Let's Talk Cyclecars

As a complement to one of Bob's favorite ... Ratier 750cc, I add two pictures of how the little car was towed to Monthléry. Most cool!

 

Thank you Talgil! Did you find out how far he had to travel?

Bob

 

The Kenneth Neve Ariel Square Four Special. 1938 KN IV ,2000cc,GN Chassis.Driver J. Dearling. G.L. image.

 

That looks like a Steyr-Puch, by the front-end trim. An uncle of mine had a Fiat 500K Giardiniera in that same shade of pale blue. The Fiat had a version of the parallel twin engine adapted to lie on its side under the load floor. I'd expect that such drastic measures were not necessary for the SP flat-twin.

 

I don't remember. Might have been a travel from the south of France to Paris. He surely did not come just around the corner. Considering the inside of his Steyr-Puch / Fiat ? he was prepared for quite some distances. It had a strong feeling of "I travel around the world and sleep in my car". In contrast there was a splendidly restored Bentley 3 litre towing a trailer with vintage motorbikes. All the way from Manchester! And he competed in the races with the Bentley as well.

 

That is what I like about Montlhery.Everybody and anybody is welcome and everyone has a good time.Nobody looks down on anyone.The guys with the mega - money Bugatis and Bentleys play as equals alongside economy motorists!

 

YES !!! That's what makes the athmosphere.

 

The GN Martyr Instone Shelsely Special is for sale at 45,000 pounds.See it at www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C397901. You can also see video of it by searching youtube for GN Martyr Instone Special.

 

A more recent photo of the V-8 J.A.P.

 

Gn j.a.p. V8

 

tandem

 

Here is the other 5100CC J.A.P. Aero engine.There were 2 built to put into ballons.there is the one in Scaldwell's car and this one.

 

Frazer-Nash Ulster at Shelsley Walsh. G.L. images.

 

More F-N by G.L. .

 

Frazer-Nash from the Chaussat Collection.

 

Amicar via the Chaussat Collection

 

Full repo!

 

Front suspension is just plain wrong, for a Morgan.

 

Amilcar overheating...

 

Thanks for the pictures Nuclear Shark.

 

More on the V8 J.A.P. engine.

 

The GN Wasp. Engine image by G.L..

 

Like them all, but especially like the lines and proportions of the GN Martyr Instone Shelsely Special.

 

600,000 views!

 

Is that all?

 

Stella and Sylivia Morgan,daughters of founder HFS Morgan.

 

Any better pics of the windshield on this car?

 

Flipper,that is as good as it gets.It looks like 2 Brooklands shields mated in tamdem.Then if you look at the left side,it looks a wing nut to able to either fold the whole thing flat or remove it in a hurry.


BanjeauX Bob

 

Trojan and Deemster ,images by Robin B..