The Jalopy Journal
Well we didnt make it ,, i have been busy on the Jappic , with the hope of getting it to the Vintage revival meeting at Monthlery this weekend ,...
that casting, it seems to keep the sterring box and the brake cross shaft tied together and stops the brake cross shaft from binding up under...
Here are some detail pics of my wood framed car project https://flickr.com/photos/55288722@N00/sets/72157649331368818 Posted using the Full...
Gentlemen , I'm still around but don't get to drop in here as much as I should , but the Jappic recreation is progressing well , the big news , is...
[ATTACH]just been sent this but despite a Google search I have failed to find any information on the streamlined car Posted using the Full...
I did a lot of the work on the yellow and black deemster with Jo rose from JR vintage , started life as a STD deemster we lengthened the chassis...
im not sure weather the two cars are supposed to be the same , but there are a number of differences between the two cowl shape , steerin column...
Hi Bob , I have been to brooklands a number of times , and every time I go there is something new to see , I think a night time torch tour will be...
http://www.brooklandsmuseum.com/index.php?/events/details/torchlight-tour-halloween-special2/ This looks a good night out
Interesting 750 v twin engine with gearbox...
All that effort for a pedal car , very nice job
Here is a bit more about vernon balls from motorsport magazine archive...
The driver of the ace of spades amilcar was no less than vernon balls the amilcar importer and race driver in the 20,s More here...
Can't remember if I have put this up before but here is a period news reel containing film of the Jappic at speed about 3 min 30 seconds in...
This is a Bugatti coupe that a friend of mine Oliver Way built a few years ago http://www.oliverway.co.uk/Announcing/index.asp
This site has some good stuff on leaning trikes both powered and pedal versions http://www.jetrike.com/prior-art.html The Messerschmitt...
I like centre throttle , my model a was a right hand drive Canadian built export car and came with a centre throttle made toe and heel blips on...
Zoran that is bloody Mary , it's the final incarnation of the bolsters specials , it is up a running now after years of sitting in museums , It...
[MEDIA] An excellent video of the work of Neander a few Jap powered cycle cars and very nice bikes , love the steering wheel of the Neander...
It's good to have Bob back
How to hand scraped finish http://www.bugattirevue.com/revue23/scrape.htm
Wow amazing engine turning http://www.cs.ucr.edu/~eamonn/et/et.htm Here is some about bugatti hand scraped finish...
I like the hand done engine turning bugatti used on engine and gearboxes, my friend has a delage and found on cleaning years of dirt of the...
Stripping the Jappic recreation , it's time to assemble it ready for running now...
There was one set of pictures done with a passenger in the car , but he seemed to be sitting sideways and would have been on the final drive chain...
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jappic-recreation/288202517984662 Here is a recent picture of the Jappics progress
This is a video. Of the chater leas first run at the festival of slowth [MEDIA] The car is now owned by Marc in Belgium he has done a lot of...
This is the engine in my 1913 chater lea cyclecar , I built this car a few years ago and have since sold it to finance the Jappic recreation ,...
I now have a Facebook page for the Jappic recreation https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jappic-recreation/288202517984662
I started by looking for sidecar wheels as these normally have a stub axle we can use , found plenty of singles but pairs were a problem as you...
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