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Yes just an open megaphone at the moment, have just styled it off that picture a few posts up. I would like make a proper tuned pipe for it in the future though.

3 days to the show..  Might be pushing it but i think i can get there.

Original exhaust was pretty pitted so got some tube to make up a new one,  The megaphone was off my dads Austin 7 racer he built in the 80's. It was so loud that he had to take it off and its been hanging around ever since. 

Hub parts painted 

And wheel laced up with the new stainless spokes, will try and true it up tomorrow night 

I also got some of these rubber ties from a bantam place in England,  should be a bit nicer that zip ties to hold the cables to the frame 

The 1921 Elf racing cyclecar.

The prototype disappeared long ago but someone found the original engine in a museums store room and has done a brilliant job recreating the vehicle. 

Kimjon, good question! I've given that very little thought so far haha but sould be able to make something work. They are single leading shoe, with a single trailing shoe. It might involve moving the pivot point of the shoes to mirror the other (original) side. 

Thanks Karl! Do you ever get out Ardmore airfield way? 

Pic for inspiration!

Got all the nuts and bolts polished up ready for the platers 

The last big thing that had to be sorted out was the front brake,  my original plan a few years ago was to use this super sweet Benelli item 

With my plan now to try make a period style racer it was a bit out of place, i remember finding a picture once of a bantam racer from the 50s that had a twin front drum made out of bantam hubs, i think this would look pretty cool as well as hopefully adding a bit of braking performance. A friend sent me a couple of spare hubs he had..

Bit of hacksaw action 

Faced true 

Clamped and tacked, I turned up a tube to go through the center of the 2 half's to ensure good alignment before welding 

Should do the trick 

Thanks Stephen! No the flyer hasn't run in a couple of years, it's currently been retired to the bedroom!

Cheers Al, really appreciate the comment! Update tonight....

Choice! is the engine ready to run now KimJon?

Yep Im going 

Will send you a pm about bits SOHC, a new hub would probably be a bit good for what I'm planning on doing with it though.

Thanks for the comments LG and Toucan! 

Thanks Kimjon! Just need to keep the progress going like you do and it will be finished in no time haha.   No I don't have any other flywheels sorry SOHC, I'm pretty sorted in the engine department I think, do you have any ignition bits? A mate has just brought a bantam but it's missing all of that stuff.  I may need to find another front hub assembly though if you had one of those though?  

welded on a little pad and tacked the pivot pin on, should work 

Turning up the pivot 

And tapping out the original passenger foot peg mounts 7 1/6 unf for the new pegs to screw into 

Fill in bits 

ready for welding 

Tacked in