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« Reply #90 on: July 10, 2011, 11:04:08 PM » |
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totaly agree......freedom of choice etc........xzilerator looked a bit home built compared to venom.........  Reverse trike |
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« Reply #91 on: July 11, 2011, 12:09:08 AM » |
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I didn't say they were no good, just that they look wrong - should have added they look wrong to me - I know lots of folks think they are better that the single front wheel!
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« Reply #92 on: July 11, 2011, 11:07:56 AM » |
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sorry ,didn't mean to cause a big ding dong........i used to feel that they were wrong but i guess my tastes have changed over ths years though i've always liked three wheel morgans...........old skool!!!!!
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« Reply #93 on: July 11, 2011, 06:14:03 PM » |
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Hey Busboy, you've not caused a big dingdong, that doesn't happen here, probably why its such a popular site. We voice our opinions and I think that we expect to see other peoples opinions, we don't always agree but then what families always agree. Love the venom......loads of nice body work to make  Yes xzilerator does look a bit home built but still something nice about it, maybe its simplicity ( and the thought that us garage builders could tackle one!) The hammerhead plans look nice but there are too many bends which, I would think have to be precise or sacrifice handling. I've always been a fan of the morgan three wheeler don't know why, perhaps because they're form a more 'serene' age? Very old skool, saw one at the garden centre a while back...no flippin' camera..doh. It was really immaculate. Bet it was worth a small fortune too! I've always liked the messerschmidt (thinks......... have I spelt that right........) when I was a little lad of about 4, yes I know, many moons ago, the district nurse ( remember them?) had one. It looked like the cockpit of a fighter plane (No hagar....it didn't have guns and things  or maybe it did I just didn't notice ) A great little car, loads of miles to the gallon I think, though someone may know better, does anyone know coz I'd be really interested. Days gone by eh anyway enough of this reminiscing  Regards K |
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« Reply #94 on: July 11, 2011, 06:52:19 PM » |
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Klogan the Mescherschidt WAS a cockpit of a plane of the very same name!!! At the end of the war all the remain 109`s including spares and partially built ones were all sold to an Austrian (I think) entrepeneur who made cheap affordable two seater cars out of the cockpits. I believe they used scooter engines and rear wheels. The company was a major part of the industrial revival of post war west germany.
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« Reply #95 on: July 11, 2011, 07:09:14 PM » |
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(No hagar....it didn't have guns and things
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« Reply #96 on: July 11, 2011, 08:35:59 PM » |
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Now here's a funny thing - inspite of what I said earlier, I LOVE Morgans!
But to me, that's a three wheeled car - it's trikes with 2 wheels at the front I'm not keen on. But then I'm a bit picky about the ones with one wheel at the front too!
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« Reply #97 on: July 11, 2011, 10:20:27 PM » |
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Thanks for that Cabman, I had heard that over the years but wasn't sure if it was correct. I'm sure that you're right about the scooter engines too. A proper lovely little car with two dinky little headlights There was also a hienkel but i think that was more of a bubble car. I saw a messerschmidt for sale on the interweb net some time ago, well it looked more like a pile of rusty parts, no kidding, it was a real heap the bloke cold it for £12,50 .... what £12,500 I could have sold the buyer a bucket full of rust and thrown in the bucket for a couple of hundred quid, I would have been well happy. Quite some time back I worked as a tyre fitter at a local garage, this bloke used to come in with some pretty weird cars and bikes that he had found in a number of barns, don't know how he found them but he did. One of the cars was a three wheeler, two in front and one rear. Now the rear wheel was driven by a scooter engine to start it, as the electric start didn't work, which he later fixed, he opened the rear cover and used the kick start. It looked like a lambretta engine. I don't recall what make it was but hopefully someone can tell me....please. |
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« Reply #98 on: July 15, 2011, 07:37:59 AM » |
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sounds like a BMW Isetta, steering wheel went out with the door when you opened it I think
was only recently that my father got rid of his LOL
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« Reply #99 on: July 16, 2011, 09:23:45 AM » |
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« Reply #100 on: August 12, 2011, 05:05:11 PM » |
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Hi Klogan thought you might be able to get some inspiration for your reverse trike. From these pictures. Mrs. K could sit up front and navigate you through the leafy lanes of Devon.  Reverse trike  Reverse trike |
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« Reply #101 on: August 12, 2011, 05:49:38 PM » |
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« Reply #102 on: August 16, 2011, 07:26:59 PM » |
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I had to have a good sort out in the garage before I could really make a start on the 'Tadpole Trike' as Doc called it, I like that so I think I'll call it 'The Tadpole' (or maybe not, what do you think?) Then a trip over to paignton tip..oooops, sorry, recycling centre, that put pay to most of a day, I was ruthless got rid of loads of junk and only kept what I can use....and some junk that I didn't have the heart to bin. Don't worry the stuff that went really was a load of old tat, really nothing of use. Stuff liike 20 year old half tins of paint, that I'd kept 'just in case'.
Had to rub down all the seams and prime a flat back, stitch and glue construction, canoe that I started a good while back (we're talking a couple of years ago....where does the time go?) I have now got it in the front garden, wonder how long it will be before Mrs.K. starts to 'remind me' that I have to finish it.
Well what have I been up to over the last couple of days? (I'll get some pics tomorrow Andy!) After I got the XJ propped up on a couple of breeze blocks and some steel square section (very firmly) and level. I stripped the forks, wheel, exhaust pipes, oil cooler and pipes and the mudguard off the XJ.
I've done some work on the main frames, one for each side. I made up the frame clamps in school a couple of weeks ago. They're like the MMM axle clamps only smaller to fit on the frame tube. I'm thinking that I'll weld nuts on one side and when the frame is on and correct I'll weld that one of each pair of clamps to the frame as well...don't want the front falling off do we!
It's slow but making some progress. I will get some pics tomorrow and post them on here.
I've already made the tubes to replace the forks and the bit that joins the tubes and takes the steering down to the track rods. A pic will explain better than I have.
So the next job is to join the left and right hand sides of the new frame and get it ready to fit on the front of the XJ.
All that will be left is....
Fit the A arms
Sort the steering
Sort the suspension
sort out marker lights and indicators
Wiring all the lights
Make the front look nice with some sheet steel
fir the oil cooler in the front and 'plumb' it in
Change the engine
refit the exhausts
Fit a handbrake
sort the starter solenoid ( it's just clicking and I checked the battery it's good, also tried a fully charged car battery, may just be a corroded connection as its been stood for ages in all weathers)
Get some wheel adaptors made (Doc maybe able to help out there as the PCD on the quad hubs is 114mm)
Fit the adapters
fit some wheels
Change the engine coz the gearbox is knackered (selector forks buggered I think as it will go into gear if I just roll it forward an inch or two while selecting first gear)
And probably a lot more that I'll come across or think about as I progress.
So not very much to do, probably have it done by teatime, don't know which teatime, but it will be done by teatime............lol.
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« Reply #103 on: August 16, 2011, 07:42:51 PM » |
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« Reply #104 on: August 16, 2011, 07:58:20 PM » |
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everything stops for tea.................................. Grin Grin Grin Grin Too right it does, can't beat a nice mug of tea. There's only one thing better than a nice mug of tea................. yep........ 2 nice mugs of tea and a mate to share with. Regards K |
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