I didn't know where to post this -but it's so Cool!

We all love cool old cars and racing them is even better, enjoy. HRP

 

That’s awesome thank you for sharing

 

Danny, There is a long running cycle car thread that has tons of info on these type of cars....

 

Them ole boys is gettin' on with it!

 

How fast you figure they are going ?

Id be grinning ear to ear in one of those contraptions

 

It's not about how fast you can go, it's about how close to the edge of adhesion can you get and how long you can stay there. Yah, grinning ear to ear.

 

I don't have a clue as to what the speeds are, even the small Austins and such look like they are so much fun, especially when drifting through the chicanes. HRP

 

Thanks for sharing. very cool, I love the #31 with V-twin prime mover, but then I'm biased that way

 

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/lets-talk-cyclecars.226791/

But don't forget https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/specials.720448/

Interesting to see how the mode in which many of the chassis of this era lose it is sudden oversteer. It's what I've predicted based on rearward weight bias, wide rear spring base, and as yet poor understanding of lateral weight transfer vs. spring rates. There was a theory then current about why a lot of camber on the front helped for that, but it turns out it was wrong.

 

Oh, so that's why Bugattis look like this? I'd wondered.

 

They thought it was about road crowns. Road crowns were something of an obsession then. It was actually about counteracting weight transfer to the outside rear tyre.

But that is vraiment ma tasse de thé!