Hubbard's Motor and Engineering Co., Ltd., Coventry
(Stand 338).

A well-considered tricar is exhibited here. The frame is much on ordinary lines, the engine of 4½ h.p., and water-cooled, the tanks and radiator being ranged in front of the steering column, and natural circulation being depended upon. The body is carriage-built, and carried rather lower than usual. Transmission is by a broad belt from the motor-shaft to a countershaft, and thence by chain to the back wheel. A two-speed gear is set up in the bottom bracket, which is of large dimensions. The question of the front brakes has received careful attention, and those fitted are of the expanding variety. A cone clutch is fitted on the motorshaft, and is operated by a simple pedal device. This machine has a good deal of experience behind it, and we think should give satisfaction in running.

A motor carrier tricycle and specimens of the Hubbard engine and gear are also exhibited. Simpkins's chain and pitch band is shown here. It consists of a cotton belt secured round an ordinary belt pulley on the back wheel, and fitted with chain teeth bent up from sheet metal. There is a certain amount of slip between the band and the pulley, thus allowing the chain drive to he employed without undue harshness. From a trial we made of the device it proved itself to be very successful.

Report on the 1904 Stanley Show, The Motor Cycle, November 28th.