Show NEW BAKER ELECTRICS UA lIVE HAVE VE SHAFT DRIVE In In equipping Hs its 1910 models with a shaft haft dr drive c the Baker Motor Vehicle company has taken the tho tho step which heretofore no electric automobile maker has lia had the temerity to at- at tempt empt When sev several r l years ago J o the desi design design- ners n- n ers era rs of ot gasoline ears cars began to substitute substitute tute ute the shaft for ch chain in dr drive ve the tho makers of electrics began experimenting experiment experiment- ing ng in an effort to apply the tho shaft haft to theIr cars but after a short time this drive rive was va-s abandoned as impractical aid nd inefficient because e of the limited amount mount of of- power ow r secured on ou one ono char e. e After y years ars of effort and ex ex- the Baker company has perfected per- per footed a bevel gear shaft drive for electrics that is clean noiseless simply sim aim ply constructed and much more moro efficient effi effi- than any other typo type of transmission trans- trans mission On the tho Baker the bevel drive rear real axle is of the semi semi floating type typo of latest desi design n approved by the thc most prominent engineers and to- to secure lightness as well as great strength the entire rear ear axle housing is drawn from sheet steel This axle is fitted with ball all bearings and the axle shaft aswell as well well- as the tho drive drive- shafts are mado made fro froni Tom special vanadium alloy steel caf fully carefully fully heat treated A special typo of f differential is used and this tins as well as sall till gears on the car ear is is of the tho highest high oat est st grade ade of steelS steeL The wheel base of the Bak r a been ecu extended this year to 80 inches the car ar easier caster riding ties ies This also mak makes s a a- a larger body possible a Hl more room for the 1 pas s' s I |