CAT Fiat 600261 viewsRudi built this fabulously aerodynamic fibreglass / polyester bodywork for the Fiat 600 car as one of his first ever projects. Weight: 38 kg with integrated fuel tank. In the photo the bodywork still needs to be smoothed, filled and painted.dane
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CATVAN278 viewsWe built the CATVAN on a Citroen DS21 chassis and used it to transport the racing sidecar outfit all over Europe. Using a fibreglass bodywork and a re-routed steering mechanism so that the driver and passenger could sit in front of the front axle, the vehicle was not only spectacular, but stable, fast and light.
The interior was fitted out like a caravan with kitchen, table, seating area and the roof could be raised for more headroom.
The CATVAN is now in the possession of a French sidecar racer.dane
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CATVAN resurrected254 viewsThe CATVAN was restored and used as the service vehicle for the CAT Solarmobile which Rudi built for the Biel Technical University, for the Swiss Solar Grand Prix.dane
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CAT Puma downhill bike491 viewsThis is the CAT Puma downhill bike which Rudi built as a very small series. As far as I can remember only about 6 or 7 were built. We still have one and our son-in-law has one.
It had specially modified CAT front forks and CAT three spoke wheels. The bike, which had 10cm suspension length front and rear (almost unheard of at the time) weighs only 11.9 kg ready-to-go.
dane
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The Vari-Eze323 viewsWe built Switzerland's first Vari-Eze, designed by the brilliant Burt Rutan. We flew all over Europe in our Eze, HB-YBG and it only took just over 2 hours to fly from Grenchen in NW Switzerland to Lydd in SE England. The engine was a Continental C95, installed at the back as a "pusher".dane
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Cat sidecar racing outfit371 viewsRudi and Dane in action in the wild days of their youth, haha.
The airscoop at the back (which was never meant to be a spoiler) was to force air into the carburettors under Rudi's chest.
This bike is in a private collection in Michigan USA.dane
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CAT sidecar outfit334 viewsOne of 4 racing sidecar outfits with CAT tubular frames which Rudi built for the Motorcycle Sidecar World Champion Fritz Scheidegger.dane
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CAT Alfa racing car270 viewsCAT single seater Formula One Alfa racing car. This had a tubular frame and a fibreglass / polyester bodywork. Weight: 348 kg.dane
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CAT sidecar racer256 viewsOne of the first CAT sidecar outfits in the paddock to show how aerodynamic it was, with very little wind resistance. The CATs were the first truly aerodynamic sidecar outfits that the sport had ever seen.dane
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CAT sidecar racer245 viewsThis is how we used to transport our racing sidecar outfit before we built the CATVAN - on the top of a Citroen. The Citroen also acted as living quarters at races.dane
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552 viewsFull Carbon Saddle. Hätte nie gedacht, dass so etwas spartanisches so bequem sein kann ... Besser als die Gel-XY-Sättel der anderen Anbieter. Passt wie angegossen. Habe offensichtlich einen Rudi-Kurth-Norm-Hintern ... ;-))Frank Mäder
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