Author Topic: Solved: PN #845 -- Benz Instruktor, 1897  (Read 1159 times)

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Re: PN #845
« Reply #25 on: January 28, 2016, 01:22:38 PM »
Was Theodor Baron von Liebieg from Reichenberg (today Liberec) involved in this project?

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Re: PN #845
« Reply #26 on: January 28, 2016, 01:29:48 PM »
Maybe his fiancee Marie Blaschka was also involved?

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Re: PN #845
« Reply #27 on: January 28, 2016, 11:14:46 PM »
Von Liebig was involved and yes, related to Tatra's predecessor. Now who'll complete this puzzle?
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Re: PN #845
« Reply #28 on: January 29, 2016, 01:17:02 AM »
Benz-Präsident ?

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Re: PN #845
« Reply #29 on: January 29, 2016, 01:19:00 AM »
good guess, but no
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Re: PN #845
« Reply #30 on: January 29, 2016, 01:30:15 AM »
Is Instructor the name you are looking for?

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Re: PN #845
« Reply #31 on: January 29, 2016, 03:57:11 AM »
Benz-Präsident ?
If not that, perhaps Benz-Rumpler?
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Re: PN #845
« Reply #32 on: January 29, 2016, 04:09:10 AM »
Benz-Nesselsdorfer ?

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Re: PN #845
« Reply #33 on: January 29, 2016, 07:02:21 AM »
Wendax gets the point, as this is the Benz Instruktor.  In early 1897 the Nesselsdorfer factory bought a Benz Phaeton which became the Instruktor in Koprvinice - this was the car used by the company to learn automobile construction practices.

At the steering wheel: Leopold Svitak, next to him sits Edmund Rumpler. Behind them Frantisek Cahel, a mechanic who was trained by Carl Benz himself and Eng. Sage.
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