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BRA for sale on ebay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BRA-Kit-Car-Abandoned-Project-/151886347576

Another one of those "90% completed" projects that has 80% of the work still to do.

That's a BRA CV3, built using the original 2CV chassis and Lomax style rear suspension.
Body and bonnet are Aluminium sheet with fiberglass boot lid, scuttle panel and engine cowl.
It's all held together around a steel cage frame SAMMIO style.

Here's one I made earlier



I painted the fiberglass panels and front mudguards sky blue, then sold it to a guy in Kent (sorry no final finished photo).

Plus the "you can just use the V5 from another 2CV" may not be how the DVLA will see it either.

Links to a review of the original Leighton : http://www.bra-cars.com/Leighton_-_A_bit_of_both__web_.pdf

I can see the attraction of retaining the 2cv chassis, but the effort/cost taken to find/restore one (to retain the V5...) may well be less than that to use the bespoke chassis, particularly given the handling benefits of the Leighton suspension mods.

£400 new, and galvanised to boot -

http://www.2cvcity.co.uk/the-2cv-city-fully-galvanised-chassis.html

As for retaining the V5, it's a standard, replacement chassis so under DVLA rules the V5 can be retained if one of these is used to replace an original chassis that's rusted so badly that there's actually nothing left of it at all. Trigger's hammer and all that.

I didn't realise new chassis were that cheap. But not much cheaper than a bespoke one, particularly given the handling benefits of the bespoke chassis.

Motorbike IVA is also much simpler and cheaper than car IVA...

Mr T - Nice link to the replacement 2CV chassis.

And just for clarity...



The key difference between what Mr T is saying above and my reply in Post #29 is that the Ebay seller was proposing that you keep the non standard chassis in the BRA he was selling and use the V5 from a different 2CV donor car to get the BRA on the road, which is not allowed.

Cheers, Paul.

I would cost twice as much to build a bespoke chassis than to buy a standard replacement chassis.
Plus the bespoke chassis would be heaver, un-galvanized and produce no significant improvement in the handling, I know as I have built both examples

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The IVA or MSVA require a lot of extra money, time and effort which will put prospective builder's off

All ways remember the No1 rule when building a kit car KISS, becaus it works

A good idea this, I wish you every success with it.

Just spoke to Chris at Tribute and the "Leighton" moulds are now being laid-up so I'll be collecting a body next week .

Only wish the new Alpha was so near

A Great Initiative

Where did this project get to? My first ever car was bought in Belgium, the basic 2CV with bench front seat and a roll back roof (no fancy levers to do it from inside). It was that, or the Llada, which was even cheaper. I know it is a bit premature, with Chris at Tribute about to start my Z3gato. However, I am thinking about a project to start later next year.

Currently it would be a Lambretta LI150 refurbishment from wreck to refurbished wreck. (Seriously, as a 16/17 year old, I did just about everything mechanical on a scooter. This was way, way back in the late 60s.)

But a 2CV based 3 wheeler, wahay!

The LEIGHTON project/moulds were sold on is it was proving to expensive and to time consuming to continue with.

I do still have a new 2CV galvanized chassis, engine gearbox, axles and original fiberglass LEIGHTON body, bonnet and boot if your interested?

Is that the model currently available on internet for quite a high price? If so, the total bundle would be too much for SWMBO to stomach after the Z3gato. However, I may come back to you later.
Cheers

£700 gets you the lot!!

As we are "inbetween" jobs in the workshop over the Christmas period I decided we will get the Leighton 3 wheeler bits and pieces together.

The 2CV galvanized chassis along with the single wheel conversion has been leaning against the fence for over a year now!!



Apart from a little green mould on the bottom edge the chassis was like new.

This is the rolling chassis we have got to work with.





This is the mock-up.



The rear single wheel conversion uses the original axle with both suspension arms removed and a bike style swinging arm mounted on it.


A basic "A" frame is bolted to the chassis and a coil-over shock links the two together making the rear suspension a very simple unit. Not only is it simple but it can be fully adjustable and it also means the chassis remains unaltered unlike the Lomax 223 conversions which require one chassis leg to be cut-off.


The front suspension will also be coil-over style as this eliminates the notoriously soft rolling suspension the original 2CV's were known for.

Just been over this thread and now realized it's been nearly 3 years since i worked on this project !!

Always liked the reverse trike layout so watching this with interest.

Any plans to extend the body to fit over the rear chassis or are you going to trim the rear rails aft of the wheel?

Might be nice to put a demonstrator together with a BMW bike engine up front...

http://www.sparrowautomotive.co.uk/citroen2cvbmw.html

Mister Towed A BMW or GUZZI engine would be nice but the cost is to high, I'm only building this to clear some space and end a project so it will be sold on ASAP.

Here's the cut profile of the car.





The rear chassis rails will stay in place just like the Sammio Spyder rear outriggers,
I'v built this with DVLA in mind as not only will I have to change the taxation class from PLG to tricycle but I will also have to change the wheel-plan from 2 axle ridged to 3 wheeler and I think DVLA will want to confirm the unaltered chassis is still unaltered.!!

I tried to keep the body side as high as possible to avoid the "noddy" effect as there's no way to lower the floor pans.

The front suspension is in place so this profile will not change.

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Just by a fluke the front coil-over's lined up with the original bumps in the bonnet.



Anybody notice the head light brackets??ound:

Hark the Herald headlight brackets.

The trike looks very cool, looking forward to see it finished.
I am sure it will look great.

Looking forward to this build Mike as I like the style of these 3wheelers and the only way I would be allowed to have a motorbike.

When into the dark depths on the lock-up and found these bad-boys.



They are a custom made set-up using a standard bike rim and a bespoke hub, both look well made and are fitted with 19" bike front tyres.
I have had these for years but have never been brave enough to fit them.

That Leighton is fairly rare as well. I understand that only a dozen or so were produced.