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Interesting print of a chain drive horseless carriage

Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2022 6:59 pm
by JTT3
Any idea if it’s a real vehicle depictions? Ok

Re: Interesting print of a chain drive horseless carriage

Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2022 7:23 pm
by MichaelPawelek
I owned a 1899 Leggett that had chain drive and helped a friend work on a Holsman High Wheeler that used hemp rope drive from the engine to the rear wheels.

Re: Interesting print of a chain drive horseless carriage

Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2022 9:26 am
by Rich Eagle
It looks like a photograph rather than an illustration so I would say it was a a real vehicle. There were so many different prototypes and low production vehicles that it may be difficult to identify. Many were made in Europe as well as the Americas. I don't remember seeing one like it.
Rich

Re: Interesting print of a chain drive horseless carriage

Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2022 10:24 am
by Fire_chief
Michael, was that the Leggett that was on the "Tour of the Century " in Steven's Point in 1996?

Re: Interesting print of a chain drive horseless carriage

Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2022 10:50 am
by MichaelPawelek
Fire_chief wrote:
Thu Apr 14, 2022 10:24 am
Michael, was that the Leggett that was on the "Tour of the Century " in Steven's Point in 1996?
I have no idea as I sold it to a fellow in New York. It was a bear to keep running with the glass oil drippers and dry sump and the timer was really antiquated and dangerous. I broke two fingers in 7 places when it backfired one time.