Let's Talk Cyclecars

1913 Tweenie

 

Burrel cyclecar

 

Another shot of the BNC Monza from Japan and another cyclecar...

 

One cant help but love the sexy lines of the Tweenie: and so appropriately named - A quick Google suggests it shares a similar front end to the sizarre - any relation? - did the childrens program plagiarize the tweenie name?

Kume

 

A tweenie was a "between-stairs maid", a sort of spare domestic who could be set to help out anywhere in a household, i.e. neither specifically upstairs nor downstairs. Tweenies were often the youngest female servants; their status was somewhat analogous to FNG on the HAMB.

I'd expect that the car was so named for associations with cuteness, eagerness, versatility, and way too much energy.

 

That kind of sounds like the difanition of a taint.

 

cyclecar

 

Marc image from VRM 2013.

 

Great to see Duncan's V8 Curtiss engined GN coming back to life. Really enjoyed sketching it in this state with all the pistons and gears exposed. It's also going through a lightening regime - it'll be a lot more holey than when you last saw it!

V8 GN (cylclecar special with a Curtiss V8 engine) by Stefan Marjoram, on Flickr

 

Stefan I really like your style of drawing. You show detail where it's needed, but not in the total picture giving it an unfinished appearance. Thanks for showing us.

 

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 "voiturette").

 

I think we have viewed this Neander cyclecar before.It was posted on www.lecyclecaristebelge.be .

 

1913 Paris Tour Race,the driver is Cahbot,car is Automobilette.Image from the French Galic National Library.

 

1913 Circuit de Paris.Borbeau in a Bedelia.

 

Thanks very much! I think I try to do the same with my photos - using the shallow depth of field to blur out some bits and allowing you to focus on one small area.

 

Small cyclecar

 

I have noticed that you do this with photos. I like your drawings more, they show lots of personality.

 

The guys with the cars always got the girls.

 

Even back when you were young?!

 

I was young? Thinking that must have been before my time.

 

I was young? Thinking that must have been before my time.


That's a good one!

 

from www.lecyclecaristebelge.be

 

1913 Temperino cyclecar on offer through www.PreWarCar.com .

 

What do you think of this Bedelia being used as an ambulance?

 

Better not be hurt real bad and be in a hurry. But what a way to go!

 

1928 Amilcar

 

Here is an Amilcar for sale...

www.lva-auto.fr/petites-annonces.detail.php?id=90279

 

Not sure what to say

 

Righteous Messerschmitt

 

hang on tight!