Inside Views of What Made the Wheel Go Round – Motor Age – 3 June 1926
This is a secure sequencing of the complete race over all the 200 laps or over all of the 500 miles. More like a speciality for Motor Age of those days. Indeed, covering the whole race with such a detailed description, really gives a long and extended read. But it’s one that gives you the […]
Europe’s Fours and Sixes to Compete with American’s Eights – Motor Age – 8 April 1926
Text and jpegs by courtesy of hathitrust.org www.hathitrust.org, compiled by motorracinghistory.com Motor Age, Vol. XLIV (49), No. 14, April 8, 1926 Europe’s Fours and Sixes To Compete with America’s Eights Eldridge and Schmidt Specials Built in France for This Year’s Indianapolis Race Have Fewer Cylinders Than Millers and Duesenberg’sBy W. F Bradley THIS year’s 500-mile […]
Miller Racing Cars offered in Two Types – Motor Age – 17 June 1926
In 1926, the Miller Cars already were that successfull, that two types could bw bought at the Miller Company; a front-wheel drive and a rear-wheel driven version. Both cars had the same engine; whereas the front-wheel drive car had the engine assembled in reverse. Text and jpegs by courtesy of hathitrust.org www.hathitrust.org, compiled by motorracinghistory.comMotor […]
Locomoteur a pétrole Lepape, Translation – La Locomotion Automobile – November 1895
This design originating from Hippolyte Lepape is really one that differs from many of its time. Lepape was more interested in technical innovations than in production. this one, called the Locomoteur captured front-wheel drive with rear-wheel steering. The rear steering was performed with a special linkage The „locomoteur“ didn’t require a gearbox, as it was […]
Locomoteur a pétrole Lepape – La Locomotion Automobile – November 1895
This design originating from Hippolyte Lepape is really one that differs from many of its time. Lepape was more interested in technical innovations than in production. this one, called the Locomoteur captured front-wheel drive with rear-wheel steering. The rear steering was performed with a special linkage The „locomoteur“ didn’t require a gearbox, as it was […]
Front Wheel Drive Pre-war – a short summary – GrocerJack
Front Wheel Drive Pre-war in historical view Since the onset of mechanically driven vehicles or the „sans-chevaux“, we can observe that in most cases, the propulsive vehicle power was attached to the vehicle’s rear, as shown here left. This is a sketch of the very first Benz carriages of 1899 and pictured in the book […]
La Voiture Doré et Bouisson – La Locomotion Automobile – 13 January 1898
This front-wheel drive vehicle of 1898 has a front-end unit (French: avant-train) with the driving pinion in its middle, driven by a cardan joint. Rotating or swivelling the bogey changes driving direction and by swinging it a 180°, the vehicle drives backward, without the need for a reverse gear. The front-end unit rotates around the […]
Voiture Brûlé et avant-train Ponsard, Translation – La Locomotion Automobile – 14 July 1898
The French company Brûlé et Cie originally made front-drive tractors. After encountering many complaints, it looks that they took that front-drive unit, making it a single and universal unit. Now this could be mounted under every thinkable vehicle. This front-drive unit consisted of a rotatable frame with a three-cylinder Roser-Mazurier engine, an open transmission, but […]
Voiture Brûlé et avant-train Ponsard – La Locomotion Automobile – 14 July 1898
The French company Brûlé et Cie originally made front-drive tractors. After encountering many complaints, it looks that they took that front-drive unit, making it a single and universal unit. Now this could be mounted under every thinkable vehicle. This front-drive unit consisted of a rotatable frame with a three-cylinder Roser-Mazurier engine, an open transmission, but […]
La Voiturette „Victoria Combination“ – Cycle & Automobile – 24 June 1900
The French Société Parisienne came up in the end of 1899 with this vehicle, powered by a one-cylinder DeDion-Bouton engine. The engine, the transverse two-speed gearbox and the rigid front axle mounted on a frame that could pivot around the steering center line. She was called the „Victoria Combination“ and should have been manufactured in […]