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Show VICTOR OIL CLUTCH DRIVESBIG AUTO i Hydraulic Motor Unit Is Demonstrated on Streets of Salt Lake. A practical demonstration of tho Victor Vic-tor motor chiton, the revolutionary auto-niohilo auto-niohilo unit that promises to eliminate loth the proncnt ,typo of clutch and the traiiHmtssion pears, was held in this city yyrttorday, several prominent men and a niimluir ot' newspaper representative rid-inir rid-inir in tho car and noting the action of the hydraulic mechanism in driving tho car for ward. The clutch used in tho demonstration was of the original type built umiifl three merit hs aco. It wan deplaned only to transmit a forward propelling motion to a car ami therefore the test made ys-terdav ys-terdav domnns-tratei onlv the fact that the Victor hydraulic clutch will actually Htart n car while the eTit;i:io tfl running in hiph gear and permit it to pick up crad-ualiy crad-ualiy until the mechanism of the clutch locks and the drive tiien heeonu-s direct, us 1h tho cafe when a car driver pro-(.'ie..es pro-(.'ie..es tliroUK.-i the truin of wears in the ordinary nehvtive transmissions as ueed on nil earn today. Apparently sufficient power was transmitted trans-mitted thruuph tho operation tf the "lc-tor "lc-tor cluteh tu take care of the car a larpe t'po Lexington on any road and tinder all road conditions t hat minht bs mot in a mountainous country. '!lh the motor placed InJiijrh pear, the old transmission trans-mission IjelUK stl on the car to facilitate reversing it, the Vhuor clutch with a-very a-very slicht movement of tho control started tho vehicle and n.s the control lever was advanced, thus redtr.-tng the amount of oil passim? tiiroui:ii the cyllr.de- In the clutch housinir. tiie car speeded tip um Ii t i'.e momentum took on that of the f;e"d ai which the engine was permitted to run. A new typo of Victor clutch, reduced In 5i.o nearly ;0 per cnf. aceordin to the local promoter.", now under construction construc-tion in Denver. This new clutch provides for toth forward and reverse motion, iiavlni; a front extension In wl.ich is in-i in-i dost 1 an idling gear, ' w ht.'h Ive? the 'lut-'h houln an an UclockwUe motion, hut does not disturb the operation of the plunders within the cy linden of t he cluteh. When this new clutch is finis fin-is tied the promoters promise to pive an-ot an-ot her demonstration, sh'v In p. in detail Ju.-t what the Victor clutch will do on a tar, and hope to FcV'.io for nil time tho vexing prub'.em of clutch and transmission trans-mission on the modern automobile. It is F.ild that tho demonstration car lined in this city will shortly be sent east, where demonstrations will be held at motor factories, eeveral prominent auto makers, it is reported, having become be-come Interested to t "e extent that they d'-fre to Fee the Victor clutch operate -under actual worklni; condliions. The local pp-moters say ,tl,.U in d.:e , I tln.e an acniiily p'ant will 1- pla'-ed in Salt I-nle and a lartfo se.-ttn of the 1 west will bo worked out of th.a city a j a central point of distribution. j |