Re: [AMC-List] Another Re; E Stick, now Drivers

[Mark Price <markprice242@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

10-15 horsepower would move one of those small early buggies fast enough to scare the pants off of horse and buggy people! 
--
Mark Price
markprice242ATadelphia.net
Morgantown, WV


---- Ken Ames <ameskg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
> A recent episode of Old Autos TV had a 1908(?) Sears on it with just such a
> transmission but it was only 10-15hp.
> 
> Ken 
> 
> 
> Quoting Mark Price <markprice242@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> 
> > Someone and I can't remember who, was it White?, made a vairable transmission
> > back in the 1910's that was a large heavy flywheel mounted to an enegine and
> > the way the car was driven was the engine speed was a constant and you moved
> > a lever which moved the drive along the face of the flywheel. Starting close
> > to center for low speed and torque moving out toward the edge as speed
> > increased.
> >   I remember reading the artice that stated the things had so much torque you
> > could put a front tire against a tree and the car would climb it vertically!
> >   What I can't remember is the specifics of how it was made and worked nor
> > who made the thing! I know I remember it was never mass produced. I assume it
> > was due to a lack of reliabilty. 
> >    I always thought the concept was so simple that it couldn't possibly
> > work!
> > For yeasr now I've wanted to drive on of the new variable trans cars to see
> > what it felt like! I wonder if it as unusual a feeling as the E-stick! Nissan
> > uses one in it's high horsepower Maximas, should be a blast to test drive!
> > --
> > Mark Price
> > markprice242ATadelphia.net
> > Morgantown, WV
> > 
> > 
> > ---- John Elle <johnelle@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
> > > The Dodge fluid drive was as described, 
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