\Y7HILE this article Is intended primarily as a series 

 ** of suggestions to the amateur mechanic who con- 

 templates building a cycle car, still the design has been 

 "worked out down to minute details as a glance at the 

 drawings will show. Therefore, by closely following 

 the specifications the builder may feel reasonably cer- 

 tain that his finished product will equal the car shown 

 in the illustrations. 



SIMPLICITY has been the aim 

 throughout in the planning of the 

 little car* to be described, for it is real- 

 ized that special f orgings and even cast- 

 ings of intricate parts, while not actu- 

 ally beyond the amateur mechanic, are 

 still formidable to contemplate, and, as 

 our car is to be strictly a home product, 

 with the possible exception of engine 

 and wheels, every effort has been made 

 to incorporate only those fittings which 

 might be easily obtained. It is fully 

 realized that the design has many short- 

 comings and the builder who is capable 

 of better things will certainly not use a 

 wrought iron pipe tee when he can just 

 as well employ a forging. To such a 

 builder, the author merely offers the de- 

 sign as a broad, general suggestion in 



Designed by Thomas Stanley Curtis. Copyrighted, 

 iQiS. by The Modern Publishing Company. Not to be 

 reprinted without permission in writing. 



the hope that it may prove of some as- 

 sistance in the working out of something 

 better. 



The tools actually required for the 

 construction of our car are comparative- 

 ly few and simple. The possession of a 

 lathe is a fortunate one, but the ama- 

 teur who has access to a near-by ma- 

 chine shop need not hesitate to under- 

 take the work, even though he has no 

 lathe of his own. The machine work 

 on the car is very simple and therefore 

 inexpensive, even if done on a time basis 

 in a shop. The principal requisites are 

 a fairly good set of carpenters' tools, a 

 pipe vise and cutter, as well as a set of 

 pipe dies, an assortment of metal drills, 

 a substantial breast drill with chain for 

 tension, a hack saw, files, wrenches, etc. 

 The pipe fitting tools may even be dis- 

 pensed with if the machine shop is close 



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