4972 x 3771 px | 42,1 x 31,9 cm | 16,6 x 12,6 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
14 giugno 2025
Ubicazione:
Brooklands Museum, Weybridge, Surrey, UK
Altre informazioni:
Questa immagine potrebbe avere delle imperfezioni perché è storica o di reportage.
Cyclekart is a type of gokart racing where competitors drive single-seat, approximately half-scale, motorized cars styled to resemble race cars from the 1920s and 1930s. Builders will pick an inspiration car, an existing vintage full size race car, and model their cyclekart design on the inspiration car, and include details and features on their cyclekart to better mimic their inspiration car. Due to the karts being scaled down to match the common design feature of a 17" wheel, the scale is approximately 1:2 or half scale, with most common sizes being between 55% and 66% of original size. Cars of the pre war era varied a lot and as a result the wheelbase can vary from as small as 64 inches to over 70 inches, with a wheelbase of 66 inches being common. Since the adult driver does not scale down with the kart design, the cockpit is generally full size, resulting in the car being a "caricature" of its inspiration car, with a somewhat over-sized looking cockpit, rather than an exact scale model with proportional cockpit. Fidelity of the caricature design varies widely, and up to the builder's time, skill, and personal taste.
