27-03-2023, 08:30 PM
(This post was last modified: 27-03-2023, 08:51 PM by Chris Garner.)
I'd agree with Duncan. The Alcyon had a fake radiator surround and core fitted.
Addendum.
Further research suggests this is a bit of a minefield.
Marcel Violet was a prolific designer and had a hand, not only in the Sima-Violet, but in other cycle cars - Major, Deguingand, Mourre, Sicam, Bernardet...and the Alcyon. All air-cooled.
He also designed a water cooled engined cyclecar - the Violet-Bogey.
The Sima-Violet had a horizontally opposed air-cooled transversely front mounted engine of 496 cc. This drove through a 2-speed gearbox mounted on the rear axle.
With similar transverse front springing, the Alcyon was virtually identical.
Now, back to Austin Sevens!
Addendum.
Further research suggests this is a bit of a minefield.
Marcel Violet was a prolific designer and had a hand, not only in the Sima-Violet, but in other cycle cars - Major, Deguingand, Mourre, Sicam, Bernardet...and the Alcyon. All air-cooled.
He also designed a water cooled engined cyclecar - the Violet-Bogey.
The Sima-Violet had a horizontally opposed air-cooled transversely front mounted engine of 496 cc. This drove through a 2-speed gearbox mounted on the rear axle.
With similar transverse front springing, the Alcyon was virtually identical.
Now, back to Austin Sevens!