NEW TYPE OE CHASSIS
CONTINENTAL DESIGN
The cbnventional rectangular chassis framo which, with various modifications and improvements, lias been used for so many years in motor-car construction, has recently been displaced on quite a number of . Continental vehicles by a new arrangement which may 'bo ' called the centralised frame. This sweeping change has been brought about by'the increasing use of independently,, sprung wheels and the consequent abolition of the- rigid axle. • •Each wheel is carried by transverse radius arms or springs. At the front bearers: are provided for the power unit, but behind these comes a tubular member which, in rear-wheel driven cars encloses the propeller shaft. A low-built, light, and yet very rigid chassis is built in this way,- ; crossbearers being provided to carry the coachwork. If the backbone is sufficiently stiff the body is relieved of the racking and twisting strains which ■o quickly give rise to rattles and
iqueaks when a car of conventional de■ign is driven hard over rough roads. ■ The block shows the tubuiar construction (right) contrasted with a modern type of the conventional design. ■.■;■■■■■■• ~,
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 111, 13 May 1933, Page 15
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NEW TYPE OE CHASSIS
Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 111, 13 May 1933, Page 15
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