Benz motor car

Made:: 1900 in Mannheim

maker:: Benz

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Benz single cylinder 3 hp motor car, 1900, with accessories. This car was built by Benz & Co of Mannheim in 1900, and is of a type of which over 4000 were made between 1895 and 1900. The mechanism consists of a single cylinder horizontal motor, with a transverse shaft, placed over the rear axle; this drives, by pulleys and belts, a counter-shaft which is connected with the driving wheels by chains.

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Category:: Road Transport

Object Number:: 1912-264

type:: private car

credit:: Goodman, E.A.

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Benz Motorcar

Benz Motorcar, single cylinder, 3 h.p., 1900. This car was built by Benz & Co of Mannheim in 1900, and is of a type of which over 4000 were made between 1895 and 1900. The mechanism consists of a single cylinder horizontal motor, with a transverse shaft, placed over the rear axle; this drives, by pulleys and belts, a counter-shaft which is connected with the driving wheels by chains. See TOP record for extended information about this car.

Measurements:: overall: 1500 mm x 1350 mm x 2250 mm,

Materials:: steel (metal) , copper (alloy) , brass (copper, zinc alloy) , rubber (unidentified) , wood (unidentified) , paint and glass

Object Number:: 1912-264 Pt1

type:: car

Spark plug from Benz motor car

De Dion-Bouton sparking plug from Benz Motorcar, single cylinder, 3 h.p., 1900. Count Albert de Dion and Georges Bouton began making petrol motor vehicles in about 1895 and used electric ignition. The design of their first plugs is uncertain, but this type was employed on their motor tricycles in 1898. See TOP record for extended information about this car.