Let's Talk Cyclecars

See http://www.farzernash.co.uk/ for the rest of the story on this barn find Frazer Nash.

 

1926 Salmson AL3 driven by Borzacchini.

 

Messerschmitts

 

Bob, you are correct again.

 

this is not the single seater racing morgan but it is very fast looking

 

i think the single seater is that of Gwenda Hawkes stewart she clocked 118 mph at Arpajon in a special single seater morgan its all in Bill Boddy's montlhery book

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=...page&q=montlhéry gwenda hawkes morgan&f=false

 

Probably the Mog that was the subject of a 3 part article "From Water Cooled to Blown Air Cooled" in the Blue 'un w a y back.

Herb

 

UkAde,

Something like 50 years ago I read a book called "design for competition" by the 750 motor club. It had a chapter or article about the wooden Marcos sports car. It said

"The simplicity of construction and the ease of producing strong joints without specialist skill or equipment, caused me to seek further information upon the application of glued wood techniques, and our technical library revealed a great deal of fascinating information in the form of data sheets issued by the manufacturers of Araldite, Messrs. Ciba (A.R.L.) Ltd., of Duxford, Cambridge. These Technical Note publications yielded information on glider construction and boat building, and then I came upon a copy dated March 1961 entitled "Glued Wood Sports Car."
This dealt with the original Marcos, and since anyone contemplating wooden car construction will want to learn from the design of these vehicles which have been winning races for over half a decade I will now examine them in detail, summarizing the information gathered from various sources."

Over the years I've looked for a copy of this article, first by snail mail and later by e mail. The manufacturer has been bought/sold/merged to the point that no one seems track history.

If you or anyone else could tell me where I might obtain a copy of "Glued Wood Sports Car." I would appreciate it.

Stan

 

Welcome to the HAMB. Great photo!

I don't think this is the single seater driven by Mrs. Stewart at Arpajon as has been mentioned. I have seen a photo of her car and it differs from the three wheeler in the photo you posted.

One thing I noticed is the gentleman standing to the right facing the camera looks very much like the as yet to be Knighted Malcolm Campbell.

 

Salmson at Brooklands in 1922

 

This guys name is something Wilson. My memory is pretty sharp but i'll have to have a look in the Boddy book for full details. All the Salmson's were great at Brooklands.

 

just noticed the date on the single seat morgan was 1913 too early for Gwenda Hawkes

build your own Mahogany sports car

http://blog.modernmechanix.com/build-your-own-mahogany-sports-car/1/#mmGal

 

That's Amazing! I'll read through it tonight when I can make some time.

 

this could be Gwenda Hawkes in her recordbreaking morgan

 

here is another morgan

 

That taco shaped rear end is close to what I imagine the 1913 racer looked like.
I came across this article today with the History of Morgan as told by H.F.S. Morgan himself in 1949.

http://threes.com/index.php?option=...eler&catid=76:sports&Itemid=55&device=desktop

 

Herb was the one who first showed us this Amilcar C-6.Photographer Ashley Boarder took these images for the company doing the restoration....and ultimately the customer paying the bill.

http://www.lightflow.co.uk/Article/Index?id=15

 

Bedelia . Original photo on an auction site.

 

Lightflow reminds me of Lightview Photographic, an excellent site with splendid pictures of 'our' sort of cars.

http://www.onlinepictureproof.com/lightviewphotographic/gallery/

 

My new wallpaper at work

 

Carlmark JAP 996 JAP w Fiat/GN hassis

 

Here is a link to the build pictures of my chater lea cyclecar

http://www.flickr.com/photos/55288722@N00/sets/72157636329270415/

This was a circa 1913 chater lea rolling chassis with a blackburne tomtit v twin aero engine of around 700 cc making it possibly the smallest aero engined special

Sadly I had to sell this car to finance the jappic recreation

 

absolutely stunning! - the perfect colour palette.

 

here is another record breaking car,, the avon Jap driven by Kaye Don with differnt engines 500 , 738 and 998

information is very sparse and this small picture is all i could find in the way of pictures

 

From Lilianne in the Netherlands.Don't ask,I don't know.

 

More information to add to post #4578...

1926 Salmson VAL3 W/ Salmson Aero Engine AD9

 

Lilianne's baby looks like sporting an FN radiator (FN stands for Fabrique Nationale, a Belgian car and weapons manufacturer).
As far as I know, the Salmson is a project from Chris Draper, an english engineer who worked for Ford in Cologne (Germany) and a big Salmson enthusiast.
Ade's Chater Lea is up for sale as it seems:
http://www.novaweb.fr/component/expautos/detail/10782/1/352/3169/collection/cyclecar-chaterlea
and here aare 3 pictures of the Talbot Q10 works racer. This is based on a Talbot 8/18 chassis and running gear. There are 12 original Talbots 8/18 surviving, plus 3 in chassis form. I don't know much about the Q10, just found these 3 pictures, ... but I do have an almost running chassis of an 8/18! Anyone out there who is able to help with information?

 

The first image is from post #4476.

 

Talbot 8/18? race car ,,

 

Frazer-Nash "Piglet" being repaired at www.longstonetyres.co.uk