, Zoran

 

Hello there,​

As I said, "Small Coupes are the Law" - as this cute red JAWA! Nothing strange, a lot of small sport cars from Central Europe was similar technically (often with independent front suspension, air-cooled engines, mostly two-stroke, back-bone chassis...), but esthetically too: small coupes, or aerodynamic speedsters... Probably, because of low power, cheap build, bad and twisting mountain roads – and good drivers with desire for speed at low cost...

The first bunch of photos: JAWA (coupes and specials)...

Ciao, Zoran​

P.S.: Sorry, but neither of models are close to cyclecars, most belonged to "baby cars" and some for middle-class of European automoibles from between World Wars...

 

... and, now: SKODA and STAYER!
Zoran

 

... a little more: CZ made AERO (coupes and one not-so-cute spider special)!
Zoran

 

... now, DKW - but CZ made!
... and, DKW three-wheeler, maybe made during WW2.
Zoran

 

....and more Moto Kar from M.H. ....

 

Sure,why not? I think the thread kinda is for small quirky cars.3 &4 wheeled.After the war things changed and those folks making small cars made them a little larger and more comfortable.Eventually ,we would run out of "legal" cyclecars to talk about.I think most of us are just looking for ideas and exposure until we get the thought that goes like this ... "you know,I CAN do THAT" . Besides all these little footnotes of history are great!

 

More Moto Kar from 1939 ...

 

Sizaire & Naudin from 1910

 

Hello,​

Small and cute AERO 500 was my beloved micro-veteran auto, from my early youth (middle of sixties). Then I saw it on Belgrade’s Fair, at some kind of show and race for veterans. It was bright yellow and driven furiously by his owner and his friend. They over-turned it in front of me and were thrown-away on asphalt (no injuries)... After that, we consider it as true small sports-auto! It was the main actor in one theater show! Later it is painted blue and now has its place in Belgrade Automobile Museum. It is established by the same guy that had mentioned accident - my friend Braca Petkovic. It was the first in his collection. Braca now has a few dozens of old-timers in Museum and double number of that in hangar near Belgrade, waiting on reconstruction.

Some years ago, I saw that car in Museum – and, it is really cute, but really small (for me).

Ciao, Zoran​

 

We shared this car before the auction. With commission it went for $110,000 U.S. ...and headed back to England.

 

Hello there,​

Anybody know anything about this strange chassis?
It seems to me as combination of a few vehicles: central-tube chassis with independent rear suspension - from something as front-engine, rear-wheel drive DKW and similar autos, front suspension in a style of GN, engine older than chassis and wheels (big V-twin a'la motorcycle or cycle-car), wheels "modern" metal-disk type...

Ciao, Zoran​

 

Messerschmitt from the Black Coffee Club