Let's Talk Cyclecars

I suspect that those Mercedes suffered much the same fate of contemporary and very comparable Speed Six Bentleys. Much as I'd rather have the often very interesting coachwork first fitted to 6½s than yet another Le Mans replica, just so I'd much rather have a tasteful 36/220 than yet another SSK replica.

 

By curious coincidence I happened quite independently upon Odgie's website around the same time you guys had this conversation. I remember Odgie from the defunct AWoL motorbike magazine. Unless a lot has changed he and I have some overlap in our political views; I was not aware that he was into small specials too!

 

I'll take the Frazer Nash 2 seater for 95 pounds.

 

A Fiat Ballia,some Amilcars,and Bugs....

 

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Hello there,​

As you guys took all interesting sport cars, I must take one of boring Mercedes with compressor! Just to find two more passengers beside my wife and me... Then, to cruise across Bern and around - and enjoy in frightening people with screaming of centrifugal compressor (clutched at will, for a few seconds) driving that fast lorry!

However, it seems to me that most of them (with and without photos) were consider just as old cars, and not classic cult automobiles as now? They prices are mostly in a range of new small British cars in class of 7-8 fiscal HP?

Similar was in Serbia, before I come here (for a few decades). Older magnificent sport or passenger cars, could be sold for less money then a price new YUGO! But there was a catch-22: maintenance were expensive, rare parts and special workshops – hard to use them for everyday transport and not so old to became classics! That way I cheaply bought good Mercedes-Benz 190 2.3 16 valves (Cosworth engine and sport gearbox, air-condition, leather seats, many instruments, star-light at top...), with hydro-pneumatic rear leveling... Once, I pull 1 tone of parts for elevators in rear trunk without problems (smaller part of that on rear seat) – for 400 kilometers... Mast sold it later – no money to keep it in good condition! After that, it changed many owners, every ½ a year... After that I bought YUGO – terrible change but practical!
So – maybe one good-running Austin-7 or MG M-type, if possible with sport body?

Zoran​

 

Simp[licity from H.K. ...

 

Various J.A.P. engines including the rare airship V-8 !

 

Yes on second view I think that,s the one I would want in my stable too.

 

NAG

 

S.R. image

 

Rick Scaldwell's V-8 J.A.P. GN Michael B. images

 

Something fishy about that last one.

 

Maybe they were out delivering fish dinners....

 

From Marc. ...

 

Any chain-gang experts out there? How many prewar FN's were fitted with BMW engines.? According to Thirlby only one FN was fitted with the 55 BMW engine (chassis no.2165) in Feb 1939 but the ad posted by Bob is dated Nov 38.

 

http://www.guidobaldi.fr/english.html

 

Marc's Lombard

 

Oliver Dent captured Ewan Cameron in Bodenham,England with one of his children.

 

more Ewan Cameron by Helen Johnstone,Jim Reid,and Oliver Dent.

 

RALLY NCP from J-J C. ...

 

Maybe you find the Information here.
http://99.90.2.71/greenstone/cgi-bi...0-0--4--0--0-0-11-00-0utfZz-8-00&a=d&cl=CL4.2

 

Pembleton

 

Thanks for the link!
What a great resource - It will take me a while to go through it . Strictly for the train spotter.
Kume