Let's Talk Cyclecars

GN at the Vscc's annual Lakeland Trial.Shown here at the Honister Slate Mine. Image by Bertram Hill via the VSCC ( www.vscc.co.uk ).

 

A pair of Amilcar CGS at the Schlumpff museum in France. The green car has a EDWIGE grill.M.H. images.

 

Amilcar and Deby

 

all of the disadvantages of a car an a motorcycle all rolled convieniantly into one vehicle , anyone ever put a wisconson v4 into a cyclecar yet?

 

A different pair of red and green Amilcars.From Vintage Revival Montlhery.

 

Luke wrote--

"anyone ever put a wisconson v4 into a cyclecar yet?"

Reliable engine, but probably the heaviest for the horsepower that has been made in the last 50 years.

Might need dual wheels on the front axle-----

Herb K

 

The insects.GNAT to the right.All hill climb specials.

 

its a shame theyre so heavy; cause they sound great.

 

Luke,there's nothing preventing you from using one of those engines.It just weighs a lot.

 

Here are some 1930 or so images from Germany.They come from Michi's Vintage Blog out of Germany.He got them from Helmut,who got them from a much larger collection of images.

 

Let's go for a ride.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_GYGAZMgRE&feature=youtube_gdata_player

 

Cool ride, Thanks Stretchmobile.

 

Yep,that was a great video.Tom,didn't that Morgan sound great? Here are a couple of early Kalusenrennen images to show you how much has changed in the road surface...

 

fabric bodied special

 

Chenard Wackler

 

That is a 1927 Claveau, an experimental mid-engined streamliner:



Here is a model of an (apparently) earlier iteration:


This 1930 endeavour seems mechanically more conventional, but its shape does indeed recall Chenard-Walcker (though if I'm not mistaken C-W were already using that pontoon/tank formal approach in the mid-'20s.)


More followed after WWII:



Quite a lot here: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/tags/claveau/ More OT is the lovely pre-Romanesque structural polychromy lower on the page. I have no idea how or indeed if it relates to the cars.

 

Thanks Dawie for the correction.Only conveying what was in the caption where I stole the image.

 

1925 Darmont Special on offer through www.PreWarCar.com


http://www.prewarcar.com/index.php?option=com_caradvert&view=ad&section_id=1&id=88603&Itemid=432

 

Calvin Bridges' 1936 teardrop microcar:



http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrscharroo/6797380790/

http://vimeo.com/60233891

http://caseybergman.wordpress.com/2013/06/14/calvin-bridges-automotive-pioneer/

http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthre...tters-etv-also-avion-11732-17.html#post379400

(also see page 18 of above link)

 

from Vincent in France...

 

I know this is an old post but I like to see the updates from some of you guys. I was giving this some thought and the Honda Goldwing 6 cyl with the shaft drive would make a fine three wheel cyclecar. they are all over craigslist for next to nothing on price could be done rather cheap.

 

This guy is just about finished with his Morgan 3wheel replica using a Goldwing motor.
http://www.the510realm.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=24949

Sent from my SCH-I535 using H.A.M.B. mobile app

 

Bob, how many other vehicles on the planet would fit into the cyclecar AND aeromotor AND woodframed thread here? I'd bet not many.

 

Doug, you're right!

 

A little information on Morgan...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lnal4lrNRuE&feature=youtu.be

 

Ok,shot in the dark here people.I have been gifted a incomplete set of blueprints for a small cycle type car looks to be 20's era racing car style but only 84" in length single seater.Blueprints say Elwell Mfg. St.Louis Mo. I am in St.Louis so find this interesting Google search of Elwell yielded no real info only a possiable link to a electric motor mfgr. and maybe some tie in to the Detroit Electric Car Co. Since these are 18"X24" blueprints I will need to find a better way to post them other than taking a picture to post. Any info would be helpful.

 

Motorcade,do the prints show what kind of motor/engine is used?

 

just a cyclecar at the end of the road

 

Amilcar on offer through www.PreWarCar.com

http://www.prewarcar.com/index.php?option=com_caradvert&view=ad&section_id=1&id=88592&Itemid=432

An addition to the story by Michi..

http://www.michisoldtimer.de/2013/08/27/sichs-deutlich-verbessert-16337432/

 

This is a car Robin and I imported from Australia , we bought a container of amilcar parts including this car , another rolling ch***is and a huge number of other parts

The whole lot was on prewar car we were the first to email and we sent a deposit off the same day