Construction and Manufacture of Automobiles (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Construction and Manufacture of Automobiles The following description of a 40 H. P. automobile, built by the Stevens-Duryea Company, of Chicopee Falls, Mass., may, except for certain important details which will be specifically mentioned, be taken as typical of the design of high-grade cars in general. In Fig. 1 is shown a side view of the "Model Y, " 40 horsepower, six-cylinder machine, with 36-inch wheels and 142-inch wheel-base. An automobile may be divided into two parts - the body and the "chassis." The former is the product of the carriage-maker's art, the latter of the mechanic's and engineer's. The chassis of this machine is shown in Figs. 2 and 3, to which reference will now be made. The mechanism and body of the car are supported by a frame whose side members, of chrome-nickel steel, are shown at A. These are connected by four cross pieces, and are supported on the front and rear axles by the spring connections shown. The cross pieces are also pressed from chrome-nickel steel, and are hydraulically riveted to the side frames. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.