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CONTROLLING AN AUTOMOBILE 

 BY AIR-PRESSURE 



BY LOYD A. THOMAS 



k^r-TMHE Driver lost Control of his Car!" 



That's part of the Newspaper report 

 on nearly every automobile accident. 



Doesn't it set one thinking? 

 - The most important thing about an Automo- 

 bile is its method of Speed-control. 



Mere Horse-power is secondary to this! 



Many cheap Motors develop high power, while 

 they last, — but they wear out in a hurry, and are 

 unreliably controlled. 



ManyAutomobiles are controlled by expanding 

 Speed-Governors. These have many wearing parts. 

 They have revolving fly-out Arms, Springs, 

 Gears, Belts, or Shafts, with special Levers to 

 operate thern. 



They work well enough, while new. But, — 

 Wear, Rough Roads, Overheating, or poor Lubri- 

 cation, may put them out of adjustment, at 

 critical periods. 



Then there's another item for the Press. 



The Speed-controlling system of a Car can't 

 be too simple. 



It can't have too few parts to get out of order. 

 It can't be too direct, too flexible, too graduated, 

 too Automatic, nor too Reliable. 



Even a Dare- Devil Driver can do more daring 

 things, with a Car, when he knows he can ab- 

 solutely depend on its Speed-control working at 

 the precise moment, and to the precise degree, 

 he expects it to work. 



This is where the "Winton of 1905" scores 

 over all other Motor Cars. 



The speed of the Winton Motor Car is con- 

 trolled by Air-pressure. 



No Gears to wear out, no Springs to weaken, 

 no Levers to stick, at critical moments. This is 

 why Winton "Air Control" gives such absolute 

 security. 



When the Winton Motor starts running, it at 

 •once compresses enough Air to cut off its own 

 supply of Gas, in a half-minute. And a Motor 

 must stop running when the Gas is shut off 

 from its Cylinders. 



The Winton Cylinders can only receive Gas 

 when you purposely spill some of the Air-pressure 

 that throttles it. 



This Air-pressure is released (or spilled) by 

 merely pressing your right Foot on a spring Pedal 

 beside tti3 Steering Shaft. 



The more you press that Pedal the faster the 

 •Car travels. 



The less you press it the slower the Winton 

 Car runs. 



Take your foot off the Pedal and the Car 

 stops altogether. 



Isn't that simple, safe, and easy to remember 

 in emergencies? No Valves to turn, no Gauges 

 «to watch, no Levers to move. v 



With this one Pedal alone, and using the 



l-speed clutch, you can run Four miles an hour, 



hgh- 



or Forty miles an hour, or any speed between 

 these two. No arbitrary half -speed, quarter- 

 speed, nor full-speed Levers to consider, in ordi- 

 nary running of the 1905 Winton. 



Your foot on the Pedal sets the Pace as per- 

 fectly as if you were walking or running. 



Think of the sure control this gives you, — 

 the freedom from risk or anxiety, and the time 

 saved in learning the Car. 



A Youth could run a Winton the first time he 

 rode in it, after an hour's coaching. 



But, — no Car except the Winton can use this 

 Air-pressure Control. Because, it is a basic 

 Winton-Patented feature. 



Then, there's the Winton Steering Gear of 

 1905. Observe that it is not a "Worm Gear," 

 like the others. 



The thread of a Worm wears down in the 

 center long before the sides wear. Then you 

 have "lost motion" in the Steering Gear. That 

 "lost motion" makes steering mighty uncertain 

 sometimes. 



It upsets the Driver's calculations, and so 

 may lead to serious accident in running through 

 crowded streets or close quarters. 



If you tighten up the wear on a Worm steer- 

 ing gear it is then liable to "wedge" in the nut, 

 when you turn sharply on short curves. 



That may land you in a ditch. 



No "lost motion" nor "wedging" is possible 

 with the Winton Steering Gear of 1905. 



Because, it has a whole-round thread on the 

 steering shaft. 



This works in a whole-round nut. 



The thread must therefore wear evenly all 

 around when wheel is turned to left or right. 



Your life may some day depend on the accu- 

 rate control this patented Winton feature gives. 



The 1905 Winton has been made the most 

 accessible car in existence. 



Nearly all Wintons have in the past had 

 Horizontal Two-Cylinder Motors. 



These were necessarily placed undei the 

 forward seat. 



But, — this year it's different. 



The Winton Vertical Four-Cylinder Motor is 

 placed forward of the dash-board, under a hood, 

 where it is instantly accessible. 



When you lift off its Aluminum Cover every 

 working part (except the Transmission Gear) 

 may be seen at a glance. 



Pistons, Crank Shaft and Connecting Rods 

 may be quickly removed, without disturbing 

 Cylinders or other Motor parts. 



The four upright Cylinders are fed Gas (Gaso- 

 line and Air, Mixture) by one single Carburetor. 



No changing of Mixture is necessary with the 

 1905 Winton. Its Carburetor is permanently set 



