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BIG4 sidecar (details) variations |
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This page intends
to categorize all variations found on military BIG4 sidecars. I do not pretend to have
it complete, but it will cover most variations. If anybody can add more (proven
with photographs) I will be glad to hear. The sequence is arbitrarily taken from
the front to the rear. Parts which to my knowledge have not changed are not
mentioned.
Variation
one:
Sidecar for armed passenger use with provisions for the spare wheel on
the front shield.
Variation two:
sidecar for armed passenger use with provisions for the spare wheel at the rear
of the wooden box.
Variation
three:
Sidecar for transport of goods with a so called "AA type" sidecar box.
(This later type apparently referred to the pre war (UK) Automobile
Association sidecars which were used to carry tools and basic spare parts
to keep members of the AA mobile in case of break downs. Similar boxes were
also used by the Dutch "Wegen Wacht" after the war, but then mounted to
BSA's or Harley Davidsons.)
Variation four:
At least one special outfit was built to carry a 3 inch Mortar on a
platform mounted onto the chassis of the sidecar.
At least one special outfit was built to carry a 3 inch Mortar.
First variation mentioned in each row is the oldest, variations in one column not necessarily same time frame between rows.
Item | Variation one | Variation two | Variation three | Variation four | |
Body | Body |
![]() Standard passenger body rear mounted spare wheel (prototype with windshield and missing valance on front mudguard) |
![]() Standard passenger body front mounted spare wheel |
![]() AA type box sidecar, spare wheel at the rear |
![]() Mortar mounted on sidecar chassis |
![]() Standard passenger body heavily armed |
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Electrical parts | Side lamp |
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axle flood light |