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Inside the Daimler Era the Turn of the Century Was an Era of Creativity, Invention and Experimentation for the Auto Indus­ Editorial Comment 2 Try Theourna Society of Automotive Historians, Inc. Issue 222 May-June 2006 Daimler's cousins By Jerry McDermott ottlieb Daimler was a key fi gure in the birth of the world's automotive indusuy in the late nineteenth century, and his influence was felt beyond www.autohistory.org G Germany. In this article I will look at the American, Austrian, English and French "cousins" that were affi liated directly with Gottli eb Daimler. Inside The Daimler era The turn of the century was an era of creativity, invention and experimentation for the auto indus­ Editorial Comment 2 try. Some of the problems automotive pioneers struggled with were where to put the steam engine or the electric motor or the gasoline President's Perspective 3 engine: front, rear or under the seat; chain o r shaft drive; tiller or wheel steering. And to compound matters, the ca rburetor hadn't been invented yet. SAH News 4 Into this design quagmire stepped two German engineers, Ca rl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler. Gottlieb Daimler worked for the Deutz gas Obituary 9 engine company. It was owned by icholas Thomas T Solley August Otto, who demonstrated a gasoline engine at the Paris Exposition in 1867 and is credited with inventing the four-stroke engine in 1876. Daimler design twin cylinder Book Reviews 11 He turned the development over to Daimler and 12 hp boat engine. Wilhelm Maybach, a former coll eague of Daimler Photo: Mercedes-Benz Delage Styling and Design­ who joined him at Deutz. They left the firm in 1882 and Daimler continued exper- La Belle Voiture Fran c;aise imenting with this new engine principle whil e also patenting his own approaches. About the same time Maybach invented the carburetor. Sie bauten Autos Meanwhil e, restricted by the four-stoke Daimler patents, Ca rl Benz was limit­ 500 Fantastic Cars, eel to the two-stroke engine. He equipped a tricycle with a horizontally-mo unted A Century of the World's single-cylinder engine. In 1894 Benz built the first production car, the Benz Veto. Concept Cars In j anuary 1896 he was granted a patent for his "vehicle with gas-engine drive" and the first successful automobil e was born. About the same tin1e Daimler and Maybach mounted a Daimler four-stroke Letters 13 engine onto a four-wheeled carriage. Two years later Daiml er introduced his first vehicles and in 1901 the first Mercedes appeared from Daimler-Motoren-Gesell ­ schaft (DMG). At first Daimler onl y wanted to produce engines, but he was quite Billboard 15 successful in advancing the auto industry. Austrian cousins In 1890 the firm of Oesterreichisches Daimler MotorenGesellschaft, Bierenz, Fischer & Cie was formed as the Austrian distributor for DMG. In 1899 the name was shortened to Austrian-Daimler Engine Co. and a new company was formed in continued on page I 0 Seize the moment I was delighted to receive j ohn Finall y my inclusion of the back Warburton 's account and photos of cover photo is a bit of a personal the SAHB Spring Seminar (page 8). indulgence. Like many of you I SAH chapters provide valuabl e servic­ remember back in coll ege making big es for members, whether it be a plans with my fri ends to go out and Thomas S. Jakups, Editor spring seminar or a literature fair, and see the world, or at least get out to their acti ons also promote the Society. Ca lifornia-a road trip before we set­ had a great time in South Bend. So chapters, the door is always open tled down to career, marriage, etc. I In addition to the sessions and here for your news and events. never made that trip--how many of I tours I found two very fine rest­ I also want to thank Stumt you did' So I feel admirati on and aurants. At one I had my first antelope. Blond for his report on the "Packard some envy for Philip Ephraim Semel I thank the Board for inviting Lofts" in Los Angeles (page 9). Like Well done. me to sit in on their spring meeting. the conversion of the Mitchell Wagon I'm getting a good response to It gave me a renewed appreciation for Factory in Racine, Wisconsin, (journal my call for book reviewers. Here · the time and effort these fine people 221 "SAH ews") the conversion of another one: Walt Hansgen, His Life put into overseeing our Society. the old Packard dealership shows that and the History of Post-War American I had an opportunity to listen to and there is hope for automotive preserva­ Road Racing, by Michael Arge inger respond to their thoughts on the state tionists. The developer's recognition of The review should ru n from of the j