Topic: Solved: PN #427 -- C M Hayes three-wheeler, cca 1936

[pnegyesi]

It is now locked for woodinsight. This three-wheeler was built by C.M. Hayes. I'd need a year or the type of the motorcycle which the builder used.

[woodinsight]

I can only guess as I don't think I have any source to find the answer....
It possibly dates from the immediate post WWII period - c.1946/47 and may have a 125/175cc engine...Francis-Barnett?

[pnegyesi]

1947 was already guessed - it is earlier
and not a Francis-Barnett engine.

You have one more opportunity

[woodinsight]

I'd already guessed 1947! 

One last attempt - c.1941 and an Excelsior engine?

[pnegyesi]

It is still older and not an Excelsior.

I feel generous - still locked for you. There's a saying: 3 is the Hungarian truth. So you have a 3rd attempt

[woodinsight]

It is still older and not an Excelsior.

I feel generous - still locked for you. There's a saying: 3 is the Hungarian truth. So you have a 3rd attempt

Thank you!
I guess your saying is the same as the English "Third time lucky" but I'm not really feeling positive about this one...
I'm assuming the engine is also British and will go for a Raleigh simply because they also built a three-wheeler in the 1930s with a single front wheel. Many of the British motor cycle engines of the 1930s were I think too powerful for this machine!
The year? Difficult to gauge but I'll guess mid-1930s......

[pnegyesi]

Okay, I let you off the hook.

I found an article in a 1936 magazine, saying this was built by C M Hayes, using bits from an AJS motorcycle.

A hard-earner point for you

[woodinsight]

Okay, I let you off the hook.

I found an article in a 1936 magazine, saying this was built by C M Hayes, using bits from an AJS motorcycle.

A hard-earner point for you

Thank you again Pal - as you say it wasn't easy as I couldn't find any reference to it in my usual sources.