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of neck. The shoes are 

 limbs and painted red. 



The queer handles ha\-c carved grooves 

 that slip into the end of the side-[)ieces 

 on the order of the old- 

 fashioned wooden bedsteads. 

 The wooden standards are 

 "square pegs in square 

 holes," and serve as rests 

 for the barrow. They have 

 an extension running up on 

 the inside of the barrow, 

 where they are bolted in 

 place. The wood selected 

 for the front wheel should 

 be at least lyi in. thick in 

 order to afford stahilii\-. 

 The sides are sawed in such a 

 shape that the iron rod from 

 the wheel passes through the 

 center of his clownship's 

 palm where it is secured with 



The sidecar as it is 

 attached to a bicycle 



screws. 



Constructing a Sidecar for a Bicycle 

 or Motorcycle 



THE accompanying illustration shows 

 the construction of a simple sidecar 

 for a bicycle, which may be enlarged for 

 motorcycle use. The frame of the side- 

 car should be 

 strong, light and 

 well made. Bass- 

 wood will be 

 found very dur- 

 able for a light 

 sidecar for a 

 bicycle. The 

 joints at the 

 corners arc lap- 

 ped with a small 

 bolt run through 

 them to hold the 

 parts tighth- to- 

 gether as at .1 . 

 The frame is rect- 

 angular, 30 in. 

 long and 16 in. 

 w i d e, made o f 

 pieces i^:^ in. wi(h- 

 and % in. thick. 

 The sides of the 

 body are built up 

 of }4-in. boards 

 fastened vertical- 

 ly to the frame, 

 and a side rail 



Details of the frame of a sidecar and its 

 connections to a bicycle or motorcycle 



placed 15 in. above the frame, which is 

 used for supporting the seat and also as a 

 means of attachment for band-iron 

 braces to the bicycle. Screws should be 

 used throughout for fasten- 

 ing the boards to the frame 

 and rails. First fasten them 

 to the side rails, then draw 

 tlie curved line at the toj) 

 and cut both sides out at the 

 same time after clamping 

 them together. Before fast- 

 ening them permanently to 

 the frame, lay a floor of ^4- 

 in. boards. A single board 

 16 in. long placed on the 

 side rails makes the seat. 

 The back is put on in the 

 same way as the sides. 



The side wheel, which is 

 an ordinary front bicycle 

 wheel, is attached to the body of the side- 

 car with braces of band-iron i^-g in. wide 

 and 3 16 in. thick, the forward one being 

 fastened over the side rail and the other 

 to the upper rear part of the body. The 

 inside end of the hub-axle is supported by 

 a piece of the same band-iron shaped as 

 shown at B and bolted over the side 

 boards to the frame back of it. 



The same sized 

 band-iron is used 

 for attaching the 

 sidecar to the bi- 

 c\cle, one piece 

 connecting the 

 body to the bi- 

 cycle frame be- 

 tween the large 

 sprocket and the 

 small one, and the 

 other between the 

 side rail of the 

 b(3dy, through the 

 boards to the tube 

 connecting the 

 seat and the rear- 

 wheel hub. This 

 is shown in C and 

 D. The bars of 

 tlic last attach- 

 ment must be 

 twisted slightK', 

 as the drawing 

 shows, to allow 

 forthe slant of the 

 bicNcle tube. 



