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

[Ken Ames <ameskg@xxxxxxxxx>]

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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