
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. External links will open in a new
So here we go - some 1930's 3 wheeler cars with some motorbikes and 4 wheeler cars too.
- Page 01 A couple of pictures of what looks very much like a 1950's "Motor Scooter" but in fact dates back to the 1930's.
- Page 02 Ernst Henne aboard a BMW.
- Page 03 The Harper runabout.
- Page 04 Ner-A-Car.
- Page 05 Unibus.
- Page 06 Tapper/Henderson.
- Page 07 Messrs. Gilera and Taruffi.
- Page 08 An Italian A.P.E.
- Page 09 An American "Aerocoupe".
- Page 10 A French "monoposto".
- Page 11 Arrowhead Spring Water.
- Page 12 Grenfell-Morgan-Scott.
- Page 13 1937 o.h.c. Morgan.
- Page 14 Messrs. Cheret and Mueritz.
- Page 15 Ubique in the Motor Cycle.
- Page 16 Goliath.
- Page 17 A letter from a German reader.
- Page 18 Another article which mentions the "Goliath" in calling for cheaper motoring.
- Page 19 Another article by Ubique from January 1933 in Motor Cycle magazine.
- Page 20 Motor Cycle March 1933, yet more examples of German three-wheeler designs.
- Page 21 Suggested improvements to a suggested design by Friar John.
- Page 22 Another suggestion and the car the car my father built.
- Page 23 R.A. Waddy's Fuzzi Nine.
- Page 24 A test review of the Lloyd "350".
- Page 25 A suggestion about windscreens and a Motor Cycling illustration of a four-seater, three-wheeler.
- Page 26 A Motor Cycling comment on the four cylinder, three-wheeler Morgan.
- Page 27 A much-altered Morgan.
- Page 28 A Blackburne-engined Vilket looking much like a Morgan.
- Page 29 Prescott Hill Climb (1938 I think). Three pictures including one of John Bolster.
- Page 30 A "Half-Scale" Three-Wheeler partly based on a Ner-A-Car.
- Page 31 The Haywood "Three-Wheeler" which actually has four wheels.
- Page 32 Two reviews of a really smart looking little three-wheeler.
- Page 33 A couple of interesting oddities (both three-wheelers).
- Page 34 Ubique of the Motor Cycle discusses twin cylinder design.
- Page 35 A Motor Cycling report of a two-stroke hill climb.
- Page 36 Motor Cycling's hints for two-stroke owners.
- Page 37 A Motor Cycle Christmas story.
- Page 38 Another interesting looking little three-wheeler.
- Page 39 An article on two-strokes by motor racing legend Graham Walker.
- Page 40 Motor Cycling's tips on carburation.
- Page 41 And finally, a transition from hen-coop to trials car.