Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-31
CAR HAS MANY
NOVEL FEATURES
NEW MACHINE TO BE PLACED
ON MARKET
AuToIsTs PLEASED WITH I'M
PRoVEMENTs
Multiple Disc Clutch Takes Place OF
Transmission and Greatly Sim
plifles Mechanism Of the
AnS8os

With two automobile factories work.
ing full time and third in prospect,
Los Angeles seems destined to become
q manufacturing center for motor cars.
The latest applicant for public recogni-
tion Is the Pacific Motor and Automo-
bile company, and the firm will put on
the market within the next sixty days,
if their plans do not miscarry, an eight
cylinder car.
Several novel features have been IN
corporated in it's makeup, and IL the
claims of it's designer are correct II
will do much to eliminate the greater
part of the trouble motor cars of TO-DAY
develop.
With air-cooled motor the water sys-
tenn and its frequent leaks will be elm
mated. BY the installation of a dynamo
in the lywheel that develops hot
spark at all speeds the battery problem
is disposed of.
But what Is more interesting Is that
the transmission Is left out entirely,
the car driving direct at all speeds, the
speed ratio between the wheels ana the
motor being provided for solely In the
gears of the differential.
The transmission Is replaced with .
multiple disc clutch, which runs in oSl.
the walls of which are furnished W1eh
radial fms to take care of the heat de-
yeloped when the clutch is slipped to
allow of the car running at low speed.
With a motor that weighs only 800
pounds, they develop 30 horse power at
1900 revolutions.
Has Eight Cylinders
That gives one horse power 70 each
thirty pounds Of weight OF the whole
car. The engine has eight cylinders
placed in two rows at an angle Qf W
degrees to each other, each row SLANT
ing toward the outer edge of the upper
part of the hood.
Long racy lines are used in the design
OF the body, VIII, n Is made OF pressed
steel.
The name is typically western and
suggests speed even more than the lines
of the car. coyote" will be the cogno-
men which will be given the new prod
ust, and 1t is more than probable the
much vaunted speed Of the animal Will
be greatly eclipsed by the more modern
product.
A feature of the equipment of the mo-
tor that will appeal to the economical
is pair of carburetors. One is small
and Is designed to use gasoline only ana
to permit of the engine running Slowly
when IL alone Is used. The other is
larger and can be adjusted to use dis
tillate, so that In starting or slowing
down the small carburetor can be used
while for heavy pulling and for fast
down the small carburetor can be USED.
AS the difference betw- en- the price or
gasoline and distillate is more tnan
twice the ,st of distillate, and the
cheaper fuel gives more power per gal
lon. the new arrangement ought TO
prove highly successful from an eco
nomical standpoint.
The main drawback to the use OF
distillate is the difficulty of getting
started, and as the little carburetor 1of
gasoline takes care of that problem, the
scheme is worthy of emulation IN othei
cars.
Some of the things that the makeup
OF the "CoyotS' makes unnecessary
are batteries, commutator, vibrators'
secondary wiring. switches ana ana wlrlns' Sainrs
change speed gears and side levers,
and wa. ter system with radiator, pumps
and piping.
fecting the present model OF the co
vote" and 1t will be about sixty DAYS
more before any cars are put on tlis
market. The lightness ~ the car ana
lie consequent reduction of tire ex-
nense and trouble will appeal to many
who want a car that Viii run at the
minimum expense for upkeep.:,
Fully equipped the car VIII welgn a
trifie more than 1900 pounds. the wheei
base will be 115 inches. and the long
raev lines are made to q certain ex-
tent by swinging the frame OF the pody
from the under side OF the upper
snring and the axle from the upper
side Of the lower half Of the full clip
The "Reminiscences car has been the
dream of many motorists and not lit
lie time and thought have been spent
on the matter by many designers. Inc
multi-cylinder motor is an essentiai
feature OF such a car and the makers
Of the Coyote feel'that with their eight
cylinder motor and 1S-inch multiple
disc clutch they have satisfactorily
evolved the problem.