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Let's Talk Cyclecars

Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by Bigcheese327, Dec 4, 2007.

  1. timberwolf01
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    Looks like a pre WW1 Humberette tn_DSC_2592_1.jpg tn_DSC_2600_1.jpg tn_DSC_2601.jpg
     
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    I have often thought about that but the prop shaft would require some machining to fit a flywheel and the crankshaft thrust bearing would be on the wrong side to take clutch pressure.
     
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    That Sandford is really nice. I've not see one before.
     
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  6. How about this :cool:, mobile two stroke invalid chair that was common here in 1950s/1960s. Obviously only for outside use :rolleyes: . Thats me sitting there. Had a ball with that thing before the cops pulled me off the road 30 years ago. No, thankfully i,m healthy.

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    'A late 1931/early 1932 Morris Minor with a locally built body, Perth, 1932' - State Library of Western Australia slwa_b2646117_1.jpg
     
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    I really love that car. I have Bolster's book on building Specials.
     
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  11. timberwolf01
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    Framo 'Stromer': 30390063284_acf8f1c8dc_b.jpg 5148b846f1d8cb8c45bf684c012bafd2.jpg 8a286894dc8858639ced319bb4c0b9e1.jpg framo-stromer-coupe.jpg img004.jpg img005.jpg
    The Stromer, with its racy look, speed, convenience, and economy, is the perfect vehicle for the business man, the discriminating sportsman and the elegant lady.
     
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  12. fredvv44
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    One of my favorites. Also as a roadster.
     

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  13. timberwolf01
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    "The first main novelty appeared in early March when a prototype of a Coulson cyclecar was shown to the press and surprised the journalists because it was missing a proper chassis: the engine and transmission units were carried on a sub-frame bolted to the body at three points, so that, in case of a serious repair being necessary, the whole sub-frame could be lifted out bodily with the minimum amount of trouble. In line with the company standards, the body was suspended, fore and aft, on pairs of super-imposed quarter-elliptical springs and attached to long shackles.

    Was that a deliberate attempt to make a monocoque chassis or did the designer at Coulson just copy something he might have seen while working in aviation? Hard to tell but that’s another first!

    The idea was still a very early prototype and was fitted with a 777cc 6hp Blackburne V-Twin attached to the forward end of the subframe. The very first attempt at building a cyclecar didn’t have much ground clearance, had a motorcycle gearbox with a kick-starter actioned by a lever near the driver’s seat, and it still used belt transmission to the rear. These were however issues fully understood by the makers who were already planning to raise the clearance of the production model, use a proper gearbox with reverse and introduce chain transmission.

    It is not known if the Coulson Cyclecar was ever completed or if the project was abandoned but the following advert appeared on The Light Car and Cyclecar edition of July 1st, 1922 which suggests some more development might have taken place:

    COULSON, 8hp, 2-seater, brand new, beautifully fitted, hood, screen, Smith's clock, speedometer. DA. lighting. 3-speed. real bargain. £105"
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    You have really found the Cyclecar grave yard!! That last one has a FWD like no other I've ever seen.
     
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    One front wheel 3 wheelers never caught on due, I think, that they had to be very carefully designed or they didn't handle. There were many built but only for slow driving.
     
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    Stanhopes patent
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  23. AccurateMike
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    There is a bunch to see here

    Cyclecars and Specials too.
    Mike
     
  24. banjeaux bob
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    from alaska

  25. roadsterlines
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    'Baby Austin sports car' in King William Street, Adelaide; driver: PJ Baillie (State Library of South Australia) B-54035.jpeg
     
  26. roadsterlines
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    'Amilcar' - State Library of Victoria pi008776.jpg
     
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  27. roadsterlines
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    'Unidentified racing car parked on street' - State Library of Victoria pi020047.jpg pi020048.jpg pi020049.jpg pi020050.jpg
     
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  28. motoklas
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    from Bern, CH

    Hello and thank you!
    Beautiful period photographs - history with everyday atmosphere in small town...
    Except the magnificent sport automobile... Maybe, T-37 Bugatti?
    (rear suspension, grill, engine... and,
    emblem)
    Ciao, Zoran
     
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  29. The modern day Bugatti experts could probably trace the whole history of that car going by the SA rego plate and ofcourse how many Bugatti race cars in Australia in that time frame. Love the bluestone street gutters and broken bitumen too.
     
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  30. roadsterlines
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    The award for longest library catalogue caption has to apply to this one: 'Lighting on facade of W. Abbey & Co. shoe shop (next to photographic studio and Silvester's sandwich shop with Austin 7 sportscar, with bodywork designed to look like a Bugatti, parked in front).' Photograph by Sam Hood; Mitchell Library/State Library of New South Wales SLNSW_FL20728408 (1).jpg SLNSW_FL20728408.jpg
     
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