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1886 Benz Motorwagen Replica now on display

By admin | August 15, 2008

See the Worlds first automobile at the

Montana Auto Museum

1886 Benz Motorwagen Replica

Now on display in the Visitors Center, this replica of the 1886 Benz Motorwagen is a working model recreated for the 100th Anniversary of the Daimler Benz Motor Company in 1989. Constructed from the original 1886 schematics, this vehicle is widely regarded as the first automobile, a vehicle designed to be propelled by a motor.

The original Benz Patent Motorwagen was a three wheeled vehicle with a rear-mounted engine. It was constructed of steel tubing with wooden panels, steel-spoked wheels and solid rubber tires. Steering is by way of a toothed rack that pivots the unsprung front wheel. Fully-elliptic springs are used at the back along with a live axle and drive chain on both sides. A simple belt system serves as a single-speed transmission, varying torque between an open disc and drive disc. The first Motorwagen used the Benz 954 cc single-cylinder four stroke engine which produced ⅔ hp (½ kW) at 250 rpm. It was an extremely light engine for its time, weighing about 220 lb. It has an open crankcase and drip oiling system, and uses a pushrod-operated poppet valve for the exhaust. The single-cylinder engine’s power output is stabilized by a large horizontal flywheel. The power and engine speed is regulated by an evaporative carburettor controlled by a sleeve valve.

(This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article “Benz patent Motorwagen”)

1886 Benz Motorwagen Replica1886 Benz Motorwagen Replica

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To watch a video of a Benz Motorwagen operating, please click on the PLAY button below (taken from the BBC TV program ‘Top Gear’)

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2 Responses to “1886 Benz Motorwagen Replica now on display”

  1. steve bishop Says:
    November 17th, 2008 at 9:46 am

    dear sir . mad.
    i am interested in the builder of the
    benzpatent motorwagen.and the origonal schamatics
    for the engine . if you could help any information i would apperciate .

    thank you
    steve bishop
    canada

  2. admin Says:
    November 29th, 2008 at 3:28 pm

    I will pass on your request to our Museum Director. If we have any information available I will let you know.

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