transmission, control being by two levers placed at the 

 driver's right and by a small knob, which can be turned by 

 hand. 



The transmission consists of three exposed pairs of con- 

 stant-mesh gears on two transverse parallel shafts, the rear 

 shaft being a right-hand extension of the crankshaft. Of 

 the left pair the gear on the crankshaft is integral with the 

 driving sprocket of the chain. The right pair of gears in- 

 cludes a reverse idler gear in its train. To engage low speed 

 the left of the two levers is pulled back, clutching the mid- 

 dle gear of the crankshaft to that shaft, after the hand- 

 operated knob has been turned to clutch the mating and 

 otherwise free-running gear to the front shaft. The crank- 

 shaft motion is thus transmitted from the crankshaft to the 

 front shaft, and from the front shaft back to the sprocket 

 gear running free on the crankshaft. To engage high speed 

 the right lever is pulled back, clutching the driving sprocket 

 directly to the crankshaft. Reverse is accomplished by 

 pushing the left lever forward. This clutches the right- 

 hand gear of the front shaft to the shaft, and transmits the 

 crankshaft motion through the reverse idler gear and the 

 front shaft back to the driving sprocket running free on the 

 crankshaft. 



A foot-operated accelerator was connected to the carbu- 

 retor at the rear of the engine, but the carburetor is now 

 missing from the vehicle. A large fin-cooled water tank is 

 supported under the right side of the body at the rear, while 

 the gasoline tank is to the left and over the engine. The 

 hand starting crank, normally resting in a receptacle in the 

 floorboard, is fitted to the gearing at the right of the engine 

 through a hole in the side of the body. 



The front axle, which has steering knuckles at each end, 

 is secured to the rear-axle housing by reach rods, thus 

 keeping the two parallel. The frame of the car, which 

 supports the engine, is mounted on the two axles by four 

 full-elliptic springs, one of the earliest instances of exclud- 

 ing the weight of the engine from the unsprung weight. 

 Steering is by tiller, and the four wheels are wire-spoked, 

 the front wheels being equipped with 34-by-3-inch single- 

 tube pneumatic tires and the rear with 36-by-3-inch tires of 

 the same type. 



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