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PN #112 - Mops from Germany, cca 1922
« on: August 30, 2010, 02:50:25 AM »
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Re: PN #112
« Reply #1 on: September 12, 2010, 05:14:07 AM »
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Re: PN #112
« Reply #2 on: September 18, 2010, 02:38:26 AM »
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Re: PN #112
« Reply #3 on: September 26, 2010, 08:32:55 AM »
A hint: German
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Re: PN #112
« Reply #4 on: September 26, 2010, 08:43:05 AM »
from Mannheim?

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Re: PN #112
« Reply #5 on: September 26, 2010, 09:10:31 AM »
very close to Mannheim
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Re: PN #112
« Reply #6 on: September 26, 2010, 09:20:16 AM »
does it have a German name for a certain pet?

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Re: PN #112
« Reply #7 on: September 26, 2010, 09:22:30 AM »
say it :)
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Re: PN #112
« Reply #8 on: September 26, 2010, 09:33:24 AM »
The "Mops" was a a three-wheeler built by Schmidt & Bensdorf (according to my source from Mannheim) in 1924-25.
Equipped with a 350cc engine it had a manual 3-speed gearbox without reverse. The self-supporting body had two seats in the front while the back was for the chain-driven powerplant.
lenght: 3,00 m
trackwidth: 1,1 m
wheelbase: 2,3 m
weight: 135 kg
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Re: PN #112
« Reply #9 on: September 26, 2010, 04:31:56 PM »
The "Mops" was a a three-wheeler built by Schmidt & Bensdorf (according to my source from Mannheim) in 1924-25.
In view of the compromised stability of the three-wheeler, are you sure it wasn't the "Rollmops"? ;D
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Re: PN #112
« Reply #10 on: September 26, 2010, 10:29:41 PM »
Yes, this is the only known picture of the Mops. I took this picture at the Carl Benz Automuseum in Ladenburg, where it says this was made by Badenia, which was set up by ex-Benz workers.

Different sources report different things about the Mops though
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Re: PN #112 - Mops from Germany, cca 1922
« Reply #11 on: September 27, 2010, 04:46:27 AM »
Can you post the unaltered pic?

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Re: PN #112 - Mops from Germany, cca 1922
« Reply #12 on: September 27, 2010, 04:51:04 AM »
Picture has been changed
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Re: PN #112 - Mops from Germany, cca 1922
« Reply #13 on: September 27, 2010, 09:23:49 PM »
Only known picture? Wow.

I don't suppose anyone has this pic without the glass reflections or whatever they are?
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Re: PN #112 - Mops from Germany, cca 1922
« Reply #14 on: September 28, 2010, 12:07:32 AM »
I may have later on. This photo was inside a small cabinet and I was promised a scan of it.
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Re: PN #112 - Mops from Germany, cca 1922
« Reply #15 on: January 22, 2011, 05:25:54 AM »
A head-on view of the Mops I found yesterday

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Re: PN #112 - Mops from Germany, cca 1922
« Reply #16 on: December 30, 2011, 01:41:51 AM »
An ad for the Mops:

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Re: PN #112
« Reply #17 on: October 05, 2012, 12:54:49 PM »
Yes, this is the only known picture of the Mops. I took this picture at the Carl Benz Automuseum in Ladenburg, where it says this was made by Badenia, which was set up by ex-Benz workers.

Different sources report different things about the Mops though
The Mops was built by Badenia in Ladenburg for Schmidt & Bensdorf in Mannheim. It was built right at the premises of the Carl Benz Automuseum which originally was the Benz Söhne factory. Later on it housed the Badenia factory and after WWII the Nordap truck factory (http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=20370.0).

In a recent article of a German magazine you can see another photo showing three Mops cars at a time.

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Re: PN #112
« Reply #18 on: October 08, 2012, 09:57:31 PM »
The "Mops" was a a three-wheeler built by Schmidt & Bensdorf (according to my source from Mannheim) in 1924-25.
In view of the compromised stability of the three-wheeler, are you sure it wasn't the "Rollmops"? ;D

I had to look that one up.  I just about lost my dinner of chicken and rice.  (I'm not crazy about fish.)  But the trail took me to "The Battle of Herrings", "Laager" (or wagon forts) and Joan d'Arc.  Pretty interesting reading, all in all.

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Re: PN #112 - Mops from Germany, cca 1922
« Reply #19 on: November 22, 2014, 06:24:25 PM »
The invisible puzzle pic´s link is not active any more.

Can you restore it?

Here´s a 1925 photo:
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Re: PN #112 - Mops from Germany, cca 1922
« Reply #20 on: November 23, 2014, 12:16:36 AM »
restored :)
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Re: PN #112 - Mops from Germany, cca 1922
« Reply #21 on: December 04, 2014, 03:24:09 AM »
The logo:

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Re: PN #112 - Mops from Germany, cca 1922
« Reply #22 on: October 14, 2016, 03:53:52 PM »
A drawing from 1925
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Re: PN #112 - Mops from Germany, cca 1922
« Reply #23 on: October 16, 2016, 03:41:20 PM »
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