Let's Talk Cyclecars

Australian Motor Sports magazine, Sept. 1953; State Library of Victoria

 

16:1compression ratio????? Wow

 

From PreWarCar.com
https://www.prewarcar.com/an-airpla...inal-1921-leyat-helica-2h-conduite-interieure

 

learned a new word - euphonious. lol!

 

Who would have thought we could expand our vocabulary here? Won't score you many points playing SCRABBLE though.

 

I think those are the stupidest design for a car ever made. Danger aside, horribly inefficient and terribly noisy.

 

My thought is that it might be fun to try when no one was around. Like you state ...very inefficient.

 

I'd be in on the project. Looks dangerous enough to be fun.

 

Australian Motor Sports, March 1953; State Library of Victoria

 

Not sure if this has been posted before. Did a search and nothing came up.

 

Excellent. Thank you.

 

Ziggy, we've probably forgotten even if it was posted in the ancient past.

 

Hinstin It has an air cooled inline twin 2 stroke engine

 

The Monoposto was too cool. What a fun car.

 

We had a great Morgan event in Asheville last week. Here is the drive up the Mt. Pisgah switchbacks.

 

First pic courtesy State Library of Victoria; second pic pinched from the net

 

Supposedly the oldest known AMILCAR.

 

should have got some - any - info on this Indian-powered machine but I didn't ..........

 

Me likey! RHD and Down Under plate.

 

So, is that F.W.D ? Wicked cool.

 

It looks like BSA 3 wheeler FWD setup. BSA got it from Alvis and used it in the BSA Scout 4 wheel car too.

 

A nice youtube video from our friend Stefan Marjoram

 

Great video Bob. Stefan is my favorite car artist.

 

I agree 100%. Stefan can explain how he draws until the cows come home. I still can't do it but I appreciate his work. I like how he focuses on one area, maybe the most important part and everything else fades away from there.

 

Watched a bunch of his vids. Fantastic artist. I need to get back into sketching/painting.

 

This weekend at a very tiny swap meet in a very small village an equally small car.

 

you never get better by not doing

 

From my friends at the Fountainhead Antique Auto Museum ,Fairbanks, Alaska
www.fountainheadmuseum.com

 

Nice looking black car in the backround of a few shots. Thanks Bob.