Let's Talk Cyclecars

1921 gp de Boulogne.................GN Team

 

Do want. Can not afford. Back to the plan of building my own. Thanks Bob, glad to know some originals are still out there for when I finally strike it rich.

 

Bob, it still looks like a hotrod with knockoffs. Thanks for all the pics you post, everyone have a good holiday!!

 

long time ago Classic and Sports Car did an article on that car. the guy built his own chain drive trans from scratch.

just a mind bending contraption...i want it!!

 

I believe the engine in that GN is air cooled and the OX5 was liquid cooled. Perhaps another version of Curtis engine?

 

I believe that there was an aircooled version of the OX5 with improved valve gear after WW1 called the "Tank" The "stock" OX5 wore valve guides so much that I have read that the CAB (predecessor of the FAA) required checking valve/guide wear every 10 hrs flight time. The barnstormers probably thumbed their nose, and kept on flying until the engine wouldn't run any more.

Herb

 

Enough Amilcar Skiffs??? Please explain.

Thank you for the ones you've shown.

 

Can there be such a thing as enough skiff-bodied cyclecars?

What's the scoop on that BSA tricycle engine-trans set? Looks like a perfect mid-engine rig for something small and light.

 

That must be the reason for the "Fence post" valve repair I read about some were. Remove the cylinder, place over a fence post to hold the valeves in place while compressing the valve springs for removal.

 

http://lecyclecaristebelge.forumchti.com/t28-amilcar-parts-for-sale-virginia-usa-sold#28

Here's what's under the Amilcar beauty.

It would be nice to find a 1940's, early 50's Anglia or Prefect frame and motor ect, to use to make a cyclecar with.

 

A 2X4 works well for small Continental cylinders. Hell, it ain't rocket surgery!

 

Good find, Speedy Steve. That's actually a pretty good look at frame construction and has caused a revision to my plans.

 

Hillclimb party over on The Old Motor website..............great videos of the 2011 meet.

 

I've got a photo of a Cream Cracker taking part in an early trial event and fitted with 16" rear wheels for the purpose. That led to an entire train of design thought ...

 

I know, been posted a million times...........but hey..........it's a killer shot............

 

Now that, I LIKE!

 

Hey guys,

Is this a cycle car?



It came up in another thread.

-Dave

 

What do you think, Dave ..?
And do I see Morgan (or Sizaire-Naudin)-style sliding pillar front suspension there? Interesting.

 

Ok, stupid question. A better question might have been: "Hey guys, what kind of cycle car is this?". The little boy's kepi makes me think it must be from France.

-Dave

 

I love those tandem seating Bedelias pictured above. Now that's the appropriate arrangement for 2 people in a cyclecar.

IIRC, the passenger was responsible for shifting the drive belts from one front pulley to the other, they called that a 2-speed transmission.

 

Yep ... either a Citroen or Renault, for sure. Still trying to find out just what that "thing" is: is it a 3 wheeler?

And take a look at what's in a Fairbanks museum just around the corner from Banjeaux Bob - a fair-dinkum cycle car!

 

It is neither a Citroën HY nor a Renault Estafette. It is close in its general configuration to a Peugeot D3/D4 but the angle of the panel behind the protruding radiator isn't quite right.

 

No, the van is a Renault Goelette from the fifties. They sold a lot of them in France and Belgium. A friend of mine has even a fourwheeldrive ambulance version of the belgian army.

 

Of course. I read the wall below the windows behind the van as a radiator protrusion.

 

Comme ca... but I'm still trying to work out the main subject of the photo.