Pioneer Vehicles Upto 1920

                                     Pioneer Vehicles Upto 1920(part-1)


19th  Century saw tremendous advances in engineering , as mechanisation transformed production in factories. Inventors turned their attention to replacing their horse with something that could go faster and further .Steam, electricity, gas, and petrol were all tried, and in this early period it was hard to say which would win; speed records went first to electric , then to steam......


1.Grenville Steam Carriage c.1880

The GRENVILLE STEAM

Origin:United kingdom/ England
Engine:Vertical Steam Boiler
Top Speed: 20mph [32km/h]

Railway engineer Robert Neville Grenville from Galstonbury ,UK,was an dozens of Victorian inventors to build a steam powered road carriage. Grenville's vehicle had survived 

2.Daimler 1886
The Daimler - 1886



Origin: Germany
Engine:  462cc , one cylinder
Top Speed: 10 mph [16km/h]

Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach fitted their engine into a stagecoach in 1886 , creating the first four-wheeled , petrol-engined vehicle to reach 10mph. 


3.Stanley Runabout 1898

                                                    Stanley Runabout 1898

Origin: USA
Engine: 1692cc , straight- two steam
Top Speed: 35MPH [56KM/H]

Twins Francis and Freelan Stanley built over 200  of these inexpensive cars in 1898-99 in 1906 a more powerful model reached 127mph ( 204 km/h).


4.Daimler  Cannstatt 4HP 1898


Daimler  Cannstatt 4HP 1898


Origin: Germany
Engine: 1,525 cc , V2
Top speed: 16mph (26 km/h)

In june 1887 daimler equipped a workshop for 23 employees in Cannstatt, Stuttgart , to built his engines.The engines were still fitted to modified  stagecoaches.


5.Franklin Model A 1902

Franklin Model A 1902


Origin:USA
Engine:1,760cc , straight four
Top speed:25mph (40km/h)

John Wilkinson designed the first four-cylinder car in the US for Herbert Franklin. The air cooled engine had overhead valves and was mounted across the wooden chassis.


6.Benz (replica) 1885



Benz (replica) 1885




Origin: Germany
Engine: 954 cc, single cylinder 
Top speed: 6mph ( 10 km/h)

Built in 1885 and patented in 1886, Karl Benz's Motorwagen had many clever features: it was lightweight and had a four-stroke petrol engine , rack steering, and steel spoke wheels.


7.Lanchester 1897 


Lanchester 1897 



Origin:UK
Engine:3,459cc,straight-two
Top speed: 20mph( 32km/h)

Brothers Frederick, George and Frank Lanchester  ran their first car in 1896 with a single-cylinder
engine . The following year they built this  car with a two-cylinder engine.


8.Sunbeam-Mabley 1901

 
Sunbeam-Mabley 1901 


Origin:UK
Engine:230cc , one cylinder 
Top speed: 20mph(32km/h)

John, Marston's Sunbeam Bicycle factory, along with Maxwell Maberley-Smith, developed this unusual vehicle with a seat either side of a centeral belt drive. 






NOTE- Part 2 will come soon......

                                                            
                                                                      WRITTEN BY
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                                                                                                             (HIMANK KAKKAR)


Location: National Archives, Rajpath Area, Central Secretariat, New Delhi, Delhi 110001, India

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