{"id":8831,"date":"2016-02-04T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/museonicolis.com\/?p=8831"},"modified":"2024-07-12T12:49:49","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T10:49:49","slug":"benz-co-modell-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.museonicolis.com\/en\/benz-co-modell-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Benz, 1886, Motorwagen, Modell 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Benz & Co. \u201cModell 1\u201d, 1886<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In 1885 Karl Benz<\/strong> (Germany 1844-1929), almost at the same time of the other German technician Gottlieb Daimler,<\/strong> built a tricycle with a petrol-driven engine which he tested himself, around Mannheim streets, where people were amazed by seeing it. The carriage \u201cwithout horses\u201d was about to be invented.
\nThe \u201cVelociped\u201d<\/strong> is\u00a0considered the first petrol-fuelled car in the world and was designed in three different versions from 1886 to 1888<\/strong>.
\nThe third model became famous because of Benz\u2019s wife, named Bertha,<\/strong> who\u00a0drove it\u00a0on August 1888, from Mannheim to Pforzheim, with her two sons.
\nThe\u00a0car shown in the Museum is a perfect replica of Modell 1, named \u201cVelociped\u201d, patented<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0January 29th, 1886 with the n\u00b0 37 435<\/strong>.
\nBenz didn\u2019t only fit the engine to a carriage, replacing the horses, but he was the first who imagined a purpose-built chassis. The 1-speed \u201cVelociped\u201d working was very simple: the four-stroke horizontal monocylinder engine, without carter, lubricated by oilers and with ignition by Ruhmkorff coil\u00a0and evaporation carburetor, transmitted the power to a secondary shaft with differential through a leather belt. The motion was transmitted to the wheels through the chains.
\nThis first model produced 0.75 bhp at 400 rpm, could reach the incredible top speed of 16 kph!
\n<\/strong>The 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.<\/p>\n

Historic photos from\u00a0Wikipedia<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

WATCH THE\u00a0VIDEO<\/strong><\/a> Bertha Benz: The Journey That Changed Everything, Mercedes-Benz.<\/p>\n

2019, 100 MITI Exhibition.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\r\n\r\n \r\n