It's rare to see a gyro stabilized two wheeler slowly cruise around, so, here's a look back at the Gyro X

Be sure to select hi def 1080.

https://mikeshouts.com/self-balancing-gyro-x-vehicle-1967/

The 2019 Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d'Este

1953 Abarth 205 Sport 1100

the 1967 Gyro X last seen here: https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2017/11/the-gyro-x-won-dean-batchelor-trophy-at.html

the O.S.C.A. MT4 with the body by Frua and Morelli, was one of the most successful cars in the Sport category, continuing to win for over a decade, achieving the last victory, a first class, at the 500km of the Mugello in 1966.

Founded by the brothers Ernesto and Bindo Maserati after having sold the homonymous company to the Orsi family, the "Officine Specializzate Costruzione Automobili", aka O.S.C.A., began to produce cars based on the evolution of the Maserati 4CL: the abbreviation MT4 in fact means "Maserati Type 4"

Designed by the Pontiac engineer Herb Adams in the first half of the 60s, the Vivant 77 was a project of considerable

Built from scratch in Adams' garage, the Vivant was an interesting prototype powered by a 370 cubic-inch Pontiac V8 engine and equipped with Corvette C2 suspension and Kelsey-Hayes Bonneville wheels.

The body was made of aluminum by the "Beatles of Troy, Michigan" a trio of Englishmen - Harry Kennedy, Jack Henser and John Glover - famous in the American hot rod scene for their great job. It had only one appearance at the Detroit Autorama in 1966

https://www.formtrends.com/in-pictures-villa-deste-concorso-deleganza-2019/
https://www.theoutlierman.com/blogs/blog/our-5-dream-cars-from-the-concorso-d-eleganza-villa-d-este-2019

Louis Brennan's gyroscope model, fully functional of proved the engineering. Amazing accomplishment for 1903

https://onceuponatown.tumblr.com/post/96477275185/in-1903-louis-brennan-patented

his 1907 similar vehicle is in a museum
http://electric-edwardians.blogspot.com/2013/05/gyro-car-1907.html

the Gyro X won the Dean Batchelor Trophy at Pebble Beach

Fifty years after its debut at the 1967 International Automobile Show in New York City, the the Gyro-x will re-emerge at the 2017 Pebble Beach

Since it's failed push toward production, and it's years of being stored and flipped, the stabilizing gyroscope was removed, a third wheel was added, and a Type 3 VW engine and transaxle replaced the original Cooper engine and chain drive.



About 9 years ago, it re-emerged, offered for sale by John Needham, a Las Vegas musician who was also known by his stage name, John Windsor. Needham did not know the car’s identity; now minus its gyroscope, the Gyro-X had been converted to a trike, with a mid-mounted flat-four engine and gearbox from a Porsche 914 driving the (now) two rear wheels. Needham had obtained the car around 1994 as collateral for a debt that went unpaid; in 2004, he put up a YouTube video, seeking anyone who knew anything about the car.

In 2009, a collector saw the bastardized car in a YouTube video, purchased it and told his collector friend Jeff Lane what he had.

 “He knew I loved the thing when he got it and he called me after a year and said, ‘I’ve decided it’s too much.’” says Lane, president of the Lane Motor Museum in Nashville, Tennessee.

Once the restoration was underway, and the frame and engine were nearing completion, the challenge was to get a gyro, and someone to integrate it into the car.

That's not easy to find, but eventually the Lane Museum found Italian company Agency Impianti that specializes in gyroscopic stabilization of large yachts. Impianti founder Stefano De Simoni visited the museum to assess the challenge and draw up plans in 2015, and returned with a gyroscope a year-and-a-half later to do the install.

http://newatlas.com/gyro-x-gyroscopic-car-restoration/26427/#p203536
http://carakoom.com/blog/8459
http://autoweek.com/article/classic-cars/gyroscopically-stabilized-gyro-x-car-headed-2017-pebble-beach-concours#ixzz4pHjxU915

1961 Ford Gyron

First shown to the world in 1961 at the Detroit Motor Show as a concept car. One wheel was at the front and the other at the rear like a motorcycle and the car was stabilized by gyroscopes. The two occupants of the vehicle were seated side by side and, when the vehicle was stationary, two small legs appeared from the sides to support it.

The vehicle was created for research and marketing purposes, with no intention to put it into production.

Alex Tremulis was the designer , he started his career with the US airforce and worked in 1948 at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base on the concept of Military flying saucers. He then became the chief designer for the ill fated Tucker automobile before joining Ford.

The gyroscopic systems were based on Louis Brennan's theories. Ford Motor Company gave credit for the Gyron to Louis Brennan.

Via: http://thenewcaferacersociety.blogspot.com/2008/03/when-is-motorcycle-not-motorcycle-ford.html

Louis Brennan and his single track gyro scope train

For all the bio on the inventor, his difficulty working out how to make the train stay upright through curves, and more. Good reading. http://www.catskillarchive.com/rrextra/odgyro.Html

In 1929 he developed a working gyrocar: http://thenewcaferacersociety.blogspot.com/2008/05/when-is-motorcycle-not-motorcycle.html

for more info: http://theoldmotor.com/?p=109924