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I love little coupés! This looks like coachwork on later Weymann principles, with the easier-to-clean gloss finish.

 

It is dimensionally like the Morgan but different everywhere else. Same motor and trans, my own torque compensator design, shaft driven swing arm. I really didn't like the Morgan system. Single 10 gal fuel tank instead of the twin tanks, disk brakes all around, adjustable pedals.
More interior room, a glovebox, a front trunk and bigger rear trunk that's lockable. Tilt steering wheel, digital electronics and custom gauges, etc. No plastic or phillips head screws showing. It's all in the Instagram .

 

Not everyone is into Instagram.

 

OK Then where?

 

https://groups.io/g/3WheelerReplicas
This is a great forum for home built 3 wheelers. Please reduce the size of photos to save storage usage.

 

I think it is a 1914 GN

 

Started with a package drawing to get the scale of components and the a 1/4 scale model to develop the body forms.

 

Nicely done Erik. Another option is to do a build blog on Blogspot.com, it is or was free. Here is mine:
https://jzrusa2.blogspot.com/

 

Full size bucks sculpted.

 

Grille shell fabrication. Plaster model, wheeling panels, welded assembly, flange for hood seal.

 

Aluminum hood was formed with a slip roller to get the arc. Flanges were made by bending up bottom edges. Support structure made by bead rolling a frame structure. Custom made goose-neck hinges for a side opening hood. Sanding out imperfections to make the polished graphic sweep.

 

Beautiful workmanship Erik.

 

1924 Peugeot 172 BS Grand Sport

 

Wind deflectors in poly carbonate with aluminum mounts.-
Wood rimmed steering wheel in 2 hardwoods with 6062 T6 aluminum center.
Pedals are Wilwood units with etched copper pads.

 

Are you building a series of these, or is this just for one?

 

"MARTYR" in it's current form.

 

Limited production is the goal but funds are insufficient.

 

Upper and lower A-arms with heim joint ends for adjustability. Rack and pinion steering with no bump-steer. Engine turned dash and cowl panel with bead roll. Adjustable pivot steering wheel. Front trunk with brake and clutch reservoirs. Engine turning is done with fine valve grinding paste on felt pads for deeper scratch than a Cratex stick. Lockable glove box contains front hood release lever.

 

Here is my engine turning job. I used leather disk and valve paste.
https://jzrusa2.blogspot.com/2013/02/engine-turning.html

 

That looks great, Fred. Did you eyeball the spacing?

 

I did it on the mill table so I cranked it the same for each spot but I was not terribly accurate with that. I wanted a bit of "hand made look" with it.

 

VSCC night rally

 

1927 Benjamin/Benova B3 Sports

 

Seeing photos like those makes me think of what the flow of life was like in those days. We get so caught up in the fast pace of theses days.