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1903 Crystal Palace Show Page 851

FORECARRIAGES, TRAILERS, AND SIDECARS.

The Centaur.

Under the heading of motor cycles we describe the principal features of the Centaur motor bicycle. On the same stand a very attractive forecarriage forms the centrepiece. to this the main frame of the machine follows bicycle practice as far as the head, and there the front forks are replaced by an extension of the steering column, which carries at its lower end the connections to the front wheels...

Continued: Centaur 1903-1904 Models

Trent and Co.

A forecarriage of very massive appearance is shown on this stand by Messrs. Trent and Co. The engine is a 3 h.p. air-cooled vertical one, placed in a dropped frame, and driving on to a rear pulley by a flat belt 2in. wide, double ply, laced together. The driving pulley on the rear wheel is spun in metal, and is drilled with a number of large diameter holes, which prevent the retention of grease...

Continued: Trent and Co

Hillsdon and Co.

have broken away entirely from the usual lines of two-seated motor cycle design, and exhibit upon this stand two very workmanlike samples of their manufacture. The first to claim attention is an unfinished one fitted with a 4 h.p. water-cooled engine. This is placed in the rear of the live axle, which drives through a Dupont two-speed gear...

Continued: Eddington Motor Cycles

Rex Motor Co., Ltd.

Among the extensive array of Rex motor bicycles already referred to is to be seen a fine specimen of the Rex forecarriage, an illustration of which is given on this page. In this the motor bicycle practice is followed, the forecarriage...

Continued: Rex 1903-1904 Models

The Motor Cycle November 25th, 1903. p851

Crystal Palace Show 1903 Index