Driving the 1919 Grafton Cyclecar 

Needs a Suzuki Hyabusa engine fitted 😂

It’s not a museum piece because it’s not old. It’s a modern creation, made from old plans.

@@FlyingForFunTrecanair plans ?

@@shaneellasdaicastrestorati3675 if you google ‘how to build a cyclecar’ then you’ll find a reprint of an old book first published in 1920. It’s available for purchase from the chap who built this Grafton Cyclecar.

@@FlyingForFunTrecanair really thanks for the info I'll have a look at it, thank you

Not sure but it looks like a well restored original.

More like" it's him from it manorhouse again?" " aye"...

I hear ya on that one.

LOL same here

Thats one of the cutest comments ive read

Check out a place called Wheels through time in Maggie valley NC because they have some old miniature cars similar that one was built by Chrysler for his son that uses a Harley Davidson engine I think from the 20s if I remember. They specialize in old antique motorcycles mostly American made brands but they got some very unique things at the museum and every thing does run and gets either started or started and driven on the property or near by streets . Each year they completely rebuild a antique motorcycle to original specs using original rare parts and then they sell raffle tickets for someone to win the bike . A year or so ago they built a early HD knuckle head with a low number from the assembly line and raffled the bike off but Matt Wexler who runs the museum now after his father passed away was saying that there was another bike like it that was built either before or after his he built in the assembly line and this bike had sold at auction for 150,000 smackers . They completely rebuild the engine to like new specs but do upgrades internally to make them more reliable and to make more power so check the channel out here in RU-vid if you haven't heard about this museum because they have some very rare bikes some that were factory race bike some hill climb bikes some old board track racers and others that were used for the international cross country races from one end of the country to the other which is still held each year to this day on old antique motorcycles plus they have some old cars trucks and even a old airplane that's powered by a very old HD motorcycle engine .

It would be difficult to build a "lesser car" than a cycle-car. But I am amazed Eddie didn't warm the thing up ahead of time so he wouldn't spend half the video in a fruitless attempt to start it. This thing makes an Austin 7 look like a luxury car.

I think it was best that he didn't do that to sugar-coat the reality of owning & driving a 100 year old piece of post-Great War​ poverty transport for the English masses...🧐@@scootergeorge7089

Wooden box on bicycle wheels and you call it a car ??? Bet for the British an electric skateboard will qualify as a car and require driving license 😅

actually installed an addon to skip those, but it doesn't always work, since there's just so many people that do that.

I imagine if you could afford a machine like this then you dont need to make money off your RU-vid career

@@stemdeckesupreme164 Have you tried, you know, having a real job. Not only does it pay your bills but allows you to spend money on things that cost money. It's weird how it works, instead of dreaming of clout and making it big in these platforms, you can have the lifestyle without the negatives. But I do understand the appeal of being a beach bum begging people to give you money, like and subscribe. No wait, I don't.

You hate money

20cm longer and 15 wider would do you good 😎

Sounds just like the roads around my place!

Probably OK with those large diameter wheels and forgiving suspension

​@@PRH123What suspension? Perhaps of disbelief?🧐

@@joerosen5464 front and rear axles are supported on the ends of leaf springs cantilevered out from the frame...

2024 roads in Kent are probably quite similar... You'd lose the Graftan down some of the potholes.

I think engine braking was the main way to slow down back then. I had an old Honda like that once, with just 1 brake out of 4 working, I got pretty good at it… :)

Tiny little cyclecar makes narrow British roads look pretty roomy! The steering looks pretty shaky, no caster in the suspension angles?

Not my bloody Volvo that's for sure!

​@@waterboy8999Should've gotten yourself a 122S, or an 1800 like The Saint drove. Good for a million miles, go watch those videos!

There are indeed some velomobiles with that vintage style.

@@derb7462 Good point 👍 Maybe I should start there ✌️

Да и рулевые тяги на тросах. Интересная коробченка

I was more impressed with the ultra-low rolling resistance tyres on the ultra-low mass rims, myself...😎

How about the pointy fuel tank?

Yes bueno thank you aca mirando este ciclo carro antiguo pero funciona como muy bien att" the charly"???

And you can also see how better health & diet have contributed to the size of the average person vs. what it was back in the era of the First Global Pandemic!🤔

Hope you liked the exposed valvetrain! I know I did...from a sufficient distance, that is!😉

And clouds of black noxious smoke, & and an obnoxious amount of racket, too. Seems we've come along rather well with automobile technology in the succeeding 100 years!🤧

I think Ivan would be enraptured to see the Grafton.

And what WAS that bobbin with the rope coiled around it doing sitting mere centimeters off the road surface, that sat just behind & right in between the front wheels? A 1919 poverty-inspired alternative to a steering rack???🤪😬🤣

You sound like a boring person.

Thankfully it appears that it's maximum flying speed is south of 25mph/40kph!😉