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1886 Benz Patent-Motorwagen. Built from 1886 to 1893, the vehicle is considered to be the world's first production automobile.
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Previously:
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...677#post147763
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...339#post150544
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...964#post148925
Here are a few of my snaps of the one they have at the Nethercutt museum here in SoCal. Enjoy...
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The large handle on the left looks like some kind of clutch mechanism to connect the engine to the wheels. How does that work?
Also, no brakes?
This...Quote:
Originally Posted by Elizabeth Greene
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benz_Patent-Motorwagen
indicates that the later 1887 model had "leather shoe brake" acting on the rear wheels.
