Apr.: Advantages and limitations of front-wheel drive on automobiles and motor trucks are discussed; three classes of front-wheel drive are compared with examples; drive on Bollstrom and Coleman trucks and on French Bucciali car; Ruckstell axle used on Miller and Marmon racing cars; Walter truck; French Tracta and German Kamm front-wheel designs. May: Class 3 types of drive without dead axle seem to be most promising of all front-wheel drive designs for passenger cars, and interesting details regarding American, British, Italian, French and German designs are described; two French front-wheel drives; three German front-wheel drives. Paper presented before Soc. Automotive Engrs. (Translation) (See also Automobile Engr vol. 19, nos. 253 and 254, Apr. and May 1929 pp. 127-133 and 167-172, 34 figs)


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    Title :

    Front-wheel drives


    Additional title:

    Technique Automobile et Aerienne


    Contributors:
    Chase, H. (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1929


    Size :

    8 pages


    Remarks:

    21 Figs.


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


    Front-wheel drives

    Chase, H. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1928


    Front-wheel drives

    Chase, H. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1929


    Front-Wheel Drives

    HELDT, P. M. | SAE Technical Papers | 1930


    Front-wheel drives

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    Heldt on front-wheel drives

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