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The last true cyclecar? Neander-JAP

One of the real surprises at last weekend's Schloss Dyck was this amazing four wheeler two seater. Ernst Neumann-Neander was a German motorcycle specialist who built a series of very interesting lightweight (race) machines and aside that a small number of more or less streamlined one-off 'cyclecars'. This 1939 attempt is the very best example. Based on a tubular chassis, powered by a 1000 cc JAP V-twin and bodied with 0,8 mm aero-triplex it has the weight of a true cyclecar: 350 kilos. Despite the minimal body getting in is easy thanks to the two large wing shaped doors hinged not unlike what we found much-much later on the Lamborgini Countach. Another attractive modernism found on the Neander is the steering wheel with gauges. See more of the arty work of Neander here.

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dinsdag augustus 6th, 2013
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07 Augustus 2013, 12:25
What a fantasic designer he was, some very unusual ideas !
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07 Augustus 2013, 06:04
Fantastik to see this Car again.
It was in the Collection of Michael Wolf Graf Metterich.
I got the possilbillty to get it runnig in the 60ties,and drove it with my Wife at the Meeting in Travemünde.
It made a lot of fun.
The pic in Gregoriano is taken et this Meeting.
Later it came in the Collection of Uwe Hucke, Nettelstedt.
Regards
Siegfried Otto Hep
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