. Automotive industries . Combined tire carrier and tank support on Daviscar Tubular front cross member on Cole chassis. Below—Braced rear end of frame channel on Dorris 60 AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRIESTHE AUTOMOBILE January 13, 1921. Tubular rear cross member and flexible tanksupport on Templar points in question. Probably the location which is thegreatest offender is inside the brake drum where someaxle manufacturers still place the grease cup which takescare of the rear wheel bearing. Even on the strippedchassis it is hard to reach these cups, but when the body ismounted, the fenders put on, and ro
. Automotive industries . Combined tire carrier and tank support on Daviscar Tubular front cross member on Cole chassis. Below—Braced rear end of frame channel on Dorris 60 AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRIESTHE AUTOMOBILE January 13, 1921. Tubular rear cross member and flexible tanksupport on Templar points in question. Probably the location which is thegreatest offender is inside the brake drum where someaxle manufacturers still place the grease cup which takescare of the rear wheel bearing. Even on the strippedchassis it is hard to reach these cups, but when the body ismounted, the fenders put on, and road dirt has collected,it is a foregone conclusion that these points will be neg-lected. In fact the manufacturer might about as well savehimself the price of the cups. In simplifying the chassis, or in other words, cuttingout the unnecessary parts, there have been some notice-able achievements. These have been particularly the casewhere the designer has been able to make one part do theduty of two. For instance, there are a great many in-stances where the cross member of the frame has servedalso as the anchor for the front rear spring hanger. Onthe Cleveland car this is very neatly accomplished. Onthe Briscoe the frame
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