Daryl's "Vintage Morgan" Inspired 3 Wheeler.

I have been doing a lot of research on the Morgan sliding hub front suspension. A seemingly simple system, but with many subtle tricks.
They have been maintained, modified and raced for 100+ years. A lot of the available information on-line, is for 1950's plus 'four wheelers'.
Vintage trikes were different. Here is some of what I have learned to build into my cycle kart.

The pillars can be Vertical. A degree or two of rearward rake might be useful to reduce 'stiction' on the edges of the bushes due to the offset/angle of the suspension forces during compression. ( I imagine these would wear and round-off a sharp edge pretty quickly anyway).

What about caster and the need to have kingpin inclination for the tyre contact to be behind the swivel axis?
Vintage trikes had the axle spindle fitted behind the hub and the pillar. (see pic) This offset is the equivalent of having caster angle.

It helps to look at Morgan suspension like a motorcycle telescopic front end. Instead of caster, use the term 'trail'.
With 17" wheels, placing the centre of the axle (say 50mm) behind centre-line of the pillar is equivalent to a Fork Rake (or Caster) angle of around 9 degrees.

One more factor re: king pin inclination that might be useful for a CycleKart builder.
If I was building a 4 wheel Kart and wanted to use a locked rear axle, then king pin inclination is way more important.
With rearward inclination, turn left and the left hub rises, the right hub falls. this transfers weight to the right rear wheel and reduces it at the left rear.
This is how Go-karts get around corners without the need to power slide, basically 3 wheeling. I'm already building a Trike.

Next time: Camber angle and Kingpin Swivel angle.

Cheers Daryl.