Restored 1886 Mercedes-Benz - GIF

[carl blum]

Hi Gang:
This tricycle is properly know as the "Benz Patent-Motorwagen", Mercedes didn't enter the company name until 1929 when Benz joined Daimler.
Benz's wife made history when Bertha Benz drove the Motorwagen from Mannheim to Pforzheim with her two sons, 180 km. This was the first long journey in the first motorized vehicle. Bertha also help design and build parts for the Motorwagen.
In 1995 the apprentice shop at Bosch Charleston built a working reproduction which is now on display at the Yorktown Aircraft Carrier in Charleston harbor.
Carl.

https://group.mercedes-benz.com/comp...1885-1886.html