Who knows this car?
Up!
Up again!
1902 Lohner Mixte hybrid gas-electric, with Ferdinand Porsche next to it.
(aka Lohner-Porsche)
(The year may be off)
No, not Porsche or Lohner.
Hmmm. I didn't think it could be Henri Pieper, who got a hybrid-electric auto patent in the early 1900's...
It could be Knight Neftal's race car, but I cannot find any pictures of that one.
German?
Not German, and I think I´ve got a different name/builder for this one.
I´ll check it when I´ll be back home.
French?
No.
Scandinavian?
Yes.
From Sweden?
No.
From Denmark?
Here we are!
Ellemobil?
It was not built by Jacob Ellehammer...
Brems?
Dansk by Hans C. Christiansen?
No and no.
Jaeger?
No, sorry.
pre WWI?
I have no year and my source does not tell a date, too.
Maybe Gorm?
I´ve learned many new names about danish cars now, but I haven´t heard the right one, yet... :D
I still have some on my list. ;D
How about Mortensen?
No.
Kraghave?
No. :-\
Jens & Petersen?
Neither Jens nor Petersen, sorry.
But I can assure you, that you will find it soon - it is a very common scandinavian name... ;D
Jacobsen?
No.
Clausager?
;D
Not him, too.
'Forward' from Paul Christensen?
No.
Larsen?
No, but go on this way...
Hansen?
He is a "-sen", yes. :D
Nielsen?
Hans-Christian Frederiksen? (the company's name was Anglo-Dane)
One point goes to Wendax.
He was the first with the Denmark guess and had the right name.
It´s a one-off and homebuilt car, done by a danish blacksmith named Nielsen and in 1960 when this essay was published noone did know more, no date etc.
Does any member know more, now that we all have the name?
EDIT: I´ve translated the text to my best means for all non german speakers:
Experts in Denmark have started to explore the veteran piece by piece, which may be the eldest car ever built in Denmark.
A Blacksmith called Nielsen is said to have constructed the vehicle many years ago.
The exact date is unknown.
Most of its parts are handbuilt: the upper photo shows the one-cylinder engine with the ventilator.
In the middle you can see the indestructible gem in its whole beauty.
And the wheel at the bottom is a predecessor of the "Schwingfelge"
(GROB: a 1950´s german invention of a special type of rim with a rubber suspension-ring
between the outer rim and the inner rim/hub, which was used on some VW Beetles and Porsche 356´s then).
Please take a closer look on the coil springs between the axle and the wheel hub.
(GROB: I think it was just another experimental way to suspend the car (no brakes I think), like the steel "tyres".
Those were quite common in Germany and other countries without tropical colonies due to rubber blockades in WW I.)
Now I know why the picture looked so familiar. Old cars are a nice hobby. ;D
;)
I had a translator friend look at the text next to the car. The items within the hub of the wheel are both drum brake, and box-spring-based suspension.
Quote from: sixtee5cuda on May 06, 2012, 09:17:24 PM
I had a translator friend look at the text next to the car. The items within the hub of the wheel are both drum brake, and box-spring-based suspension.
Er, I don't think there's any brake in the wheel that's separately shown (which the text describes) and there's no reference to one.
It just refers to the springs between axle and wheel hub.
EDIT: I´ve translated the text of the Scan.