Velocar cyclecar semi-replica.

I'm enjoying the cloche hat comments. Somewhere in the family photos are some with my mother and a friend properly attired with long coats and cloche hats.

To the victor of the auction goes the spoils and may she wear them to the car meet with great dignity.

Looking at the blue car it appears to have a cardboard and paper body. There are slight ripples in it like it is paper.

Steve.
 
Yes I've got a lot of old family photos with pictures of great aunts wearing cloche hats too Steve. :D
I don't want to count my hats too early, but I'm hoping I will get this one.

Actually Ajatar2 is built from wood. I used to have a series of photos taken during its restoration and it's all made from planks of inch timber. I'll do my best to try and find them because they aren't on line anymore.
 
Victory! The cloche hat is mine! Yes Cinderella you shall go to the race track!

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I'm on a learning curve here. Still not too sure exactly what a cloche hat is. One that looks kind of like a helmet? Will you wear goggles with it?
SB
 
In addition to CAD work (the cardboard kind) I've been known to do some SAD work myself [Styrofoam Aided Design]. It's not much good for more than a sort of "3-D thumbnail sketch" but it helps if I want to visualize something. The green, florist's foam is useful sometimes too, because you can do freeform sculpture with it.
 
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I hadn't thought of using the green florist's foam before, - thanks for the tip Allen :D
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You know, I'm curious to see if acetone dissolves it as with other polystyrene. If so, you could get a big block, sculpt a fuel tank form small enough to fit a bike frame, smooth it and curve it with you bare hands, then just lay fibreglass over it. When dry, melt out the foam with the acetone. I should try this some time and relate how it worked.
 
How did i miss signing up for this build,i have been watching this but started to miss some of it. What i wanted to tell you is the peirless differential have to be supported with in board bearings next to the center as well as out the outer wheel end,just incase you didn't know.....Fun project.............Curt
 
Curtis, the Peerless diff that I have came to me with the central support bearing in place. At first I wondered what it was for, but after examining the diff and seeing how it was put together it didn't take me long to figure it out.
Thanks for the reminder though :)
 
Work is proceeding on this project. Just by looking at the heap of bits on my workbench I know something is happening even though at times it's hard to tell what it is. Having had some days of not being very well hasn't helped any as now I'm having to sort through all the miscellaneous parts of several dismantled ATV axles as well as a Peerless diff in an attempt to pick up my train of thought.

Finding myself short of various small parts has led me to the decision to buy a new 50cc Chinese Quad bike which I shall break down for its components in an effort to finally end up with a workable drive train. A local trader has a bunch of the things at half price and is offering layby over two months so I'm going for it.

One of the things I want to do is adapt a spoked wheel to fit on an ATV axle and the method I will be using is one I stole from the cyclekart guys. After a lot of messing around trying to find individual parts it's going to be sooooo much easier and cheaper to just buy the whole lump and be done with it.

 
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