Driving the 1919 Grafton Cyclecar
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- Опубліковано 4 січ 2024
- Join me as I go on a New Year's Day drive in my 1919 Grafton Cyclecar.
The car was built by Tim Gunn: www.gunnandco.co.uk/
Watch a short film about the car with Tim here: • 1919 Grafton cyclecar ...
An article about the car: www.prewarcar.com/the-grafton....
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Thanks for bringing us along, Eddie. Glad to see the Grafton went to an enthusiastic new owner who will continue to share his experiences with it as Tim did. Looking forward to future adventures.
Nice to see it being driven rather than a museum piece
Having grown up in the era of kick-starts and pull-cords, when you said, "The starting procedure is pretty simple; you just turn the petrol on and kick it," I instinctively added, "...about 92 times." That's still the coolest thing on earth.
It looks perfectly at home in that lovely little town.
I'm impressed with how smooth and quiet the motor is. Nice little unit. The chassis and body seem to be pretty robust too. The kick start procedure would have destroyed a lesser car 😊.
This seems like a great model to base an electric build on.
I think you got to be very careful taking a turn to prevent collapsing a front wheel.
Great film. I love proper, vintage, motoring, especially cyclecars and light cars. I own a 1932 Morris Minor two-seater that I've managed to cover 11,000 miles in over the past 3 years. I took it up to the Scottish Highlands in June (2023) on a 1200 mile tour over 8 days in 28 degree heat... No issues. Hoping to take it over the France this year (it's closer than Scotland!). Looking forward to more grafton content.
That looks the perfect vehicle for driving round that village on , somehow it just fits
Great fun.I wonder what it was like in 1919 on rutted unpaved country roads?
Dude, you need one of those aviator hats with the goggles. What a piece of history you own!
What a marvellous old machine that is. The car appeared quite spritely, but I guess that the engine doesn't exactly struggle hauling along something [that seems to be] pretty light. Right there, in that gloriously crafted little old gem, is everything a car needs for today's typical commuter. Surely even the orange vest brigade couldn't fail to be captivated by such elegance.
She starts like I do on a cold morning!
What a gorgeous little gem! Here in the states we have a group that races repro cyclecars (or modern interpretations of them, lol). There are a few towns in our midwest that close down their streets to host roadraces for them. Awesome to see an actual original wandering the roadways she grew up in!
Resident of the area : 'What the hell is that god awful noise?'
My goodness does it bounce like cars in cartoons when being started!! I understand the animations now 😂
I enjoyed your film immensely! I read auto books back when I was a kid in the early 1960's and was always fascinated my the cyclecars. A film like yours makes it so real in a way that, of course, all those books could not. Thank you!
What a wonderful little machine. Perfect for some country side vintage motoring.
Thank you! I wish there were more of these around. It definitely looks like an exhilarating driving experience!
The roads seem so narrow, that little cycle car seems right at home.