1910 Carter car

A very early friction drive, sorta the first automatic.

[snowking]

Amazing engineering they had back in the day. Nice video and sweet car.

[Modeltnick]

“Car of a Thousand Speeds”! Walt Bellm had a working chassis on display that demonstrated how this works.

[caesarillion]

I had a 1912 Cartercar Roadster. It was a wreck from the logging country north of San Francisco. Sold the project to Jeff Beaumont of California. I wonder where it is today? Thanks, Paul Venne/Thailand

[asdf]

All Cartercars from 1905 to the end of production in 1915 featured friction-drive.

[chuckkottke]

Matt, how does the Carter Car compare to the Lambert? Thanks for the video, looks like an easy car to operate compared to the 1909 Packard I drove, which had a progressive gear system but required double clutching and gently easing into the next gear. I like the friction drive system better, less distractions!

[nitro]

Another nice car Matt, look up a Heider tractor they were friction drive and slid the whole engine for change speeds.

[dondesnoo]

Sears car had a friction drive but material didn't hold up well around 1908 had opposed 2 cyl like John Deere tractor.

[nitro]

Mayt, does the clutch press the cross shaft against the flywheel or does it move the flywheel disc back?