Brush Cars and Cowra Rally in Australia
Admin-22023-05-11T13:23:51+02:00Brush cars were manufactured in America, by Alanson P Brush, from 1907 to 1912. They were small, lightly made, runabout cars, but incorporated many novel ideas, including: a single cylinder counter rotating internal combustion engine, beautifully made 2 speed transmission, suspension by four coil springs and friction dampers, self-energising rear brakes in both forward and reverse direction, variable ratio steering, wooden chassis rails and hickory wooden axles. They were strong, very successful, reliable and easy to drive cars. The first car to cross Australia from west to east (Perth to Sydney) in March 1912 was a Brush carrying two men [...]