El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-03

Before regretfully dropping the sub
ject of the body II may be well 10 as
sure the wondering public that though
Barney does NOT contemplate making
his car lie down and roll over and bee
FOR biscuit Just prior 70 each race and
while he viii endeaTOr within the linn
its Of ordinary precaution TO keep the
four wheels OF the car between IL and
the ground. vet IL that car does insist
on rolling over IN the progress Of
race. he feels that he'll enjoy IL more
if stored away IN the submarine form
Of body than with his head ont and no
form of shelter save the hollow mock
cry OF the steering wheel
The purpose OF the inclOsed body IS
merely 70 help guard against serious
injury IN case the car does turn over,
and incidentally 20 cut down air resist
ance and TO make the crew more COM
Portable ut Supernormal speed The Hon
Barney assured us that at l20 m p. h.
the breeze thus enEenedered insists on
showing back one's's mead on ones
spinal column in the play fashion fol-
lowed by Charley Chaplin in abating
the comic characters who are cast TO
The car is 10 have double steering
arms. so one arm. or the tie rod. may
break without ditchins the car or com
polling it to make for the pits unless
a part goes to resurfacinE the road
This makes for safety. makes steering
easier and probably lessons The danger
from a burst front tire
Two Are Being Built
While I have used the term car in
the singular all the way, because the
main points of both are alike, Barney
Is having two built, one regular four
cylinder speedway car with go CUBIC
inches displacement and 100 hp-. the
other a special made purely for break
ing the OrmOnd s-raightway record
that now stands Al &c seconds for the
mile In this latter car Barney is go
ing to install the airplane engine built
I he a VI 4
Harry Miller. who also is building Bar
ney's cars This engine is 12-cylinder,
cast of solid aluminium, and weighs
500 pounds for a 800 hp. generator, 3
By inches. This Barney is going 10
install in the straiEhtaway. and with
a car weighing around 1900 pounds he
expects TO skim along the sandy beach
life the festive sea gull, his mind
wheels out OF water most OF the time
The big engine. nearly finished. has
some points OF interest to the gas en-
CINE fancier. It viii carry four mag
netos on plates cast integral. and each
cylinder viii have double spark
from the two maEnetos on its side The
cylinders are Of very thin vanadium
iron The camshaft drives at both ends
TO obviate the twisting effect OF the
one end driven shaft with A long en-
barney Expects $50 m.p.h.
The drive on this three mile a minute
car will be straight through without
any Transmission or ldle SlalLS 70 70
whirling around and around. II will be
stepped down to about one and half
10 one IN the rear end
This is the car that Barney things
will make $50 m p h There IS 10 ms
mind only one but and that Is, he may
moi be able TO get sufficient TRACTION
with the powerful engine and the hgnt
car ONLY, the resourceful barney VIII
MOI he entirely stumped even then
II DETECTING planes Will drive me
airpIane up and down according 10 ther
sngIe.T said Barney. why won't a de
FIrctinp Dlane on a car going more
man 100 m. D. h. help drive It down 70
lie ground and add weight and aid N
the traction. huhZ 1...,,zs
motor car history shows no record OF
its having been tried .-s .,-
The other car. which VIII pc uSe1 eSa
ordinary track work. is to WelSh lovS s
bounds to have 104 inch wheelbase ana az.
- have A special Miller aluminium en-
gine. cast solid. with the plslonS 9i'--