Let's Talk Cyclecars

Unusual driving position . . . presumably to see over the nose cowl . . .

 

OTAV Cyclecar by Stefan Marjoram

This O.T.A.V. started life as a much larger car but was later converted to a 'sporty' cycle car. It's still in the early stages of being rebuilt but looks great already.

 

LOL. Love that car but it has to be the oiliest rag of all the oily rag cars!!

 

I suppose it beat walking , riding a motorcycle ,bicycle or horse in the rain. I noticed how people dressed in the early days of motoring. My grandmother told me her mother mentioned how fortunate my grandmother was ...because my grandfather had a closed car when they were courting. A Model A Ford coupe .I think we loose sight at how close folks lived to nature...even in urban areas.

 

I guess you are right about that. Early Morgan 3 wheelers had no hood at all.

 

Mallory Park VSCC meeting, 31.08.24

 

Love the OHC's.

 

No details given from an event in the 1970's

 

I guess that is a GN chassis special. I have a copy of John Bolster's book "Specials". It's a great read.

 

I have that book as well.

 

https://www.prewarcar.com/602459-brescia-crankshaft
I've never seen one of these before and I've never seen a 4 banger with throws like this either. So what would be the firing order for this crank? It could be 1234 but I doubt it.

 

"PIGLET" giving Dougal a ride.

 

It's the 2 headed Man!!!!

 

Auto Avion Maratuech

 

Looks like an adult pedal car.

 

Well, as I didn't have pedal-car in my childhood, I would like to have one now! This one would be good: nice-done carrosserie, nice colour-scheme, nice details... And, interesting front suspension/steering unit with unusual but attractive fenders!
Would ne enough for me, even with pedal-power, but small electric-motor assistance would be helpful...
Ciao, Zoran

 

Your wish . . . etc etc! Here you go Zoran! Ciao!
https://www.kinner-car.com/

 

What a beauty, does she come along with it ?

 

Thank you, Nobo!
Well, I would like to have one, but...
But, for 18.000 euros - I could by some old-timer automobile, or classic motorcycle with side car - and, for the rest of money: build one light, simple and cheap pedal-power kart for over-grown kids as I am: 74 years, 100 kgs, 188 cm...
For half of that money I could even buy used ultralight aeroplane, or classic wooden boat long around 6-8 meters, with old diesel engine, or…
But, I do not have such money, so I still have a plan to built light quadricycle for me! I built one but I am not satisfied. Bern is mostly a flat town, I could avoid a few steeper streets, asphalt is good, bicycle paths are everywhere, even in the centre of the city, there are a lot of areas with speed limits up to 20-30 km/hour, traffic lights are arranged for bicycles, drivers are gently to bicycle's rider, for scooters and mopeds also...
Ciao, Zoran

 

My phone takes lousy pictures so I didn't take any. But on Friday last week at Hershey car show there was a 1898 Beeston quadricycle. Maybe some took a picture of it. It started with a tri cycle frame and had a tiny engine. The owner, in broken English, said it had a glow plug and no carb. Somehow it mixed gas vapor and air together in the gas tank and piped it to the engine. Anyone heard of this? Or did I understand correctly?

 

Hello, Nobo!​

At the end of the XIX century, some gasoline engines had such system: vacuum was pulling air in a gasoline tank, making bubbles and gasoline vapour over it... Then such mixture was pulled in carburettor, well, maybe directly to cylinder. Such reservoir was a carburettor!
Some photos and a video on this web-page:
https://www.fawcettmotors.com/1898-beeston-quadricycle/
… and, on German Wikipedia:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beeston_(Fahrzeugmarke)
The Benz Patent-Wagen from the same period had such system, but wasn't alone... About Karl Benz reservoir/carburettor system:
https://www.engineman.de/reconstruction-of-the-carl-benz-engine-from-1885/?lang=en

Ciao, Zoran​

 

Thank you MotoKlas, that is the one I saw.

 

A little gentler . . .

 

Did he survive that crash?

 

In the description of the video: "Thankfully I've made a full recovery from this list of injuries:
Factured skull and facial bones
Fractured left scapular
Punctured lung
Fractured left 6-11 ribs
Grade 3 splenic injury
Left descending aorta intimal injury Fractured L1-L4 transverse vertebrae Fractured T4-T7 spinous vertebrae Fractured right pelvis
Fractured laryngeal cartilage
Lip lacerations"

 

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