Let's Talk Cyclecars

'Itala sport roadster at motor show' - State Library of Western Australia

 

Posted on the AACA Forun today, what are they? Bob

 

Look like Morgans to me.

 

Morgan works Malvern UK. Assembly of "Wide B type chassis," 2 speed, two chains. Provably around 1924 as an earlier chassis with the sloping tubes behind the engine is visible on the left.

 

And they still build them that way today!!

 

https://www.hemmings.com/stories/20...any-celebrates-100-years-on-pickersleigh-road

 

Morgan Motor Company - This Is How We Do It - YouTube

 

Louwman Museum | Step into the history of the automobile

 

Jonny Visits The Morgan Factory - Fifth Gear - YouTube

 

They have now made some changes with the new all alum. chassis glued and riveted together but still hand made.

 

To my mind glued + handmade is a contradiction in terms!

 

... ever hear of the DeHavilland Mosquito?

 

Did the fact that it gradually unglued itself redeem the gluedness of the Mosquito?

 

Bwahahahahaha!!!

 

They used to be built in the city I grew up in - London, ON, Canada.

 

Well the Mosquito did the job without using much metal. it was a versatile aircraft and pretty fast.They first entered service in 1943...dawie have you ever heard of any coming unglued during the war? Or only after?

 

At Morgan they do apply the glue by hand and stick the panels together by hand and mount all the running gear by hand and build the whole interior by hand and still push the cars from one shop to the next by hand.
sheese, how primitive!!

 

All that hand work must be the reason the price of those cars is so high. I could never afford a new one.

 

1932 Morgan Three-Wheeler - Jay Leno's Garage - YouTube

 

I'm quite surprised that Jay would get it so wrong. That is not a '32. With the double cutouts on the bonnet it has to be a '34.

 

I don't think he's infallible.

 

Good way to crack that wood chassis.

 

Amilcar

 

Lynden Duckett driving an Anzani Bugatti, 11th Rob Roy Hill Climb; 1946 photo by George Thomas - State Library of Victoria

 

https://www.smh.com.au/national/1925-grand-prix-anzani-bugatti-20050928-gdm59h.html

https://primotipo.com/tag/anzani-bugatti/

https://www.shannons.com.au/club/enthusiasts/douggt/garage/1925-bugatti-type-35-37/

http://vscca.org.au/bug-anzani-fh.html

 

I ripped this off another web page because it is such a fabulous pic of a GN with gigantic cylinders!!!!

 

^^^ Lovimg that GN. Has to generate some good sounds.

 

Oh man! Gotta see more of that one!

 

'Herb Ford driving a Type 37 Bugatti; 10th Rob Roy Hill Climb, 1946; photo by George Thomas (1928-2013); State Library of Victoria