Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-03-25
Metz Fibre Grip Gear|ess Transmission
A Marvel Of Power.

The owner OF Metz car remarked. In desorlb-
Ing the Metz Fiber Grip Gcaricss Transmission,
III Is pretty smooth"
Yes, Il 10 smooth; In fact II shines. IL Is pol
ished The surfaces look as II they would slide
over each other like skates on Ice; but that
In where they fool you Slipm? Say, you could
MT do II any more than you could slide down
an asphalt sidewalk with rubOers on your feet
That fibre wheel cllpgs TO the aluminium COM
position disc closer than brother And yet
when power is applied too suddenly. II can give
bit; lust enough to case the shock on engine
ana tlrcs and start the car gently.
Examine the cut OF tho transmission; or,
better atill watch the transmission itself In a
Meta chassis; you viii catch the idea at once
That special nbre surface possesses an affinity
for the composition disc. They cling together
and cause every ounce of power In the engine
to be delivered to the driving wheels,
The puss OF that fibre wheel is uncanny. You
can scarcely believe your own senses when you
see and feel Il. Just place Metz car on one OF
the steepcst side hills you know OF, on Travelled
road; stop II there; then apply the power by n
slight SHIFT or the fibre wheel away from the dead
center. Your car. loaded 10 It's full capacity
perhaps. starts up the hill with such q reserve OF
power that II Will feel to you as II some mighty
giant were pushing II along. There ls not sign
OF the grinding, jerky. wearing effect so often
seen when a sliding gear and clutch do not work
In perfect harmony.
Every person who drives car knows how
often, especially on a hill, clutch does not re-
lease Instantly, or a gear refuses TO mesh pro-
porly; possibly your car comes TO full stop or
starts to back down the hill. Power Is applied
too suddenly with the Inevitable result; you strip
your gears, stall your engine. or. II everything
else holds you start up with jerk which causes
Ma TO swallow her false teeth.
The Metz fibre grip gearless transmission Is
the simplest thing OF It's kind to be found on any
car. There Ia not weak or delicate part about
II. II don't run In oil: II as positive. quick to
respond to the shift lever, flexible. lighter than
any gear transmission, requires no Gluten, ana
In the most reliable transmission known. IL
gives seven speeds forward and one reverse. The
reverse speed Ia slow, safe and powerful.
Lot us take common-senBe view OF this mat
ter.
A transmission Ia q means for conveying the
power OF the engine to the drive, or rear wheels
There are two popular forms OF transmission
tho genrless, as used In tho Metz, and the sliding
gear aud clutch. An automobile engine is posi-
tive and continuous In Its action. lts speed
depends on the amount OF gas supplied from the
carburetor and the rapldity OF the explosions as
controlled by the magnetic. Within certain
limits the power developed depends on the rate
of the revolutions OF the crank shaft, This power
must be conveyed TO the driving wheels In some
manner which will make II possible to reduce
speed with Increased power, or to change speed
nj will or to stop the drive wheels without STOP
ping tho engine, This Ia the province OF the
transmission and clutch,
In the Metz Gcnrlcss Transmission no clutsh
Ia required. the power being removed IRON, w.
drive wheels when tho hbre wheel 10 disengageu
from, ihe disc Gears are not required because
]. K. Manuel, Agent