WINTON GASOLINE AUTOMOBILE, 1898 

 Gift of the Winton Engine Co. in 1929 (USNM 309601) 



This car (fig. 45), the first Winton sold by the Winton 

 Motor-Carriage Co., of Cleveland, Ohio, was built by 

 Alexander Winton in 1898. Several earlier experimental 

 models were constructed but never sold. This one was the 

 first of a lot of approximately 25 cars scheduled for produc- 

 tion in one year. It was bought on March 24, 1898, by 

 Robert Allison, of Port Carbon, Pa., from whom it was sub- 

 sequently repurchased by the W 7 inton Co. Mr. Allison was 

 70 years old at the time of his purchase of the machine. 



A 1-cylinder, water-cooled, horizontal, gasoline engine 

 with make-and-break ignition supplied the motive power, 

 the transmission being connected by a chain to a small shaft 

 directly over the rear-axle housing. The small shaft, which 

 is geared directly to a differential unit on the rear axle, also 

 carries a brake drum, the external contracting band of 

 which is actuated by a pedal at the left foot of the driver. 

 Two speeds forward and one reverse are provided by the 



Figure 45. — The first Winton sold was this 1898 1-cylinder automobile. 



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