Let's Talk Cyclecars

Here are a few from the Vintage Sports-Car Club ( www.vscc.co.uk ) Prescott Hill Climb .

 

Lets see more photos of Morgan 3 wheelers, love those cars.


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No Morgan...

 

Morgans...though not 3 wheelers.

 

Hay burners, very funny. very very obsolete.


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You wanted to see more MORGANS.

 

mmmmmmmm.... Morgans

 

Wouldn't that apostrophe "S" ? As in Morgan's....

 

Another French contraption...

 

I really like the Morgan that Rootie showed.


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Are we sure that the photo was taken in Detroit? I suspect it was taken in Switzerland. The houses and fence in the background look more European to me. Even more importantly, the license plate with a cross on the left and a shield on the right looks like a Swiss plate. Wyss is a not uncommon surname in German-speaking Switzerland. I wonder if he is related to the automotive writer Wallace 'Wally' Wyss. Probably a long shot, though.
BTW, I'm a long-time reader of this thread who finally signed up.

 

Welcome to the HAMB SR100! I think the photo is in Europe too. Bob

 

Not entirely sure of anything except for the caption that came with the photo when I stole it.So,if you anybody has any better info please post it.

 

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Well that makes a change from having the propeller at the front

 

Less wear and tear on the hair.

 

....and another

 

We've seen these 2 Sandford images before...

 

That last picture is priceless

 

Done that many a time working under the dash on my Avion - feet up on the roll over bar;

 

I think that's near Ecole Militaire in Paris

 

Here is famous Belgian driver Arthur Legat shown with his Bugatti,Amilcar,and Veritas.His Bugatti ran so well ,Ettore wrote many letters asking how?

 

What do you think of this 3 Wheeler?

 

Those headlights!

Any info on #4857?

Thanks!

 

Any more views of it? Very interesting.

 

I think that if Saoutchik ever built a body for a trike, it would have been that UGLY!

Herb K

 

Is there a big rubber band in the roof?

 

I've had my own ideas about a reverse-trike that one rides like a motorbike. The concept is very simple the way I had it originally: a T-bucket up the the flywheel, and a traditional chopper thereafter. I've never seen one done exactly like that.

The more I mull it over, though, the more I'm convinced that the thing should lean into curves. And that creates all kinds of challenges, if we are to retain the advantages of being able to use a large car engine and a rear wheel that stays substantially perpendicular to the road.

And then, I'd like it to be manually shifted, with my foot.

 

Saw this listed as the "road model of the Rail Zeppelin". The tagline 'without motor' is a bit much. Those flat 'propellers' won't get it far.

 

Keep the miniature 'Royale' hood ornament, skip the "Foney & Flashy", even Figoni & Falaschi wouldn't have built that in their most excessive moments.