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the person cranking the car can easily control them. When the petcocks 

 are closed the rods are held in the proper position by clips to prevent 

 accidental opening. 



The ignition system consists of a spark plug in each cylinder, a 

 low-tension timer, a Jeflferson spark coil, a battery, and a switch. The 

 timer can be advanced and retarded by means of a small lever located 

 to the right of the muffler cut-out lever. 



The transmission, located to the right of the engine, and with its 

 mainshaft in line with and connected to the engine crankshaft, is a 

 very advanced design for its time. The housing, of aluminum, with an 

 easily removed cover of the same material, is cubical in shape. It 

 contains two parallel shafts. On each shaft are three wide-faced 

 spur gears placed so that the gears on one shaft are constantly meshed 

 with the opposite gears on the other shaft. An idler gear is interposed 

 between the two gears of the right-hand set for reverse. The first gear 

 on the mainshaft is free to rotate on the shaft. An extension of this 

 gear hub, outside the housing, is integral with the driving sprocket 

 located between the housing and the flywheel. The mating gear is 

 pinned to the countershaft. The other two gears on the mainshaft are 

 pinned to it, while their mating gears are free to turn on the counter- 

 shaft. Each of the three gears that are free to turn is, however, fitted 

 with a clutch in its hub, so that by clutching the proper gear a low 

 speed, a high or direct drive, or a reverse drive can be obtained. Two 

 vertical levers are provided at the right of the driver's seat. By pulling 

 the left lever back, low speed is obtained by clutching the center gear 

 of the countershaft to that shaft. By pushing the left lever forward, 

 reverse is obtained by clutching the right gear of the countershaft to 

 that shaft. By pulling the right lever back, direct drive is obtained 

 by clutching the left gear of the mainshaft, and hence the driving 

 sprocket, directly to the crankshaft extension. By pushing the right 

 lever forward, a band brake is contracted around a brake drum 

 attached to the driving sprocket. A starting hand crank fits onto the 

 right extension of the mainshaft, at the right side of the body. Oil, 

 supplied from a sight-drip oiler on the dashboard, dripped into a set 

 of holes in brackets within the transmission to lubricate the bush- 

 ings. The gears rotated in this same lubricant. A drain plug is 

 located in the bottom of the housing. It can be seen that this trans- 

 mission is a logical development of the earlier one described for the 

 1898 Winton. 



The frame of the car consists of angle-iron sections comprising the 

 two side members and the front and rear cross members. Other cross 

 members support the engine and the steering-gear housing in the frame. 

 The steering-gear housing is of aluminum and contains a worm and 

 sector completely enclosed. The worm is turned by a column and 



