The 1899 Locomobile Steam Car Replica, known as the Lykamobile is a full scale live steam automobile manufactured in 24 kits. This kit is available from a company called "Steam Traction World" located in Daventry, United Kingdom. Each kit is to be manufactured and sent once a month for 24 months. However for cost considerations I have chosen to have my kits batched and dispatched in larger crates to the United States (Topsail Beach, NC).

Specifications:
• Length 7ft 2.6in • Height 5ft 3in • Width 4ft 7.1in • Weight 904 lbs.• Water Tank Capacity 12 Gallons • Fuel Tank Capacity 7.3 Gallons

Construction:

• CHASSIS Tubular steel fabrication, combination weld, bolted and silver solder.
• STEERING “Ackerman” design tiller steering.
• DIFFERENTIAL & DRIVE Spur gear differential similar to the original Locomobile, drive shaft and bearings.
• WHEELS & TYRES Single tube pneumatic, treaded.
• BREAKING SYSTEM Disc brake system.
• ENGINE 21/4" diameter, 3" stroke modified “Hackworth” valve gear.
• WATER FEED Twin mechanical pump.
• BURNER Fuelled by diesel.
• BOILER Multi Fire Tube, fully constructed and complete with necessary paperwork and inspected by notified body.
• BODYWORK & SEATS Wooden with steel frame, seating capacity of 2 persons, with turned decorative spindles with leather style upholstery.
• Gears: forward and reverse.
• Assemble with hand-tools only
• Step-by-step instructions
• Technical service and help-line backup
• Designed on ‘Solidworks’ CAD
• Manufactured on modern CNC machines for build accuracy and high quality


Tuesday, October 17, 2017

Locomobile Carriage Lamps

So September 19, 2015 I discovered the Lykamobile Steam Car through some Google search I did and promptly sent an email to Dean Rogers Director of Steam Traction World requesting to buy one of these Lykamobile Kits. Dean politely informed me that the item was out of production, but would keep me on file if they decide to make another production run. Well February 15, 2016 I received an email from Dean stating that the Lykamobile was going back into production. That very day I committed.
So as I have said, I chose to have my kits batched for shipping efficiency and costs, this has given me plenty of time to search the web, looking for accessory items. The following carriage lamps I found on eBay:

To my amazement these were authentic kerosene Locomobile Lamps that had been converted to electricity. One of the lamps was damaged, but that did not deter me from purchasing them. I once again went to Google and searched out a company that restores vintage lamps. Genius of the Lamp Ltd. located in Birmingham, UK popped up as the most qualified source I could find. Raj, the owner of the company was very helpful with how and to what extent I should restore the lamps. Below are pictures of the restored lamps. They did a wonderful job.




In addition to the Carriage Lamps, I was also fortunate enough to find a vintage rear tail light again from eBay. Below are the unrestored pictures.


And below is a picture of the restored tail lamp again courtesy of Raj and Genius of the Lamp Ltd.


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