Let's Talk Cyclecars

From Gasballoon

 

1929 Morgan Aero. B.K.

 

a lot of different folks liked Ewan's run last Sunday.This one from Paul J. ...

 

Geaorges Irat

 

LSD three wheelers. The top one is on offer through www.PreWarCar.com.The red one sleeps at the Louwman Museum .http://www.louwmanmuseum.nl/?sc_lang=en

 

All captured by H.K. at Techno Classica - Essen 2016

 

Salmson from Mr. Hulot's Holiday

 

top Amilcar 1003 C.C. ,bottom Amilcar 1089C.C. ...these need to be placed side by side and stitched together

 

Archie Frazer-Nash in 1921 at Brooklands ...

 

Has anyone posted anything like this? Some sort of cycle car has been on my to-do list for years.

 

Cool stuff! I imagine that thing scoots along pretty good being so close to the ground.

 

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Rand,​

Such vehicle could be one of the answers on dilemma from the start of this forum some years ago! Big and powerful motorcycle engine in simple construction, therefore – relatively cheap, light and fast combination of automobile and motorcycle! In their period, the best cycle-cars were built like that – only, technique and technology were changed during last 100 years...

Zoran​

 

1930s Morgan being built by Cameron Engineering & Motorsports (http://cameronracingengines.com/ )

 

Are they at the point of being able to build a whole new Morgan?

 

Pretty much.Check out their website. I think a brand new base engine was around 13,000 British Pounds Sterling.So,you can pretty much figure how much a complete vehicle would set you back.

 

Joseph Ganz in 1937 and Swedish Volkswagen prototype...

 

Josef Ganz build this Volkswagen in Switzerland not in Sweden.
http://www.watson.ch/Wissen/Schweiz...Volkswagen-Pionier-1950-des-Landes-verwiesen-

 

Thanks for the correction...it's the info given with the image I stole!

 

That has to be an electric drive. What would that device be next to the drivers elbow.

 

Fred,​

It could be gasoline-engine powered - please take a look at opening for air on the rear side of the body, behind driver?
That "magic-box" could be reservoir for oil, with small pump? (too small for gasoline)
For me - quite interesting is "bungee-cord" suspension, front and rear, and even more - serious faces of driver and passenger! The more crazy, small and modest vehicle - the more serious faces! I would like to have something similar - posing with wide smile while driving around, even when standing on parking place and making "brrrrm-brrrrrm"!

Zoran​

 

That`s action!
From :Just a car guy

 

French driver Lucien Demazel in his modified Peugeot 172 at Bordeaux.

 

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Rolf,
Nice action photos from period! ​

Does anybody know what was maximum or average speeds of such sport-racing cycle-cars and compared with touring originals?
Another of my old dilemmas: why Bedellia put driver's seat at rear? Without passenger it could lift front wheels, or at least have too light contact with ground for effective steering, in anyway unusual and dangerous layout of steering and suspension?
I suppose that GN, even in simpler cycle-car form is with much better performances and handling qualities compared to Bedellia and especially to many obscure cycle-cars with small and sometime two-stroke engines...
Anybody here has personal experience with a few of cycle-cars in various classes?

Zoran​

 

C6 Amilcar at Techno Classica Essen 2016 by E.D. ...