Thirties 3's with some 2's and 4's



Dad's first home-made car

A strange title I know but it's brief and actually describes what can be found here. My father was always very interested in finding less expensive ways of obtaining what most of us take for granted and barely quibble about prices. It is quite natural then that he should have kept a small scrapbook of things that interested him. The linked pages contain items that had obviously interested him and even now may interest others. Where the source can be identified I have done so and dated where possible; the sequence of illustrations is that of the scrapbook and if I can find links to other sites they are also included.

So here we go - some 1930's 3 wheeler cars with some motorbikes and 4 wheeler cars too.

  1. A couple of pictures of what looks very much like a 1950's "Motor Scooter" but in fact dates back to the 1930's.
  2. Ernst Henne aboard a BMW.
  3. The Harper runabout.
  4. Ner-A-Car.
  5. Unibus.
  6. Tapper/Henderson
  7. Messrs. Gilera and Taruffi
  8. An Italian A.P.E.
  9. An American "Aerocoupe"
  10. A French "monoposto"
  11. Arrowhead Spring Water
  12. Grenfell-Morgan-Scott
  13. 1937 o.h.c. Morgan
  14. Messrs. Cheret and Mueritz
  15. Ubique in the Motor Cycle
  16. Goliath
  17. A letter from a German reader
  18. Another article which mentions the "Goliath" in calling for cheaper motoring.
  19. Another article by Ubique from January 1933 in Motor Cycle magazine.
  20. Motor Cycle March 1933, yet more examples of German three-wheeler designs.
  21. Suggested improvements to a suggested design by Friar John .
  22. Another suggestion and the car the car my father built.
  23. R.A. Waddy's Fuzzi Nine.
  24. A test review of the Lloyd "350".
  25. A suggestion about windscreens and a Motor Cycling illustration of a four-seater, three-wheeler.
  26. A Motor Cycling comment on the four cylinder, three-wheeler Morgan.
  27. A much-altered Morgan.
  28. A Blackburne-engined Vilket looking much like a Morgan.
  29. Prescott Hill Climb (1938 I think). Three pictures including one of John Bolster.
  30. A "Half-Scale" Three-Wheeler partly based on a Ner-A-Car.
  31. The Haywood "Three-Wheeler" which actually has four wheels.
  32. Two reviews of a really smart looking little three-wheeler.
  33. A couple of interesting oddities (both three-wheelers).
  34. Ubique of the Motor Cycle discusses twin cylinder design.
  35. A Motor Cycling report of a two-stroke hill climb.
  36. Motor Cycling's hints for two-stroke owners.
  37. A Motor Cycle Christmas story.
  38. Another interesting looking little three-wheeler.
  39. An article on two-strokes by motor racing legend Graham Walker.
  40. Motor Cycling's tips on carburation.
  41. And finally, a transition from hen-coop to trials car.


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