A New Home for my Karl Benz Engine

[Gnpenning]

Great build.

Seeing the tires you made made me think of wheelchair tires and if they would have worked??? Definitely not as cool.

 

[Just for fun]

Very cool, Thanks for sharing!

 

[rwm]

I'm now thinking this need to be radio control?! Would be the coolest RC model out there!

 

[rdean]

Thank you all for the kind words and likes.
There is a video of a model Benz motorwagon that is RC controlled on the internet.
It has stop and go and steering capabilities.
I will try and find it and post a link.

Ray

 

[rwm]

This video is mostly about historical safety, but it gives you a good look at a full size replica

 

[rdean]

Thanks Robert for the video.

I had mentioned earlier that the engine looked like it was too far forward and would cause some problems later on. Then the real problem struck me, the engine is too big. I had used many different sources to size the wagon frame foot print and came up with a size that would work for me. I was quite happy that my frame was very close to the scale the others had used but I forgot one thing my engine was not at the same scale as the frame. When I built my engine I used materials I had on hand. Sizes that worked and looked good together not to any scale.

I am going to continue on with the same engine and frame but with some modifications and still try to end up with a recognizable model of the original. First was to move the engine back 2" by installing two steel plates to the frame. Move the rear wheels higher on the frame but that would at the cost of the rear leaf springs.

See the plates I added for the engine here.


Side view.


With the engine.


Side view


The frame is lower to the ground and the engine is back out of the way.
The front wheel now is at the right height in relation to the frame.

Looks much better to me now what do you think?


Thanks for looking
Ray

 

[Just for fun]

Looks good. So, with the bigger motor you're building a Hot Rod of sort.

 

[rdean]

Tim I had not thought about it that way but you may be right.

Ray

 

[rdean]

We are at 28" overall length and for that size the wheels needed to be larger to keep to scale. I don't think it looks too bad so I will continue.
I worked on the front wheel and mount.






I have some work to do on the mower and then we will be gone the rest of the week.
I need to come up with a gear reduction unit to lower the speed.

Thanks for looking
Ray

 

[Chris Hamel]

Really looks great