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Rather than continue to horn in/derail Calandrod’s thread about building a peddle car I thought I’d get a separate thread about my side fantasy of building a cyclekart. It has so many elements that would be satisfying for me and another excuse to bring my sheetmetal tools to bare. Like Bill said in the other thread:
”Lots of latitude on how you handle the bodywork, you could start simple and embellish one area at a time after it's in running condition.”
My problem is there is enough latitude to make my usual long contemplation period into a mental exercise in futility. I generally let things evolve on their own, such as parts all the sudden show up local on my CL. One of the universal parts is Honda 90 wheels and I had a near miss. Guy had like 3 basket case 90’s but only one set of wheels. Meanwhile my long desire to build a VW based kit car has bled over to this inquiry. The car that has many of these elements is the 1937 Auto Union type A. One of Ferdinand Porsche’s early designs. It has the torsion bar trailing link front end I loved on my VW’s and a rare mid engine which works with the rear engined cycle kart. I also love the esthetic of the body.
”Lots of latitude on how you handle the bodywork, you could start simple and embellish one area at a time after it's in running condition.”
My problem is there is enough latitude to make my usual long contemplation period into a mental exercise in futility. I generally let things evolve on their own, such as parts all the sudden show up local on my CL. One of the universal parts is Honda 90 wheels and I had a near miss. Guy had like 3 basket case 90’s but only one set of wheels. Meanwhile my long desire to build a VW based kit car has bled over to this inquiry. The car that has many of these elements is the 1937 Auto Union type A. One of Ferdinand Porsche’s early designs. It has the torsion bar trailing link front end I loved on my VW’s and a rare mid engine which works with the rear engined cycle kart. I also love the esthetic of the body.