Self-propelled vehicles; a practical treatise on the theory, construction, operation, care and management of all forms of automobiles (1906)
Homans, James E. (James Edward), b. 1865 · New York, T. Audel & Company · leaf 91
78 SELF-PROPELLED FEiTICLES. The Present Situation on Frames.—Some of the foremost manufacturers of motor carriages at the present time hold to theconviction that an elaborate underframe is rather a useless com-plication than an advantage in any sense. This means that, asis being increasingly… … Fig. 74.—Running Gear of the Charron carriage; one of the newer makes of Frenchautomobiles, constructed on the general models of the Panhard-Levassor. Inthis carriage the running gear consists of a heavy, trussed, wooden hody frameto which the wheels are hung hy the springs, placing the machinery…
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