Being invited out is a PAIN!

Actually Curt there was a very interesting cyclecar built with that very same layout. It was named the 'Schasche', - and don't ask me to pronounce that.



The original plans for the MG pedal car use some kind of all plywood built up wheel with the tyre stretched on. This makes for a non-pneumatic wheel which does not fascinate me much at all. I will be using spoked wheels, but lightweight cover discs over the spokes could very much be a possibility.

Allen_Wrench said:

Well, if it is a German make, it is pronounced "shosh-uh". If not German, then I don't know.

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It is a German cyclecar so I guess your pronunciation would be on the money.
I know of at least one Cyclekart Club member who is planning on building a cyclekart based on one of these little cars.

Avon Skidmasters we used to call them

Well I'm definitely not going to the race meeting. For some reason the guys who were going to bring their cyclekarts to the race meeting have decided at the last minute not to bring them. No real point in going now if there won't be any cyclekarts at the event.
I did think about going anyway just to see the vintage bike and car races, but I've been having more problems with pain and fatigue lately and I don't much fancy driving all that distance if I'm not so well. What finally made up my mind for me was my daughter wanting to buy a new guitar and needing a little help with getting the necessary cash together for the guitar she wanted. My daughter is a very good musician and when she was still at university had quite a following at open microphone nights when she would sing and play her own compositions. So I did what any good Mum would do and contributed the money I would have spent on petrol and entrance fees. Afterall there's always next year's race meeting and I should have my own cyclekart built by then.

With my health problems I almost gave up on working on my vehicle projects and went back to building with Lego. Then my stubborn streak came to the fore and I decided that I was going to build myself a cyclecar as I'd planned (dammit) and if some days I can only manage to do only a little then that's just how it will be.

Thanks guys

Don't worry xseler the hat will get worn. During the year there are a lot of vintage events of one sort or another around here so the hat will get an outing eventually. At least I do now have a HAT. (cue dramatic music).

Theon, thank you. Even though you are so far away I know your offer was from the heart. And yes with this cyclecar project of mine there will always be some smaller job that I can do. Now that the main chassis frame is together in one piece and I can start building up the various bits and pieces onto the chassis all manner of little jobs will reveal themselves to me just by the good old process of creative staring on those days when I'm not so well.

I would have loved to have an Austin 7, - and the silly thing is in my twenties I did own a rolling Austin 7 chassis complete with engine and gearbox that I bought for the princely sum of just $NZ50.00. Of course these days Austin 7's in any shape or form are horribly expensive to buy, - which led quite naturally to me deciding to build my own little 'vintage' car which by the time it's complete should have cost me no more than $NZ1000.00 to build.
Fortunately by its very nature nothing on my little cyclecar is too heavy or awkward to handle so I can generally manage most things even on my off days. And yes if I asked my daughter for a hand with something she would help me out. She is very mechanically minded and rebuilt the engine on the last car she owned with just a very small amount of help from me.

As to the vintage race meeting there's always next year and I will be better prepared for it then. I am going to join the local branch of the Vintage Car Club this year so I'll be able to be closer to the action and will know what's going on a lot sooner.