Let's Talk Cyclecars

just found these two video clips of my chater lea in action ,, may have posted them before ,, but for the newer people on here,,

my Chater lea was my first real cyclecar its a circa 1913 chater lea cyclecar chassis with a 670cc blackburne tomtit v twin aircraft engine in it ,,,, the smallest aero engined special in the vintage sports car club ,, sadly sold to finance the Jappic recreation build

first start in more than 50 years

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUh5xwzXs9E&feature=youtu.be

first run up the hill at festival of slowth

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPyryXSEs5Y&list=UUEXX4uwU0Rg9WFiQGADrxaA


filmed by Robin

 

Wow, Kewl thread tho it'll take years to get thru the whole thing...

Back around 2006 I had the idea to scratch build a BMW Dixi-ish cyclecar, but by 2010 that had morphed into building a morgan-style 3 wheeler. Since about april of 2010 I designed and scratch built the vehicle in the pics attached (from last friday 11/29). The donor is a yamaha XS850 3-banger that I've owned since 2004. I have a build log on Locostusa.com.

Link to build log:http://www.locostusa.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=13941

Robb

 

to airhead roadster:
Can anyone identify the car shown at 2:17 and in the screen capture below?
Looks to me like a BNC, but they do not all have this rear end.

 

that is neat!

 

Sizaire Naudin... the view we usually see is the one from the front where the cars are coming at us.

 

Cyclecar?

 

American built Martin

 

Yay! - an Avro Monocar. I have a soft spot for those.

 

There was that 3/4 scale fiberglass '32 roadster body available. I thought it would make a great monocar body with about 2' taken out of the middle. It would be a hot rod, bike and cyclecar all in one.

 

Here are King Leopold of Belgium and Ettore Bugatti riding in a Red Bug.King Leopold was a loyal Bugatti customer. Shown also is a Bugatti Leopold owned at one time.It has not been restored.It was recommissioned after a long storage.

 

Cyclecar on tour....

 

Darmont,Igor pic

 

The king Leopold Bugatti currently resides at Ivan Dutton bugatti workshop a few miles from my house I saw it about 6 months ago , it's stunning , Tim Dutton looks after some great cars up there ,

 

Ade,that JAPPIC is looking fabulous!

 

Cheers Bob I'm very pleased with the way it's coming on. If you could put the picture up as I am on my iPad which makes it difficult to copy and paste links from pictures

 

Here is the current state of Ade's JAPPIC recreation.He's got parts on the kitchen table drying too.

 

Robb,
Thanks for the link to locostusa and for showing your project here. Great effort and a handsome trike. Curiously, this thread on the HAMB is mostly about pure vintage cyclecars and seems to discount efforts of more-current non-credentialed builds. Strange for a board that is mostly about hot-rodded contrivances.

I've had a Morgan-like reverse trike underway for better than a dozen years, beginning with sketches and continuing on into serious design and hardware collection. All the major hardware is on hand and I'm just waiting for a vacant frame table in the shop to begin mockup. I've registered with locostusa and will soon start a build thread there where interest is certain to be high.

Again, thanks, and all the best.

Mike

 

Say, what is the name and/or purpose of that vertical bumper-ish thing on the front of this cyclecar?

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=2081399&d=1385252639

 

I love the fobco Star
oh and the Jappic is looking stunning

 

av8,I don't think that your comments are entirely true regarding this thread and would have to take exception to them.The traditional cyclecar is just the flow the stream has taken.There are a few readers who take issue with certain vehicles not being within the bounds of the strictest of definitions of a cyclecar.Yet most of us don't say a word when the boundaries are broached and fences breached.

I asked Ryan when he was housecleaning awhile back if this thread would be one that would be eliminated.He said "No,as long as it remains traditional".As far as I know,we have had not had any moderator warnings, posts removed ,or the thread locked because of content.


BanjeauX Bob

 

A little progress on my project. Next step is clutch pedal and shift linkage then maybe a roll bar.

 

Enjoy...

 

Tricycle

 

another tricycle...

 

rovin?

 

braking the light to start the timing of a run, afaik...

 

All my deapest respect for Ade's work on the Jappic. A great challenge and a fabulous finish to all the jobs Ade did so far.
What is this huge engine standing behind King Leopold's Bugatti between the GN chassis and the other type 40? Bugatti ?
Here is a picture op my little Talbot's dashboard and current engine bay. Might get the car running for its first time for decades between Christmas and the New Year.

 

I just got through reading "Motor Wheels and Flyers" by Tom Bartlett. It's mainly about wheel motors and motorized bicycles but he does talk about original and replica cyclecars too. I think I've seen pictures of the cover car here before but I don't recall anything about the book.

Stan

 

Aero engined Riley chassis.The engine is a Monasco Pirate.

 

I've admired this car for a while now, but had only seen one or two shots of it from a distance. These shots are just great. I love the lines, proportions and color scheme of this car. The motor shot is icing on the cake. Thanks bob!

Tried to find more images of the car I inquired about from the video using the search term Rovin, but struck out. The car's rear end shape intrigued me because it looked a lot like the rear of a Austin 10-4 body, which incorporates a rumble/dicky rear seat. I was really curious to see how the front body design/shape flowed into back.

Man, I totally dig the headlamp housing bodywork on that Leopold Bugatti!