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An ingenious Three-wheeled Parcel car
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FOIL many years Indian motorcycles have been handled in this country by Indian Motorcycle Sales (England), Ltd., of 168, Shaftesbury Avenue, London, W.C.2, and have earned a reputation for durability, power and case of maintenance. The concern in question has now introduced the Indian Traffic Car, a.three-wheeled parcelear of which the motive portion consists of a standard Indian motorcycle minus its rear wheel and rear mudguard. The price is £188 and the pay-load SOO lb.— a little over 7 cwt. • The actual load-carrying unit has a channel-steel frame, downswept from the platform level to the base of the front down-tubes of the motorcycle frame, to which it is connected by a long bolt. The rear ends of the chain stays are coupled to pendant brackets, below the carrier frame, by bolts, thus making three-point connection. The body is 4 ft. long by
3 ft. 101 ins. by 3 ft. 6 ins, wide, and has an ash frame with metal bracings. The fabric cover is laid over a light metal foundation, which gives it adequate strength coupled with light weight. At the rear there is a door carried on three steel hinges, whilst there is a removable partition behind the driver, the top of which is in the form of a roll-up curtain with celluloid window. In front of the driver is a windscreen which can be readily removed in a minute or so if required.
The motorcycle portion consists of an Indian Scout " 45 " with a V-twin air
cooled engine of 744 c.c., driving through helical gears to a unit-mounted gearbox, transmission being through a multi-plate clutch operating in oil. A kick-starter is provided on the right-hand side of the machine. From the gearbox the drive is by roller chain to a dummy rear hub in the motorcycle frame, which serves as a countershaft. The drive is taken thence to a sprocket on the differential housing in the rear-axle casing. The rear wheels run on Hyatt roller bearings and each has an external-contracting brake. Tension of the rear chain is adjusted by two radius rods beside the frame of the load-carrying unit, below the body. All three wheels have 4-in, by 18-in. tyres and it is possible in a short time to remove the load carrier, installing a rear wheel with a similarly sized tyre and to convert the motive unit into a pleasure machine. Suspension at the rear is by semi-elliptic springs and there is a very large silencer set across the frame, connected to the primary silencer of the motorcycle. The body has side lamps to indicate its full width and the tail lamp can be transferred to the motorcycle if the load-carrying body is temporarily to be discarded.