Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-11-10 | Page 33 | Driving Tandem Latest Auto Stunt

DRIVING TANDEM LATEST AUTO STUNT W.M. Hinds of the Dos Angeles? Maxwell Max-well branch has tripled the efficiency of the drivcaway plan of dealers by perfecting perfect-ing a scheme which permits one man to drive three cars, all under their O'ati power. The three cars are connected on the trailer principle with a specially designed hitch, the second and third cars traveling travel-ing In the Identical tracks of the lirst car. The ignition systems of the second and rhird cfirs is one with the switch that controls that of the first car. The former are thrown into high gear when starting off, their throttles being set for a speed of approximately twenty miles an hour. In the descent of hills the operator qterely shuts off his ignition and th" compression of all engines in gear brakes the speed of the cars. The same process Is used when bringing the cars to a stcm