tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1810478746663531557.post4468453186526722407..comments2024-03-24T11:33:56.203-05:00Comments on Hicks Car Works: Speaking of Motor Cars...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1810478746663531557.post-75480511696380301162016-02-23T19:42:20.502-06:002016-02-23T19:42:20.502-06:00Thanks for looking that up, Mark. It's quite ...Thanks for looking that up, Mark. It's quite interesting.<br /><br />And I was actually right for once. Might not happen again.Randall Hickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16246581917018679919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1810478746663531557.post-12404197780294812062016-02-23T11:00:44.888-06:002016-02-23T11:00:44.888-06:00Here is a link to the patent for the Sarvent Motor...Here is a link to the patent for the Sarvent Motor Truck.<br /><br />http://www.google.com/patents/US902172<br /><br />It is a horizontally mounted engine in the truck.<br /><br />Mark S.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1810478746663531557.post-52304590100926624302016-02-22T22:32:50.620-06:002016-02-22T22:32:50.620-06:00Yes, I would imagine so. As with the McKeen car, ...Yes, I would imagine so. As with the McKeen car, it was probably thought best to have the prime mover mounted on the truck, rather than have a complicated drive train. On the McKeen car the cylinder block was vertical and stuck up through a large gap in the floor, but on this Bettendorf car it looks to me like the motor is probably horizontal so it's beneath the floor, jammed in between the drive wheels, but I could be wrong. And we can only guess as to what sort of a transmission it might have had. This is why the gas-electric car was more successful, at least until the RDC came along.Randall Hickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16246581917018679919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1810478746663531557.post-83060219434654276982016-02-22T20:37:46.337-06:002016-02-22T20:37:46.337-06:00That power truck is a humdinger. It looks like th...That power truck is a humdinger. It looks like the motor is a part of the truck itself?<br /><br />C Kronenwetter<br />IRM memberAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1810478746663531557.post-75230336687190563342016-02-19T12:03:15.325-06:002016-02-19T12:03:15.325-06:00Randall,
Bizarre is right! Look at the spo...Randall,<br /> Bizarre is right! Look at the spoked wheels on the power truck and plain wheels on the trailing truck.<br /><br />Last year I took a ride on the V&T #22 McKeen Motor Car restored by the Nevada State Railroad Museum. <br /><br />A good source of information on these early motor cars is Interurbans Without Wires by Interurbans Press. Thanks for a neat picture!<br /><br />Ted Miles, IRM MemberTed Miles1950@gmaail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02427276259730108109noreply@blogger.com