Let's Talk Cyclecars

That is like putting a Hemi in a Bugeye Sprite.

 

Dougal from Longstone Tyres and "PIGLET". The engine is a HIGHLY modified Ford Model A . Obviously this is not a trailer queen. She isn't treated kindly at all.

 

Bump

 

That seems partly inspired by the Burghley Sports 2-seater body which was available on the 7 in the mid-'20s.

Not all the Burghleys were as extreme in their wing line:

 

Here is my favorite Austin 7 special.

 

Purdy racey!

 

Now that is my other favorite cyclecars; the Schasche.

 

Bob, thanks for the video. It seems odd to me there are no counterweights on the crank. The cam is certainly unusual. Was the design used by anyone else?

 

Gonna post this here as there is a Bedelia at 22:00, plus I think y'all will enjoy it anyway . . .

 

I don't know how close the J.A.P. engine was to the Curtiss. They sure look the same. Though I've not seen either in person. I have seen 2 Curtiss engines in museums but not disassembled.

 

Panhard "Razor". It had a seriously weird steering wheel arrangement.

 

^^^^

 

More cyclecars here in part deux . . .

 

The Panhard RAZOR, a beautiful little car. Actually 2 were built with 2 different size engines for record breaking attempts. One was involved in a fatal crash at Brooklands. Both cars were ordered immediately destroyed. However, one of the engines was known to have been at the factory into the 50's.More in the link.....https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2018/06/panhard-razor-blade-1926.html

 

https://www.prewarcar.fr/548650-sal...qzrxwWZPx-KXBaSqE9TIPZLuxEfPlLE0--je6f8n8iv27

 

David, the King of Cyclecares - Part 1
https://en.escuderia.com/david-rey-de-los-ciclecares-part-1/

 

David, the King of Cyclecares - Part 2
https://en.escuderia.com/david-rey-de-los-ciclecares-part-2/

 

Not sure if this was posted before, so thought I would share. Just showed up in my feed. Too bad there is no follow-up vid

 

The gent posted here with this project awhile ago....but not the video. Like you ,we never saw the end of it. Perhaps he'll see this and give us an update!

 

Looking at the Panhard drawings and the horizontal lines on the body made me think of lapstrake boat construction. I've never seen a car body actually built that way but I suppose you could take alum. strips and rivet them together aircraft style. Has anyone seen that or done that?

 

The text does mention its shiplike construction and 'covering planks'

 

@Airhead Roadster