A Cyclecar Pioneer

A Cyclecar Pioneer

The word .1 xclemr” or lIt 1110 ktober issue Si, I dug ttf whkh appeared in The Light I :v., yea, ago. The contraption that I put mitethei 11.1′ 111,11 elks:live as there Was nothing nnklt …Trine It being sts The Irian suspension W.I. Mtitgan was the dummy radiator. dist petrol tank flowerer. after a few months use I dismantled it and sold the hi, and reverted to my “r•nwdel

Ford. I started driving M 1912, at age IX, those days I drive a .Mini WOO, a reliable, efficient and handy car, but it is a bit like driving a jet-propelled dodgern. I would much St11,11e1 drive an A35 if they were still being made. They were a nice friendly Mae car. Bristol P. St HiTIIAM The cyclecar Mn. South= built in IWO. when he was living, as he is now. in Bristol. was a four-wheeler with a 4 b.p, Blackburtw engine driven by chain to a ,,,untershait. through a 3.speed Sturmev.Archer gearbox. and bv a single 1,vide bolt Ell OW it hack wheel. the axle being tin iri-elliptic sprin, The -radiatorheld the petrol and the twin Morgan-type ciul.sprine struts SI0,1 backwards slightly. Top sNed 000 quoted as 45 to 50 m.p.h. and hill-ehmbmg said to be excellent. It was typical ol the many cyclecars bath by enthusiasts M the (920s, an aspect of motor sport no longer enjoyed. — Ed.)