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


Wednesday, November 28, 2018

World Lykamobile Hits

Just for laughs, I am posting a world view of the hits that my BlogSpot has received over the past year below:
The big red dot in Canada is an artifact from my internet provider here in the US. It seems that when I sign on way down here in North Carolina, my internet provider says I'm in Ottawa. So ignore that one. On a mostly consistent basis my BlogSpot gets visits from the following countries:
Australia
Brazil
Denmark
France
Germany
Greece
Netherlands
Russia
Sweden
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United States

I'm suspicious of Russia and possibly Ukraine as these states have a reputation of phishing.

I have read that this batch of Lykamobiles has 35 paying customers. I know of 4 builders in the UK, one in France and two in the US making a total of 7 (includes me). I'm pretty sure that we have at least 1 builder in Sweden, Netherlands and Germany, possibly 1 builder in Australia, Greece and Denmark, but can't really tell for sure because of sporadic visits to the BlogSpot. My guess is from looking at my BlogSpot traffic I see 10 builders for sure with possibly 3 more out of the 35 builders.

I find it interesting to see where these kits are being built around the world and that we all share a passion for this project.
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