The term running gear is used to describe the wheels, suspension, steering, powertrain & (usually) chassis/bodyshell of a motor-car or automobile, or the tracks and road wheels of a tank or similar tracked vehicle.
The Running-gear was patented in 1906 by Thomas A. Gray of Farmville, Virginia. Patent # 858.807
Famous quotes containing the words running and/or gear:
“All my life I have lived and behaved very much like [the] sandpiper—just running down the edges of different countries and continents, “looking for something” ... having spent most of my life timorously seeking for subsistence along the coastlines of the world.”
—Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979)
“But Lord, remember me and mine
Wi’ mercies temporal and divine!
That I for grace and gear may shine,
Excelled by nane!
And a’ the glory shall be thine!
Amen! Amen!”
—Robert Burns (1759–1796)