Man On The Clapham Omnibus Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 Among many fascinating cars at the Kop Hill Climb on the weekend of 17/18 September was a Lafitte Voiturette with a form of continuously variable transmission such as I, for one, had never seen on a car before. The engine tilts fore and aft when the driver heaves on a lever in the cab. This varies the ratio of the drive from the crankshaft to the final drive through a conical/hemispherical driving metal flywheel against a driven leather laminate inverted 'cone'. Here's all the details in pictures: Sorry the details page is a bit small... The Car The engine and drive device: How it was described at the event: More detail: and the diagrams: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dolan - Wirral & North Wales AO Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 Fabulous. It's great to see vehicles like this in such excellent condition and not locked away in a garage, a credit to the owner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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