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From Facebook posted by Závody sajdkárů / Sidecar racing - thanks!

Certainly looks like Jack's creation, surely there cannot have been another?

When you say 'another' there were of course 2 for a while.. but that looks like the one Jack used to have at Lydden

Of course there were two as you point out Steve - what I really meant was that surely there could not hvae been another with the same bizarre ideas

Bob B wrote:Of course there were two as you point out Steve - what I really meant was that surely there could not hvae been another with the same bizarre ideas

Only having seen other photos of this machine before I always wondered how he didn't slip of the rhs going round left handers, but now I see the clever man had a rail right along the rhs. I know hindsight is a wonderful thing but think if he'd put a 1300cc Alfa Romeo horizontally opposed engine in that, fore and aft, how low would the centre of gravity have been? The Alfa engine was a notion of mine back in the '70s but I never got round to it. I don't understand how he was never able to make it steer, anybody ever seen under the fairings. What was the design of the front end? I'd love to know that.

It had a turntable round the front wheel from what I remember.

Was that just the one with steering wheel Steve or the one with the bars as well?

steve-e wrote:It had a turntable round the front wheel from what I remember.

Steve, when you say around the front wheel, is that really what you mean, or was it above the front wheel? What kind and size was the front wheel? Did have suspension on the front? I'm trying to visualize this arrangement. I can see how a turntable could be used but the detail eludes me. Anyone anymore they can add about this unusual arrangement?

From what I remember (it was a while back and I was probably only about 10-12 yrs old) it was round the wheel. Pretty sure it had handlebars, I can't remember the suspension at all, sorry, looking at that pic I can't imagine there would've been much room to get any in! Was it a mini wheel Bob?

Is that a 1300 BDA ?

Hole in one Mike

Love the Lotus style air intakes

Drive was via a Hewland five speed box with a single drive shaft and obviously locked diff.

Brilliant What happened to innovation What a superb era for trying out new things

Presumably a mini on the front.

Innovation Mike, those were the days indeed! Where I lived in the 60s there were about twenty or so outfits all within a short distance of each other, the amount of work etc going on in garages and workshops each evening must have been incredible