I found it! A vintage Spyder

[DocRags]

This must be the first prototype of our beloved Spyder...from the late 1800's, a one cylinder, 2 hp reverse trike :roflblack::roflblack:...the frunk (sorry, Firefly...gotta use the term) wasn't an enclosed space ... or is that where the passenger went? :yikes:

 

[SpyderAnn01]

I like it!

 

[Camdenlake]

That would be cool to have. Wonder how many are out there??


Josh

 

[SDM]

That's pretty cool:yes:

 

[GloryRyders]

Cool.............it's even the "right" color!:2thumbs:

 

[Bob Denman]

Gee,,, I wonder what they might have used for a Nanny back then...

 

[ARtraveler]

Nanny? It would have been the mother in law chasing you with a whip, yelling to get off that darn contraption and get back to the barn and finish the chores. :roflblack:

Nice picture though.

 

[chickridin]

 

[MarkLawson]

I think that rear fender is what Lamont had in mind when he welded the new one on the back of his RT!

:roflblack:

 

[FrankPa]

Belt's on the wrong side...

:clap:

 

[ulflyer]

I like the steering wheel, with knob. Will someone make one for the RT please?

 

[Kratos]

So that's our ancestor!.....LOL

 

[Papa]

When do the mods begin? Gloryders, floorboards, lights - - must have lights

 

[Bob Denman]

:agree: Must have lights! :shocked:
Would they have to be oil lamps though?? :roflblack:

 

[Jeriatric]

Doc, did your findings say where it is displayed? Looks like a room full of history.

Thanks for posting it.
Jer

 

[Oldmanzues]

Thanks for posting this. I would see where if posible.
It would be interesting to go the local Wal-Mart to obtain a new leather drive belt. No waiting for parts
Oldmanzues

 

[mowin]

Thats cool.....would like to know more history about it...

 

[DocRags]

Doc, did your findings say where it is displayed? Looks like a room full of history.

Thanks for posting it.
Jer

It was in the National Automobile Museum in Reno...lots of history there, for sure. A friend (not a Spyder rider) sent it to me when she spotted it there. It's an 1897 Leon Bollee, made in France.