Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-02-16 | Page 4 | Car without Axles Does Many Stunts

CAR WITHOUT AXLES DOES MANY STUNTS I With its frame suspended between two sets of double transverse springs both front and rear an automobile without any axles has made its appearance appearance ap ap- ap in California weight the bugaboo of at automobile engineers is almost entirely eliminated elim elini mated by the novel design and by mounting the differential directly b between between be be- tween the side rails of the frame the center of at gravity has been lowered materially since it is not necessary to allow clearance between frame and housing to prevent hitting bottom when the car goes over rough stretches Drive is taken from the differential dif through two universal universal- jointed shafts A new form of steering steering steer steering ing linkage also is incorporated In the design says Popular Mechanics magazine maga maga- zine sine the tie rod being double instead of or single and linked to a crank arm one side of at which connects through a drag link with the steering In tests the car traveled smoothly over six inch timbers laid crosswise of its path at eight to ten ten- foot intervals jumped curbs and was able to outrun other cars because it could turn corners at high speeds