This apparently was an early sixties test vehicle to test the idea of small size front drive cars, the front-mounted engine was an opposed four of 1900cc, my quick calc says 2/3 of a Corvair motor. I see certain similarities to the Cheetah and the later Opel GT. The chassis below seems to be a chassis prototype with different (temporary?) windshield. And aren't those Volkswagen wheels?
Finally a wrench made for me, one that's designed to be used with a hammer. I've never seen one.
Actually images scanned just to enjoy the quality of the sketch work.
Along with the large showy new-bike displays at the motorcycle shows, the British motorcycle manufacturers also provided a small stand in an offshoot hall where the company service department staff provided mechanical and technical support, using cutaway engines as props. These setups were very popular and the exhausted staff was usually swamped for most of the day.
Not a motorcycle or car show, but a sideshow at the circus. For scale the engine is a 50cc Flandria 2 stroke. Five of these bikes were manufactured by Lenaerts, possibly 2 remain.
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| thanks, Rolf! |
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| Chaz Bowyer, Hurricane Messerschmitt, Promotional Reprint Company, 1993 |
