{"id":8812,"date":"2016-02-04T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/museonicolis.com\/?p=8812"},"modified":"2024-07-12T12:49:36","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T10:49:36","slug":"benz-820-ps-jagdwagen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.museonicolis.com\/en\/benz-820-ps-jagdwagen\/","title":{"rendered":"Benz, 1914, 8\/20 PS Jagdwagen"},"content":{"rendered":"

Benz \u201c8\/20 PS Jagdwagen\u201d, Schebera, 1914<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The most important automotive companies in the early 1900s sold both racing cars and touring cars. Benz was one of them and near the 15.000 cc and 21.500cc racecars and the big 8-liter flagship cars, few years before WWI they introduced the 8\/20 PS, a reliable touring car. The car shown in the museum has an interesting story because it was ordered by an Indian Maharaja<\/strong>, that’s why the speedometer is in mph, not kph.
\nThe unusual and unique bodywork was signed by Schebera<\/strong>, a company located in Hellbronn, not far from Stuttgart. Scheberas were part of a business family, known for armor manufacturing.
\nTheir technical experience joins the hand-worked nickel-brass bonnet, radiator and headlights<\/strong> to the Vienna straw<\/strong> details which decorate the mahogany side panels<\/strong> of the body, part of the interior and the large external luggage rack. There was space for 6 people<\/strong> inside, thanks to the two folding emergency seats in the rear compartment.
\nThe dashboard is full of instruments and the speedometer is in mph; on the outside there is an air horn shaped like a boa snake<\/strong>, which was applied in later years. In the early\u00a070\u2019s the car was fully restored with the technical assistance of the Daimler-Benz Museum.
\nThe car was part of the prestigious\u00a0\u201cCollection de Mercedes du Mus\u00e9e de Schiffdorf\u201d<\/strong>, following the premature passing of the collector\u00a0Rolf Meyer<\/strong>\u00a0it was then bought by Luciano Nicolis.
\nAfter more than a century, the odometer reads only 6.000km<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Our BENZ was also used in Mario Biondi’s video, Deep Space.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\r\n\r\n \r\n