A WATER CAR
Visitors to the River Thames in England have been not a little intrigued lately by the spectacle of an old 11.9 h.p. Morris-Cowley propelling a boat across the river. The owner of the car uses it on land as well, but, as an ex-naval engineer, is responsible for its ingenious adaption to water work. This adaption, which takes little more than ten minutes to carry out, proceeds as follows: —After being run on to the boat the car is hoisted up on special jacks, and the drive taken from the rear wheels to two propellers by means of spring-loaded arms making contact with the tyre walls. Control is from the normal driving seat, and the steering wheel is operated as for road work, applying a brake to the propeller on the side to which the wheel is turned; the differential permits, of course, the other propeller to continue working. A speed of eight knots is obtained with the tide, and of three and a-half knots against the tide, with the wheels revolving at a pace' equivalent to twenty road miles per hour.
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Evening Star, Issue 21945, 4 February 1935, Page 6
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185A WATER CAR Evening Star, Issue 21945, 4 February 1935, Page 6
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