ournal. Board members also Packard , in the naming of the building 400 to 600 words. Please write or e-mail relayed to me comments they have and the prominent display of a1tifacts, me if you would like to be a review r received from members. is even more praiseworthy. - Tom jalmps J QJ.Jrn~,lIssue 222 May-June 2006 ~ Officers Publications Committee SAH Journal (I SSN 1057-1973) Michael L. Berger President Christopher C. Foster, Chair is published six times a year by the Darwyn H. Lumley Vice President Taylor Vinson Society of Automotive Hi stori ans, Inc. Susan S. Davis Secretary Thomas S. Jakups Christopher C. Foster Treasurer Michael Lamm Subscription is by membership Beverly Rae Kimes in the Society. Board of Directors Through October 2006 Membership dues are $40 per year. Samuel V. Fiorani Robert R. Ebert Past Editors Send dues, membership inquiries Patricia Lee Yongue Richard B. Brigham and changes of address to Through October 2007 Issues 1-29 Sept. 1969-(undated) 1973 Society of Automotive Historians, Inc. Michael Bromley Paul N. Lashbrook C. Marshall Naul 1102 Long Cove Road Stanton A. Lyman 30-50 July 1973-Dec. 1976 Cales Ferry, CT 06335-1812 USA Joseph S. Freeman, ex officio John Peckham Through October 2008 51-59 Feb. 1977-July 1978 ©2006 John A. Marino Arthur W. Jones The Society of Automotive Historians, Inc. Joseph R. Malaney Walter Cosden 60- 87 Nov. 1978- Dec. 1983 Find the Society of Automotive Historians SAH Journal Richard B. Brigham on the web at www.autohistory.org. Thomas S. Jakups, Editor, Adv. Mgr. 88-117 Jan.jFeb. 1983-Nov.jDec. 1988 37 Wyndwood Road Christopher C. Foster West Hartford, CT 06107 USA 118-157 Jan.jFeb. 1989-July/Aug. 1995 Copy Deadline for Journa/223 860-233-5973 Fax 860-232-0468 journal @autohistory.org Samuel V. Fiorani June 30th [email protected] 158-194 Sept.jOct. 1995-Sept./Oct. 2001 2 SAH}ouma1No. 222 Humming along reminded me of an aspect of automo­ and musical composition. For instance, ti ve histo1y that has been comparatively shonly after the turn of the centLIIy , understudied: the souncls and music songs such as "In My Merry Oldsmo­ associated with cars and motoiing. bi le" received national exposure. Later, Even in an area where you tunes li ke Bobby Troup's 1940s classic would expect such study, that of the ballad urged us to "get your kicks on automobile's influence on, and por­ Route 66" and, when populari zed by trayal in , popular music, there has at King Cole, added another dimen­ been relatively little written. While sion to tl1e transformation of that high­ Michael l. Berger, President there have been related a1ticles in way into a piece of American folklore. - mass-circulation magazines and auto j ackie Brenston's "Rocket 88," refeiTing am writing this column shortl y entl1usiast publica ti ons, there has been natura ll y to tl1e Oldsmobile model of after the conclusion of the Sixth no book-length scholarly treatment of tl1e 1950s and 1960s, was a song des­ I Biennual Automotive Histo1y tl1e subject. In fact, I know of onl y tined to reach first place on tl1 e rhy­ Conference, held at the Studebaker tlvee books that devote attention to it. tl11n and blues charts and to make a Na ti onal Museum in South Bend, Jan Jennings' Roadside America, con­ contribution to the birth of rock and Indiana. It was a most successful con­ tains a chapter by E.L. Widmer entitled roll. These songs were joined by such fe rence. Twenty different papers were "Cross-roads: The Automobile, Rock other popular hits as "Little ash Ram­ presented at the SAH-sponsored ses­ and Roll , and Democracy," in which bler" and "Hot Rod Lincoln." Recog­ sions. Two of these sessions especial­ the autl10r maintains tl1at "tl1e automo­ nizing tl1e influence of cars on popular ly caught my eye, or rather my ea r. bile has exerted a hypnotic hold on music, tl1e Ford Motor Company In a paper devoted to the evolu­ the imaginations of popular songwrit­ donated 250,000 to the creation of tion of the eight-cylinder engine, Bud ers" and traces that development from tl1 e Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Gardner provided two "musical inter­ 1900 to tl1e 1950s music of Chuck Museum in Cleveland. ludes .. , In the first, he compared the Beny and Elvis Presley. The Pop ular The automobile has even found sound of an in-line, eight-cylinder Culture Reader, edited by Jack its way into the world of classical engine to the Big Band sound of the achbar et a!., includes a chapter enti­ music. Roben Moran, an avant-garde 1930s and 1940s. In the second, the tl ed "Croonin' and Crui in '," in which compo er, has written a composition more robust sound of the V-8 was John L.
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