Vintage Revival Montlhéry 2019 - Plateau D & F - The Three Wheelers

1932 Sandford Type S at speed on the Montlhéry banking.

There was a great tradition on banked tracks such as Montlhéry and Brooklands of there being three wheeler races, either on their own or as part of cyclecar races, and record breaking.   Thus very appropriate for Vintage Revival Montlhéry always to honour them with there own plateaux. 

In the UK the most famous three wheeler manufacturer has been Morgan who first started selling them in 1911.  Three wheelers were popular in the UK as they were taxed like motor cycles.  They were raced from very early on and in 1913 a Morgan won the Cyclecar Grand prix in Amiens.

In France Robert Darmont started a business importing Morgans and then building them under licence from 1921.  From 1926 they produced the Darmont Special.

The Sandford Three Wheelers were built in Paris from about 1925 by an Englishman Stuart Sandford, who had previously sold Darmonts.  Sandford was a racer himself on both two and three wheels. All Sandfords had Ruby engines, an engine used by many cyclecars  of the twenties and thirties.

Great to see examples of all these three marques.

1933 Morgan Super Sport.

1932 Morgan Super Sport

JAP engined 1932 Morgan SS Three Wheeler

On the three wheeler grid ready for depart.

1927 Morgan Aero Three Wheeler

Another view showing the steep banking.

There is n o doubt that these enthusiasts really enjoy driving their Three Wheelers such as this Sandford.

1932 Morgan Super Sport.

A Morgan in the paddock.

1930 Darmont Special.

Three Wheelers motoring down the pitlane in the wet conditions of Saturday morning.

1929 Sandford GS

Morgan Three Wheeler on the grid.

1927 Darmont Special Usine

Morgan on the grid.

Another Darmont Special, this one a 1928 supercharged version.

A 1933 Morgan Sports.

The Morgan car park.

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Old motorised trike.