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In the early days of transit personnel motor car quickly evolved from their origins hail Cars were so expensive, the ownership of this new mode of transportation was an option for the rich.
It was inevitable that some inventive entrepreneurs develop an inexpensive alternative The answer was found in the thin origins of motorcar Cyclecars were minimal and often primative, but they allowed one of modest means to take the road has Comfort not a consideration and reliability only afterwards it must have been exhilarating to take the road driving your own car, even if it was a small car that could be cobbled together in a local wooden garage, a motor and nothing other.
In the early 1920s the days of cyclecar were numbered The price of the new model T Ford keep droping closer to the price cyclecars In Britain, the memorable Austin 7 ousted the cycle cars and driving to thousands who otherwise would could never afford in December 1922 cost 165 the boom was over.
Then a strange thing happened - the cyclecar became a convenience novel for the rich no less than the Red Bug Auto - an American electric buckboard found favor with country houses and motorists stations favored Meager second Ford and Austins hand.
After a global economic depression and Second World War, the conditions were right for the successor of cyclecars the microcar But that's another story.
Henry Ford first effort - 1896 quadricycle easily meets the definition of a cyclecar Six years later, the first Ford car to be built by Ford Motor Company in 1924, more than 10 million Fords had been manufactured.
The 1903-1907 Waltham East buckboards wood provided motorized personal transportation at low cost A specialized version for the US Post Office was a case of mail with compartmentalized compartments directly in front of the driver Waltham Manufacturing Co also made bicycles and produced the first American motorcycle in 1898. in 1909, the company itself became known as Metz Car company and exclusively dedicated to the manufacture of automobiles.
The British Aviette was a car kit Before beginning the First World War, one could build this car cyclecar 55 sides planks resemble boat building turn-strake.
Source From cyclecar to Microcar Michael Worthington Williams.
first design, made in England before the war by Carden genius, was sold in 1919 to AV Motors Ltd Middlesex The car was car is known for style, simplicity and erratic handling between 1919 and 1926, the AV captain John Carden aquired tandem seating and seats side by side and the power was increased from 5 to 8 hp.
Tamplin cyclecar 1919, as many small cars of the era, was built with a wood frame and wooden body panels This small 2 seater tandem was the second cyclecar Carden products by Captain John Carden He sold manufacturing rights dealer Carden, EA Tamplin which renamed quickly it is powered by a V-twin engine air cooled JAP 1000cc 8 hp driving the rear wheels through the segmented belt the Tamplin remained in production until in 1925.
1920 Briggs & Stratton Flyer In 1918, Briggs & Stratton Company of Milwaukee has invested half a million dollars in new buildings and equipment to start producing cars again manufacturing patents and sales rights Smith motor wheel and Smith Flyer was purchased from AO Smith brochure was a bit of a buckboard, but Briggs hopes that with improved engine 1hp 2 bedrooms and adding a flywheel, the car would be a little more popular even with a slightly larger engine, the Flyer was considered one of the rudest car ever sold Two seats were sitting side by side on a rigid wooden platform with a large bicycle wheel at each corner the small 2 horsepower Type D Briggs & Stratton Motor wheel was mounted at the rear, which makes the five-wheel drive car was no body and break the power was applied to a single wheel The price tag for this vehicle was 200 These cars were produced from 1919 to 1923.
1921 New Carden captain John Carden, having developed and sold its first two models cyclecar, still made another car bearing his name in 1920 At present, less wood was used and the car was capable of carrying two people .
Slaby Beringer 1924 Self-Service Car Line began as a small electric powered vehicle created in the early 1920s by the partnership of the designer Dr. Rudolf and Mr. Slaby Beringer, an entrepreneur in the manufacture of one of their main markets was Japan's devastating earthquake in Japan in 1923 put the company in danger, and it was taken over by Danish Industrialist Joergen Rasmussen later a gasoline engine two wooden bodied cars picture seat was built in the same factory Netherlands who built engines DKW the Slaby-Beringer was precursor of DKW car, now a part of Audi.
1924 Red Bug Auto The most basic cyclecars became the delight of Palm Beach and magnificent country houses after Automotive standard has purchased the manufacturing rights in 1924. They converted the Woodie diminutive of Briggs and Stratton engine quintessence wheel electric energy Keep the batteries charged and the little buckboard Woodie was as simple to operate as an electric push button Red Bug is even found way to European stations Luxory production ceased in 1929.
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1925 Mochet VELOCAR Before World War Charles Mochet built small, very light cars His wife had decided the common bicycle was far too dangerous for their son George, so Charles built him a four-wheel vehicle to thin plywood pedals The 4 Indeed wheels reduces the danger of falling no one suspected what that could lead to the 4-wheeler proved to be very fast little George was delighted with his v vehicle propulsion when he easily SPV human has left the other kids on bikes behind .
This soon led to a demand for the vehicles and Charles Mochet finally decided to abandon the construction of automobiles in favor of devoting himself to building human-powered vehicles, he built a two-seater, the car pedal four wheels for adults that he called VELOCAR later, a more spacious VELOCAR was produced and many of them were converted into electrical energy or gasoline shortages during WW2.
In 1933, experimental two wheels Mochet VELOCAR disembodied - a recumbent bike early - records broken the speed to existing pedals The following year, forever sanctioning bodies cycling, UCI, recumbent banned from competition.
1930 Ernst Neumann-Neander prototype Since wild designs, extravagant he created for this elegant Szawe cyclecar made liberal use of mahogany to create an aerodynamic body A 350 cc motorcycle engine is mounted next to the driver.
Source From cyclecar to Microcar Michael Worthington Williams.
1949 King Midget Series 1 With a wooden chassis reminiscent Red Bug, the first offering of King Midget was sold for 270 advertisements in the back of magazines It is in the collection of Bruce Weiner.
Deutsche Kleinwagen nach 1945 by Hanns Peter Rossellen 1991 German.
From cyclecar to Microcar Michael Williams Worthington, 1981.
History of the motor car on Brooke Bond tea cards.
The Guide Auto Vintage by Cecil Clutton, A Bird P Harding 1959 1976.
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