Show Dimin Diminutive tive Car Has Great Power Plant Can Make 90 Miles Per Hour By the Auto Aut Editor OR th the purpose of explaining to F FOR the thousands of Stat Lakers Who have looked upon and admired the unique and original construction construction construction tion of the rat the little cream colored speed car that made its appearance on the streets this spring the tale of the t e eRat Rat Js S to be told Assuming that th there re aro ho no no cats around to drive the Hat Rat and Its owners into a holo hole of ot silent seclusion the story of the Rat will be of Interest to a a. wondering wondering wondering won won- dering public and is herewith told forthe forthe for the first time Harry A. A Phillips and Albin B. B Jackson Jackson Jackson Jack Jack- son carburetor and ignition experts respectively at the Intermountain Electric company conceived and built buill the Rat flat during their l leisure time in a private garage garage Starting with an old but well made and highly efficient six cylinder motor f the L head type Phillips and Jackson Jackson Jackson Jack Jack- son more than a year ago began the construction tion of what they hoped would prove one of the fastest cars in the Intermountain intermountain intermountain In- In country In this they were successful for the Rat has proved a veritable whirlwind for tor speed where where- wh reever re- re ever it has been turned loose REBUILD MOTOR The entire construction of the unique little speedster was done by Phillips and Jackson alone They redesigned and built bunt up the motor Into a high speed power pl plant nt the frame built a special large radiator and constructed the body without assistance as as- as They report that the total expense expense entailed in constructing the car was about 1200 Stripped for action on the track the Rat has a road clearance of three inches It Is 85 86 Inches long and can t xV t aln tamn Its maximum speed In l less ss than yards Motor experts who have ridden in the Rat Rat and arid figured its piston piston pis- pis ton ion displacement estimate that It can attain a speed of nearly ninety miles an an hour It has lias a piston a-piston displacement of considerably more than inches It t Is constructed with especial counterbalanced counterbalanced counter- counter balanced cran crankshaft shaft suspended In four large arge main bearings to withstand the strain of high speed work ork AUXILIARY WATER WATER TANK TANK- TANKA A distinctive feature of the Rat is an auxiliary water tank from which a new supply of cold water can be pumped into the radiator while the car is in motion This was made a part of the car In anticipation of a long road race where constant high speed might develop de- de develop develop de de- overheating The only time the Rat was ever shaken up was during a race last year at Richfield when It b dashed I through the fence with a broken steer steer- steerIng Ing knuckle kle while l leading a big field of ot racing cars Neither Jackson or Phillips were Injured A few few days later the Rat was entered in a series series' of races at ManU Manti and cleaned up all competitors as a comeback come ome- back So far as it Is s known the little car carIs caris caris Is the only mechanical Rat of its its' kind In the Hie WOl world d. d So there curious readers hangs the mysterious tale of ot the Rat |