The San Francisco call., 1906-09-02
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done without any additional expendi-
ture of gasoline per mile travel
FRONT AXLE
The front axle will be straight IN
stead of curved. this. with thirty-incn
wheels giving additional road clear-
ance. The steering knuckles Will 90
much heavier than on the F. car. ana
lock is cast on one OF these to prevent
the right front wheel being turned INTO
the spring and cutting the tire.
REAR AXLE
The rear axle is TO be only trims
heavier than the former one, put
chrome nickel steel is to be used. whicn
in itself will add % per cent greater
strength to the rear axle. The driving
pinion and driving gear will have =
four pitch instead of a five, which Will
mean considerably heavier transmits
sion.
BRAKES.
There will be two sets of brakes on
the rear wheels one internal expansion
and one external expansion The drums
are considerably larger that in the
car.
DRIVING SHAFT.
The driving shaft is almost on par
allel to the body frame. Ii is un1ver-
sal joint in front similar to the rear
one in the F. car, and in the rear il has
a joint more like the front one on the
F. car except that il is not square
arrangement. l have not had the op-
portunity of examining it. but IL gives
a full universal joint movement at both
ends of the shaft.
SPEED.
The high gear ratio has not been
thoroughly determined upon, but it viii
be 2 or 21z to 1. probably to 1, In
which case the low-gear would be
about - TO 1. Those who want car
geared lower can get lower gear. one
approximately the same as in our pres
ent car. The car certainly ought to
make anything on the road look sick;
1t is impossible to figure 1T out any
other way.
SPRINGS.
The rear springs will be inches
long. two inches wide. and have prob
ably nine leaves The front springs
will be in proportion
TENSION ROD.
There will be a different device for
holding she tension rod TO the body and
this is expected to prevent it from ever
letting down.
BUMPER CASTING.
The bumper casting will be consid-
erably heavier than on the old car and
should give no trouble at all
LUBRICATION.
The fabrication will be very SINH
lar TO the old car, but the driving OF
the oil cups will be much more reliable,
in fact absolutely reliable. The COM
plete encasing of the engine and doing
away with the slot in the low pressure
crosshead guide should give better
crank case lubricatiOn and allow con-
sideraoly les waste of oil. The straight
axle and new hanging of the engine is
going to afford an opportunity for a
long pan extending entirely under the
engine"
In speaking of the model H cars.
Mr.. Gardiner states that:
In addition to the model c. White
car. which the factory will make its
| leader and turn out in greatest quanti-
ties. it is expected to bring through
about 500 model H cars. These will be
very similar~to the model F. but in
stead of having 114-inch wheel base. as
in that car. it will have but 1O2-inch.
The body will be very similar in ap-
pearance, but will have front seats like
the model E., which. you will remem-
/ Der, were the most comfortable seats
ever turned out The rear seat will be
at least six inches wider than on the
old car. which makes much more COM
Portable rear seat.
! The gasoline tank will be suspended
in the rear. but the water tank will be
/ in the same place as on the model F.
/ car.
The rear spring horn on this car. as
well as on ll6 Will De more IKE the
front spring horn. or like the spring
| hangers, attached directly to the frame
without the long suspension of the old
style.
The H car will have the water
I heater and it will have a new condenser
pump, but one which will be worked
from the crosshead. the same as the old
one was. 1t will be equipped with
heavier high pressure cranks and pins.
and it will make the strength of the
crank shaft at least 75 per cent greater
than it was in the r engine. These.
by the way. can be secured and placed
in r engines.
Tires to be s4x3H inches front and
34x4 inches rear. Wheel base. 1O2
/ inches.
The price of the model H car will
be S2500 t. o. b. Cleveland. This will
be without any extra equipment
The car will be lighter than the
model F. and this will be obtained not
only by shorter wheel base but lighter
body. It is expected that it will be al
most as light a car as the model E.
1T is not probable that any model
H cars can be obtained before January
l. The same sized generator will be
used as in the F" car and it will be un-
der the seat