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, May 18, 2022

Basket (to hide the burner)

Finally received the very last item from Steam Traction World to finish my Lykamobile Series 2. Not that the red burner was an eyesore, and actually it did kind of fit in with my paint scheme, I'm glad to finally get it installed.

Well, the instructions from STW say to screw the wooden wedges from the inside surface of the rear panel, this would necessitate me taking apart my rear brake light and license plate bracket. I didn't think it matters much which way you screw the wooden wedges onto the surface of the rear panel, so I opted to use some small pan head screws. Now mind you the rear panel is thin, and this may pose a problem if there isn't enough "bite" to keep the wedges secure by the wood screws. But I really believe it will be just fine. If it does become I problem, I can always screw them onto the rear panel per STW's instructions.
The first task is to mount the right wooden wedge along the edge of the right side of the cut-out for the burner. I temporarily used some C-Clamps for positioning.

Before securing this piece to the rear panel, I went ahead and temporarily mounted all of the wooden wedges to see how these pieces fit up.
All the pieces are now screwed into the rear panel which allows me the ability to see how well the basket align with the wooden wedges. What I discovered is that the basket (being handmade) is not exactly square and actually is about 1 inch narrower at the bottom. Therefor I realigned the pieces to better match up to the basket.


The right-side piece I moved over to better align with the basket.
I also sanded down the edge some to better fit the angle.
All repositioned.
I loosely placed the basket in its final position before drilling the mounting holes for the metal bracket.









All mounted up, the next step will be to take it all apart and paint the wooden wedges and metal bracket black and do a final assembly.

Monday, May 16, 2022

Jim's (Poppapope) New Build

Glad to welcome a new Lykamobile enthusiast to our club. Jim has just received notice that his first 13 kits will ship out this week sometime. I look forward to following Jim's build on his new Blog which you can check out by clicking the following link: Poppapope's Steam Car. I have also added this link to my sidebar too.

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