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Let's Talk Cyclecars

Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by Bigcheese327, Dec 4, 2007.

  1. fredvv44
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    I think that crankless engine is still being use for compressors.
     
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  2. timberwolf01
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  3. timberwolf01
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    Did you know that Tintin drove an Amilcar?
    IMG_19072.jpg tintin-s-amilcar-tintin-in-the-land-of-the-soviets-red-1-24-29938-1.jpg tintin-s-amilcar-tintin-in-the-land-of-the-soviets-red-1-24-29938.jpg
     
  4. Dubonet Garage
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    In "Tintin in the land of the soviets", its first adventure!
     
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  5. roadsterlines
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    Photo by Arnold, Peter John Goddard; State Library of Western Australia slwa_b2514654_1.jpg
     
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  6. fredvv44
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    They packed all that in that little car?
     
  7. roadsterlines
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    Just found this ... 'Newspaper delivery vehicle for the Sunday Mail, Brisbane' - State Library of Queensland. (What model is it? What would it be worth today?) FL10547.jpg
     
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  8. roadsterlines
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    'Bugatti Type 37, ca. 1923' (possible location is the Mount Cootha Hill Climb) State Library of Queensland FL14515.jpg
     
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  9. roadsterlines
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    'Bugatti, Type 37 drawing a crowd, Ayr, ca. 1930' - State Library of Queensland FL7975.jpg
     
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  10. motoklas
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    They packed all that in that little car?
    Fred
    https://52morganfsuper.blogspot.com/
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    Fred,
    For many years, I was camping with small FIAT 600d (made by licence in Serbia as Zastava 750) and TRABANT 601, both in category under one litre of capacity... Of course, pulling camping trailer and sometimes having plastic or pneumatic boat on top of car (nice as sunny protection during voyages). Packaging a lot of various objects in small space I learned in Army...
    Not look-a-like as cyclecars, but in their times that was ultralight autos, indeed!
    Fiat was better for pulling, even in the second gear over Bosnian mountains, and good for engine braking downhills... Just put gearbox in the second gear. Trabant must be used in the first gear over hills (low middle range torque) but even worse - couldn't brake with engine, being two-stroke. Must use hand-brake too, going downhills, because of over-heating of the front brakes...
    Once I was driving 18 hours from Belgrade to the Adriatic Sea Coast - for 770 km!
    But, I was young then!
    Off topic, but probably cyclcartistes had similar problems with their ultralight automobiles, if used for "serious" adventures?

    Ciao, Zoran
     

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  11. Dubonet Garage
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    Bugatti for sure!
    If I am correct, it is not a Type 37 but a Type 30 (you will have to sell a huge number of newspapers to buy one now!)
     

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