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Solved: PN #115 - Man & Machine No3: Josef Brecht, salesman of Carl Benz
« on: September 12, 2010, 10:54:21 AM »
Who's this guy? Why was he important?
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Re: PN #115 - Man & Machine No3
« Reply #1 on: September 26, 2010, 08:34:26 AM »
The picture which I cropped is very well known in the history of early cars.
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Re: PN #115 - Man & Machine No3
« Reply #2 on: September 26, 2010, 08:39:46 AM »
3 july 1886, first public outing, Carl Benz
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Re: PN #115 - Man & Machine No3
« Reply #3 on: September 26, 2010, 09:13:57 AM »
The picture is correct, the date is not. And who is this guy?
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Re: PN #115 - Man & Machine No3
« Reply #4 on: September 26, 2010, 02:53:41 PM »
His first salesman Josef Brecht in a 1887 model?
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Re: PN #115 - Man & Machine No3
« Reply #5 on: September 26, 2010, 10:34:09 PM »
Yes, spot on:
The Patent Motor Car of 1887, an advanced version of the first motor car of 1886. At the wheel: Carl Benz, with his commercial clerk Josef Brecht beside him.
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