To stay on topic; I don’t think there is enough traffic here to necessitate different threads for the vintage (2&3 speed), retro (5 speed), and modern (Super 3). There is also room for all the other 3-wheeled stuff that is occasionally posted here too. After all, there are posts on the front page that are nearly a month old.

To stray off topic again;
Originally Posted by planenut
Originally Posted by LightSpeed


If MMC had followed the Ace design there would not have been such a need to modify of for the sake of reliability.



Agreed that the engineering would have been more reliable but for us that have the steering on the right side of the car the drivers seat would start off narrow and taper down to even less. Some serious bum cheek trimming exercises required! The angled drive shaft takes up a lot of righthand seat.

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the ACE (American Cyclecar Endeavor) engineering was much more than the driveline. The ACE’s two top tubes of the engine frame box are structurally tied together up front with more robust frame tubes for rigidity/durability. The center engine mass was behind the front axle line. The engine coupling design and the steering/suspension geometry were also ignored by the young M3W’s designer. Yes, the driveline would have to be reworked for RHD and it was quite disappointing, for the M3W and even for the new Super 3, that MMC did not engineer a single sided, shaft driven, rear swingarm with a disc brake, that receives the driveshaft on centerline. Instead, it’s a bevel box, belt, and sprocket that robs power, howls, and makes changing a tire a considerable project, and a drum brake.

Back on topic; There will be some don’t want to see this topic or that comment, and would prefer a single topic echo chamber, and others that find interest in the variety of content. There will be some that are MMC disciples and think things breaking is ‘part of the experience’, some that accepted the flaws and are also willing to call them out, some that are positive or negative from their own experience, and some that are just trolls. You can’t make everyone happy all at the same time…