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VCW346:

--- Quote from: huub on January 20, 2025, 09:17:35 AM ---that will be a fun ride !
my lomax three wheeler has a 2.40 meter wheelbase and handles like a go-cart.
it has 32 HP , so with a healthy guzzi engine it should be fun.

--- End quote ---

i think my wheelbase will just be slightly longer than that.  The overall length is yet to be determined.  Im not sure if i am going to wrap the whole rear beetleback style?  or I may just leave the whole rear swingarm and wheel exposed.  wrapping around the rear will obviously make it a little longer overall.

John Warner:
 :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn:

Something like this is on my To-Do list, has been for a very long time.

Are you aware of the Triking Brand?

Worth a look . . .

http://trikingsportscars.co.uk/

A Sump Extension is a good idea, with a Baffle as well, otherwise the Engine can be starved of Oil on those long, fast, sweeping bends.

As for the rear, my preference is the 'Barrel-Back' style, neat way to carry a spare Wheel also.



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VCW346:
A little update.  Now that weather is nice I can work on the trike again.  Decided a blend of mahogany, steel, and leather would be fun.  So, exterior has a square steel tubed skeleton.  Some sections will have cheese grater steel allowing you to see thru it, other sections will be covered in mahogany but the steel structure exposed, and then my old truck hood.  Fuel tank will be dual Jerry cans.  One on either side of the car.  Im going to leave the back open and not enclose it.  At least for this version.  There is always version II.......right now everything is just kind of temporarily tacked in place until I finalize things.  Cock pit will have quite a bit of work to be done yet.  I will add steel tubing and coverings to give it a more subtle and curving shape.  But, It is definitely taking shape.

John Warner:
I like it!

If I ever get round to building one, I think I'd go for the 'Cedar-Strip' method that's used for Canoes.
You can achieve a stunning finish with that method.
Lot of work, but well worth it I think . . .

VCW346:
John,

i have seen the triking brand.  i chose to just do a one off.  mostly due to a very small budget.  and wanted my own take on it.  something fun about just winging it and making it work and being able to get done and say i did that.  so far i have $1000 for the purchase of the bike, about $1200 for the full front suspension, brakes, steering, $500 in steel, $500 in misc other parts.  The wood I had on hand and was salvaged from a house i demolished. 

I have built a few cedar strip canoes.  i ripped down and bead/cove a bunch of mahogany and was going to do precisely that originally for the hood and was was to be the beetle back.  but then i randomly found this old truck hood and completely changed gears.  the side panels of the car i decided against strip method just because the curve was so easy and gentle and had no complexity that it simplified the process.  plus i kind of liked the larger widths having done so many strip boats before. 

tonight I planed some more mahogany down into 4" wide by 1/4" thick and bent them around a wheel and glue laminated them to hold shape for wooden fenders.  I thought about using an old steam bending box i have used for boat building in the past but you can never quite get the shape to hold exactly.  so giving this a go to see how it works out.

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