Brian S's Journal

Unfortunately the Bugatti project has been put on hold, owing to the fact that my good friend for whom the Bug was intended had a serious accident, when a careless individual left the handbrake off his parked car and it ran down a slope crushing him into his own car. His injuries will keep him sidelined for a while and so I decided to embark on another project. I was gifted an old English steering box from the wonderful Mr. Mike thorpe and when i mounted it on the simple wooden ladder frame chassis, I decided because of the angle of the column it would suit the design of a veteran truck. I dont wish to upset the purist's of you out there but I never like to make two things the same and what could be more different than a Cyclekart truck. So here it is .. A 1910 Austin ''C cab'' tow truck. The tow truck idea came about when looking at it, it was all front and so to balance out the design i built a crane from an old ladder I never trusted. I'm sure that thing was out to get me every time I climbed it. 1910 Austin [Gittreiville] tow truck for the purpose of rescuing stranded and broken cyclekarts where ever they lie. Be it mechanical or emotional we will be there. [ Sir Henry [Tim] Birkin. At your service.
PS. Oh I almost forgot, when the cab and crane are removed it turns into a rather splendid roadster, It will have bucket seats, of course.