Grier’s Steam Car - LYKAMOBILE: August 2018

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, August 14, 2018

Locomobile Hubcap Assembly

Back in April of this year I posted a design for a hubcap for the Lykamobile (April 2018 Post). I have decided that I'm going to assume the marque of the Locomobile for this project. After an error by Nostalgic Reflections Co. in ignoring my outside dimension for the hubcap, and a couple more months to remake the hubcaps to the requested outside diameter, I received them yesterday (August 13, 2018).

Amazingly our local Ace Hardware Store had M1.6 screws and nuts. I wanted to find a brass split rivet, but I would have had to purchase way more than 8. So screws and nuts! The following pictures illustrate how I mounted the hubcaps.

Placement "by eye".

Center marking into the paint.

Heavy punching for drilling.

Drilling (by hand -- would have been nice if I had a drill press).

Luckily I had a small needle nose type plier and a small screw driver.

I used some medium strength thread lock.

And the final assembly on the Lykamobile.

I have to admit it is a little obsessive, but it makes me smile :)

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