Thread: Trike, take 2

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Several years ago I saw a trike built out of, I think, a small front-wheel-drive Oldsmobile (Cutlass Sierra, maybe?). It was on Main Street during Bikeweek in Daytona beach, Florida the first time I saw it. I saw it again a year or two later cruising down U.S.-1 in Daytona. Whoever built it was very clever; they grafted the front fenders and rear quarters together at the wheel wells so it had the stock Olds taillights and headlights. The motorcycle frame was grafted somehow through the grille and under the bumper of the Olds nose. The gas tank was mounted in the motorcycle frame where the engine used to be. it was really nicely done, but I haven't seen it again for 4 or 5 years. Wish I had a picture...

That sounds pretty cool; I've seen a few of them. One was built from a Fiero and one from a Cavalier.

A guy I used to work with built one from a Honda Car. He got it all to work but his frame building skills and the ability to blend it all together left something to be desired. It's not a safe trike, I rode in it once and the whole thing would flex up and down at every bump and it was a bear to corner, it would just push straight. As for what it looked like, If you ever seen the show Everybody Loves Raymond where Marie makes a vase and nobody can figure out what it looks like until the end? Well, it's kinda like that, only we called his trike the flying vage I have more confidence in your work