A sort-of accurate model of the 1930's race car. Pretty much my first attempt at car MOC. Features working inline 4 engine, clutch, steering, leaf spring suspension, electric motor power.

compar

20240925_121637

Here are the details of steering linkage (similar to one used in old cars). There is a little ground clearance, despite how it looks :P

20240925_121545

And here front view, with pronounced positive camber:

20240925_121504

 

Finally, a video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh1qWiqci_k

Nice take on this classic race car. NPU making the old style spoked wheels and tyres. Chain drive and the shifter outside the cockpit, haven't seen that in some time.

1 hour ago, Feuer Zug said:

Nice take on this classic race car. NPU making the old style spoked wheels and tyres. Chain drive and the shifter outside the cockpit, haven't seen that in some time.

Thanks! I'd love to have some official set with 1920-30's car. TLG is releasing so many cars, and yet there's no old ones.

Nice vehicle!

Is there a way to brace the front lights better to keep them aligned?

Fun model! The straight-8 and steering linkage are both pretty cool!

1 hour ago, Heppu said:

Is there a way to brace the front lights better to keep them aligned?

There should be. Fun fact, the real race car has no front lights at all. So I suppose my rendition is a street-legal mod :P

1 hour ago, 2GodBDGlory said:

Fun model! The straight-8 and steering linkage are both pretty cool!

Thanks! The steering linkage was a headache. The bar connecting two wheels kept colliding with leaf springs. The current solution has extremely low ground clearance. Also, steering has a lot of slop. This is somewhat mitigated by the fact that large positive camber has self-centering effect, so that the car can drive in a straight line. 

Initially, this car was going to be something along the lines of the amazing Fiat S76 recently built by JoKo

https://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?/forums/topic/199895-moc-fiat-s76-beast-of-turin/

I made an engine:

and then it became apparent that it is too big for the wheels. Still, may be of some interest. The new cylinder pieces sure open up some interesting, compact possibilities.

Hey, nice little one! That's a serious first car MOC

I like the see-through design and of course I like the first engine design with working valvetrain even more! Nice use of the new piston pieces, have you considered using them for the final design? The piston would have a more authentic motion instead of behaving like they are valves or pushrods. 

Thanks for your kind word about the Fiat btw!

3 hours ago, JoKo said:

I like the see-through design and of course I like the first engine design with working valvetrain even more! Nice use of the new piston pieces, have you considered using them for the final design? The piston would have a more authentic motion instead of behaving like they are valves or pushrods. 

Thanks! Yes, I wanted to use new pistons, but currently only have 4 of the cam pieces and the engine is straight 8.

I really struggled with trying to do a body with panels, so in the end settled on see-through designs like in old Technic. In the end, I like it more like that.