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 and 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 inter- 

 posed 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 be- 

 tween 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 countershaft. 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 clutch 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 main shaft, and 

 hence the driving sprocket, directly to the crankshaft exten- 

 sion. 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 

 bushings. The gears rotated in this same lubricant. A 

 drain plug is located in the bottom of the housing. It can 

 be seen that this transmission is a logical development of 

 the earlier one described for the 1898 Winton. 



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

 prising 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 



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