Weird transport.

[red750]

1928 Brough Superior

 

[spacesailor]

 

Vincent black Prince. 

This motor was put into a Norton feather-bed frame to make the ,

NORVIN

Very fast but couldn't win a race , as too thirsty . 

Spacesailor

 

 

S

[red750]

[facthunter]

The Curtis had an aero engine in it. Probably just to get speed. It went FAST but the transmission failed. The Triumph is a BABY 2 stroke which was copied by Excelsior (USA).  NO connection to the English Excelsior. Excelsior-Henderson was one company. Similar Motors to the 24 were used in Heath Henderson Aero engine.    This is a delayed post.

 Brough Superiors are very collectable, but the American "CROCKER" fetches more.  Nev

Edited October 18, 2023 by facthunter

[old man emu]

22 hours ago, red750 said:

Here's another oldie...   The Henderson 4 cyl. 1924. Note the gear level.

 

 

 

Foot clutch, hand change was typical on all motorcycles until the late 1930s. It annoys me when The Wise Ones look at my bike and knowingly tell their disciples that the bike has a "suicide shift". I always congratulate them for such an ultracrepidarian observation.

[Old Koreelah]

1 hour ago, old man emu said:

…an ultracrepidarian observation.

OME you often cause me to reach for the dictionary.

This one sure opened a can of descriptive terms!
 

[willedoo]

17 hours ago, spacesailor said:

 

Vincent black Prince. 

This motor was put into a Norton feather-bed frame to make the ,

NORVIN

Very fast but couldn't win a race , as too thirsty . 

Spacesailor

 

 

S

It was once a dream of mine to build a Norvin. It started when I saw a photo of one with a Black Shadow motor at Phillip Island. I got as far as obtaining a Featherbed frame but never tracked down a Black Shadow engine. I can't remember whether the frame was a slimline or wideline, but I kept it for a few years and eventually sold it. The Norvin with a Black Shadow engine and the boy racer gear was pure bike porn to me back then.

[old man emu]

56 minutes ago, Old Koreelah said:

ultracrepidarian

A man educated in the Classics way of calling something utter crap.

[facthunter]

The foot clutch was more an American thing. BALONEY IS ok ALSO for describing Bull$#!T.   Nev

[red750]

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[old man emu]

1 hour ago, red750 said:

Made by a Yank who saw a Reliant Robin during a trip to England

[red750]

[facthunter]

Not that interested. It wouldn't go around corners either. Why bother?  Nev

[onetrack]

A 1937 Reo "Speed Tanker" fuel truck. When the drivers reported "it handled like a tank", they weren't wrong!

 

Perhaps somewhat surprisingly, 7 of these rigs were built in Australia, which meant there was one in each of the capital cities in each State.

 

 

Edited November 6, 2023 by onetrack

[nomadpete]

In spite of that terrible attempt at streamlining, Reo built some very nice cars. A friend is restoring a Reo Wolverine cabriolet. Nice, well engineered car for 1928. Much safer on the roads than a lot of other stuff from those years.

[red750]

Reo Wolverine

 

[old man emu]

It must take some getting used to for the driver who is placed on the centreline of the vehicle. The normal seating position for a vehicle's driver is to the side of the vehicle, whether it is an animal-drawn vehicle or a machine powered vehicle.

 

I wonder what made motor vehicle manufacturers change to left-hand drive, when for centuries civilisations using wheeled vehicles have had the driver on the right hand side?

 

 

The two cars are 1905 Fords.

[nomadpete]

4 hours ago, old man emu said:

It must take some getting used to for the driver who is placed on the centreline of the vehicle. The normal seating position for a vehicle's driver is to the side of the vehicle, whether it is an animal-drawn vehicle or a machine powered vehicle.

 

I wonder what made motor vehicle manufacturers change to left-hand drive, when for centuries civilisations using wheeled vehicles have had the driver on the right hand side?

 

 

The two cars are 1905 Fords.

The early horseless carriages had the steering wheel in the middle because they couldn't  find passengers brave enough to ride beside the driver.

[nomadpete]

5 hours ago, red750 said:

Reo Wolverine

 

It looks like all the others but it is longer, and has such luxury as proper shock absorbers and hydraulic  internal shoe brakes on all four wheels.

[willedoo]

4 hours ago, old man emu said:

I wonder what made motor vehicle manufacturers change to left-hand drive, when for centuries civilisations using wheeled vehicles have had the driver on the right hand side?

An interesting article from the International Driving Authority:

 

https://idaoffice.org/posts/the-history-of-left-and-right-hand-traffic-en/

[willedoo]

When I was in Burma in the 1980's, the law was to drive on the right, but only about 15 or 20% of vehicles were left hand drive, all newer vehicles. The older vehicles were all right hand drive. A bit scary in Asian high speed traffic to be the passenger in the left seat in the middle of the road. In those days there were a lot of 50's and 60's Yank Tanks with R.H. drive conversions. All these years later, it's still a crazy place. They still drive on the right and import R.H. drive vehicles. The mix of L.H. drive and R.H. drive vehicles is probably about 50/50 now.

[old man emu]

23 minutes ago, willedoo said:

An interesting article from the International Driving Authority:

 

https://idaoffice.org/posts/the-history-of-left-and-right-hand-traffic-en/

I don't think that article was well researched. It claims that driving on the right was introduced by Napoleon. However in this video of Paris in the 1890s, you can see that the vehicles are travelling on the left hand side of the road and the driver is sitting on the right hand side of the vehicle, or in the centre for some special types.

 

The article also alleges that left hand drive cars are banned in Australia. Tell that to the owners of '64 Mustangs.

[facthunter]

On the left is Gauche. It's more Adroit to be on the right.  Nev

[nomadpete]

36 minutes ago, old man emu said:

I don't think that article was well researched. It claims that driving on the right was introduced by Napoleon. However in this video of Paris in the 1890s, you can see that the vehicles are travelling on the left hand side of the road and the driver is sitting on the right hand side of the vehicle, or in the centre for some special types.

 

The article also alleges that left hand drive cars are banned in Australia. Tell that to the owners of '64 Mustangs.

OME are you using a video made in 1890 to dispute the veracity of a social media presentation?