Got a note the other day from a reader in New Zealand, Richard Gray, who wanted to share some information about the MV Agusta 350 Vetturetta. Never heard of it? Neither had I, but it's not a motorcycle, it's a motorcycle engine powered car, a very little car, built back in the early 1950s for MV Agusta. The body was designed and built like a little airplane fuselage and the … [Read more...]
A Belated Note on Robert Q Riley of Trimuter and Tri-Magnum Fame
After writing about Pete Larsen's new Honda Gold Wing powered Ace, it crossed my mind that another fellow, Robert Q. Riley, had been promoting DIY plans for a couple of three wheelers for several decades. Some of you likely remember those trikes and other similar projects appearing in the pages and on the cover of Mechanix Illustrated and Popular Mechanics magazines encouraging … [Read more...]
Street Legal Yamaha Powered 1937 Ford Legend Racer For Sale
Many years ago, I wrote about a fellow who converted a Legend race car into a street legal hot rod and the finished machine looked great and generated a lot of interest. Cruising through the eBay listings, I just noticed there's a Legend Racer up for sale, a 1937 Ford version, completely street legal, but this one was converted from a brand new racer, it never saw any track … [Read more...]
Universal Reversing Gearbox for Motorcycle Engine Powered Cars
If you're building a motorcycle engine powered car, the one thing you'll have to figure out is how to put the car in reverse. Quite a few years ago, we covered a reverse gearbox that would do the job with an input shaft on one one end and an output shaft on the opposite side. That post still gets a lot of traffic because a lot of guys building these projects are having a hard … [Read more...]