The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-02-18
PARTS THAT MOVE
MAKE HIT WITH
SHOW PATRONS
cARTERcAR's SCHEME ATTRACTS
so MUCH ATTENTION THAT
GENERAL MANAGER PALMER
MARvEls-A PROBLEM SOLVED.

1t is surprising. states X. A. Pal
mer. general manager OF me carter
car company. as he stood near TINS
company's display al the automoblle
show last night. how interested the
public is in something that moves. ID
you know. there has been a constant
jam OF people around the chassis
which We have mounted OF the floor
and are running with an electric motor
10 show how our car works
There is a great deal OF interest in
the new chain housing. which We are
exhibiting here for the first time. Our
company as well as others has spent
a great deal OF time and expense in
perfecting this device. but We beat the
others in the finish and now have our
patents applied for on the same.
1t has been recognized for years
that il a chain could be encased il
would be a great advantage 10 an auto
mobile Working along this line. ali
sorts of tin contraptions. canvas pro-
tectors. etc have been conjured ur
by owners and makers alike
None OF these devices however.
would hold oil and thus keep the chain
iuOlASdtSu dAu Si4H'haA' lA~ ASNSSSANs
| OF attention.
But we have II now.
The housing on our chain protects
IL and at the same time allows the
chain TO run in a bath OF Oil
After driving a car over 5000 miles
with the chain in oil in this manner.
We have found by careful tests that =
has shown practically no wear either
On the chain or on the sprockets.
Il firmly beliece that this is going
TO revolutioniZe construction in auto
mobiles. II is a feature manufacture
ers have long worked for. realizing
that II II could be perfected Ii would
be great advantage for any car.
do you remember six years ago
when the Cartercar was exhibited for
the first time in the Light Guard arm
DRY? A great many engineers laughed
with scorn at the idea Of friction drive,
and prophesied short life for the
device.
You may be interested 10 know.
however. that the friction drive as
We use ii now contains the same fund
amental principles that were on that
first car six years ago. Since that
time thousands OF Cartercars have
been sold, and the public has thought
differently OF them than did the en-.
gineers who did the criticising.
There is a great joke among our
agents that the Cartercar Is NO
Car" they having termed II thus be-
cause II has no clutch 10 slip. no
gears 10 strip. no pump TO clog. no fan
10 break, no grease packings TO renew
no drive shaftc to bend. no universal
joints 10 wear. no bevel gears TO re.
new, no noise, and only one control
lever. As one fellow said tonight.
after looking the chassis over care
| fully, What in thunder do you get
| for your money? You seem TO have
left of on your car everything that
everyone else has, excepting the body
and wheels"
Mr.. Palmer expressed himself as
very much pleased with the results OF
the Detroit show
There is more business at this
show than any we have ever attended
III Detroit. Manager Pelletier has GER
tainly done well. and think If Detroit
| continues to improve. in a few years
time ii can land the one big annual
show of the country