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The following were taken at the Moorabbin (Victoria, Australia) aero museum.
SizAIRE ... no relation at all to the Tweenie. For the genesis of the Sizaire's front suspension check out Decauville (that too, was a termed a...
Here's an Alvis from 1926. So who got there first with the front quad spring thing, I wonder... (Not a cyclecar, BTW) ;)
Thanks for that ... I believe it's always a good thing if some - any - information can be supplied with an image. Here's a car (not a cyclecar I...
Delightful, but is there any more information available on this ... er ... device?:confused:
Ade, that's the first iteration of the Chamberlain special - a racing car which finished up with a somewhat unique supercharged engine of Bob's...
'twas a 4 month visit: 'twould be nice to be able to do it more often, but financial reality being what it is... :( The Rallye des Ancêtres is...
Full marks for your powers of deduction Bob ... go to the top of the class.;)
Now that somehow seems to look familiar... Rallye des Ancêtres Compiegne, 2007
The personification of my concept of just what a "cyclecar" should look like... What, no belt drive...? :rolleyes:
What a great website - and you just have to love the Bécognée ...:)
It's just possible this is a modified Victoria Combination ("La Parisienne") In 4 wheeled form they were somewhat unstable, evidently. One can...
Yes indeed, although a goodly number seem unaware of what it's supposed to be about and turn up in outfits more suited to a fancy dress theme...
I'll make yet another attempt: simply because a vee-hickle has three wheels, it's not necessarily a "cyclecar". Having said that ... here you have...
This too, is Isotta-Fraschini powered - and has a somewhat similar steering position.
I was puzzled by the 8 cylinders (2x4) in the drawing, vs the 6 cylinder Isotta-Fraschini engine: the comments accompanying the PreWarCar link...
Here hear! ;)
I'm hoping that Bugatti 7 can tell me anything about these two examples, please...?
"sièges décalés" .. here's a 1908 Sizaire - not exactly "staggered" seating, but with a grab handle for the passenger whose seat back is in a...
There are a couple of excellent videos there...thanks!
As I've just had to go through having brake bits (shoes & drums) cast for the Sizaire I'm inerested to hear of your process Ade: we took the...
Maybe a Villiers engine squeezed into one of these...?
No need to ask as it's been well established by now that nobody here gives a toss, cyclecar or not. Thanks for the post - good stuff!
Thanks Liberty ... I can well understand the chassis being a little overwhelmed by the OX5 - on one of the veteran car rallies here in Oz we got a...
Superb photography. I would have expected this one to be in amongst them - maybe it's in hibernation? Anyone UK-based know?
My reading of the first page of this thread suggests that it is/was not so much to do with cyclecars as with hot-rodded cyclecars. Whatever, I've...
What I might have been trying to say/should have said was that the dwell would be the same for exhaust as well as inlet... thanks for pointing out...
I'm imagining that would place the ultimate restraint on inlet/exhaust timing relative to each other since they are employing the same cam...
The print size is too small for me to cope with: sorry.:o There's more here on "semi desmos", with reference to the Salmson 8 cylinder racing...
Thanks Herb ... that just about makes it clear for me - although why there seems to be no image or diagram of it out there in cyberspace is...
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