Improvements in or relating to motor road vehicles
673,758. Steering motor vehicles. DOT CYCLE & MOTOR MANUFACTURING CO., Ltd., and WADE, B. S. Oct. 2, 1950 [July 2, 1949], No. 17533/49. Class 79(v) In a motor vehicle of the type having a steerable front wheel driven by a power unit which swivels with the wheel, the steering axis is vertical and passes through the point of tyre contact, the power unit being arranged so that its centre of gravity is substantially ahead of the steering axis. As shown, the power unit 22 is carried on cross members 21 extending between a pair of vertical side members 20 which are secured to the top and bottom of the rotatable steering column 19 by means of transverse members 27, 28. The steering column 19 is vertical and is mounted in a steering head 17 fixed to the tubular backbone 6. Steering is effected by a steering wheel 30 and steering box 31, or by means of handlebars secured across the vertical side members 20. The forwardly mounted engine 22 and gearbox 23, together with the fuel tank 34 and other auxiliaries may be enclosed by a casing 33 which is secured to the front end of tubular member 6 and to forward extensions 32 of the body side members.