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Cycle Car [B 7970] • Photograph

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Summary

The first cycle car built in South Australia in 1904 by F.B. Puckridge of Port Lincoln. Apart from the engine, the car was entirely South Australian in design; the two men in the car used it to tour the district as painters and renovators. A note attached to the back of the photograph reads as follows: 'Note supplied by FB Puckridge of Port Lincoln. The car, here shown, I built in 1904 for Dr. E Kinmont. It had 2 and three quarters HP air cooled engine with fan in tunnel. Engine was built by MMC England under De Dion licence. The rest of the car was entirely South Australian. It had two speed gear box, no reverse, and the gears were cut by JH Southcott to my own design. Clutch and gear box were operated by a single lever, which operated smoothly and efficiently. Starting was by chain worked through floor on a free-wheel clutch fitted to drive shaft. Final drive through V belts. No differential. Ignition by battery-magnetos had not then come into use. Dr Kinmont used it in his practice over the district extending beyond Tumby Bay on the north (30 miles) to as far as Elliston (105) on the West Coast. It gave him good service for about 12 months when he brought a larger car and sold this one to Crawford and Rule (shown in the photo) who used it touring the district as painters and renovators. It was certainly the first car built on Eyre's Peninsula and, I think, the first cycle-car in South Australia".

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Physical description

Photograph; 13 cm x 8.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1905

Collection

Part of General Collection

Subject

Puckridge, F. B.
Automobiles -- South Australia -- Port Lincoln

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Digitisation information

Date

02/11/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,748 x 1,780 pixels (4.9 MP)

Size

14.71 MB

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