Vintage Grumble Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 Also, please update this thread @98cc 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOHC Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 I just got offered JAP V twin blower, can put you in contact with the owner 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 98cc Posted May 20, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 20, 2022 @Vintage Grumble Update, I built a thing 30 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Grumble Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 Wholey moley, more info please!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePog Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 Yea come on you teasing bitch. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jom Posted May 22, 2022 Share Posted May 22, 2022 Very Interesting! I'm building a 1/8 scale model of Bloody Mary, came across this site looking for rear axle fittings. The engines are nearly finished, here's a 1/4 scale 3D print. (well it will when I can post pictures) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rot808 Posted May 22, 2022 Share Posted May 22, 2022 This is just so fucking fantastic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crash Posted May 22, 2022 Share Posted May 22, 2022 More pictures please!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 98cc Posted May 22, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 22, 2022 Having now been in the U.K. for 3 years my ideas and inspirations have changed slightly from the wooden chassis cyclecar I had originally intended. I’ve been very lucky to get quite involved in the vintage racing scene over here and have made some very good friends because of it. A GN cycle car was always the dream although with none available in NZ to look at and the closest example being in Aus it was quite hard to fathom coming up with one. Since being over here I’ve managed to collect enough GN parts to put together this which is my take on the Hillclimb special concept of the 20s-30s. Going to all the swap meets in the calendar i managed to get hold of all the other groovy bits and pieces that I needed for the build. The defining feature of a GN is its chain drive transmission and solid back axle. 4 different ratios with dog selection. An incredibly simple but extremely effective system with large scope for easily changing ratios. Normally on a GN these chains are on the back axle but on this car I’ve moved them forwards so they are under your legs, this means you can have a low down far back seating position that you can’t get with the chains on the axle. Of course It needed a name to get the poms scratching their heads.... 27 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 98cc Posted May 22, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 22, 2022 A couple of weeks ago it had its big debut at the the Vintage Revival event at the very historic Monthlery banked circuit in France. A couple of the other GN specials from the U.K. went over, GN Parker, GN thunder bug and the most legendary of them all GN Spider These pics were taken when we had the body off Spider to do some adjustment to the clutch, it shows the standard position of the chains on the axle. Spider was built by a hillclimbing legend called Basil Davenport and held many records in period and would routinely beat far more advanced works cars like the ERAs, Maseratis and Bugatti’s of the time. The engine is a derivative of the lightly tuned 90 degree v twins that the road going GN came out with standard. Constantly developed by Basil turning it into the 1500cc methanol burning chain driven over head camshaft monster that it is now 34 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Grumble Posted May 22, 2022 Share Posted May 22, 2022 @98cc that is so friggen sweet! Amazing job on the car, and so jealous of your involvement in that world, so many amazing machines. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregT Posted May 22, 2022 Share Posted May 22, 2022 Moving in exalted company there. Well done. Not sure I like the underfloor gearbox position but I see why it's done that way. Hope the floor is a bit better than a piece of MDF... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rot808 Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 The chains are soooo good, also can’t ignore all the sweet brass and copper work, so much detail in it all 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
63Ragtop Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 Holy shit dude! It's a work of art! Dangerous looking machines, and amazing. Will it get a body? Any videos? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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