Nesselsdorf President
The Nesselsdorf President was the first automobile of the Nesselsdorfer Wagenbau-Fabriks-Gesellschaft , which it constructed in 1897 and presented in 1898. At the same time, this car is the first automobile to be built in a factory in what would later become Czechoslovakia. Its designer was Leopold Sviták (1856–1931).
The structure of the four-seater, open car was modeled on a calash made by the manufacturer called "Mylord".
The vehicle had a two - cylinder boxer engine from the Mannheim car manufacturer Benz & Cie. with surface carburetor installed horizontally in the rear. This had a displacement of 2750 cm³ and developed 5 HP (3.7 kW). The ignition of the fuel-air mixture bewerkstelligte a Bosch - magnetic-break ignition . The driver had to operate several drip oilers to lubricate the unit. The engine was already equipped with water cooling: behind the rear seats there was a double-walled condensation pipe through which air flowed. The condensation water flowed into two containers next to the rear wheels and from there back into the engine.
The engine power was transmitted to a countershaft by two crossed flat belts. From there they led two machine chains to the rear wheels. The two-stage countershaft transmission was operated with the steering column: In the middle position, idling, pushed forward, the mountain gear was engaged and the driver had to pull the steering column towards him for high gear. The maximum speed was 28-30 km / h.
The vehicle was already equipped with two brakes. The handbrake on the outside right on the body acted as an external band brake on the countershaft. The hubs of the rear wheels could be braked with a pedal - also using an outer band. The car had wooden spoke wheels with solid rubber tires.
Only one vehicle of this type was built. May 1898 by company boss Hugo Fischer von Röslerstamm and three other drivers from Nesselsdorf to the 1st automobile exhibition on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the throne of Emperor Franz-Joseph I in Vienna. After the exhibition ended, it remained with the Austrian Automobile Club as a driving school vehicle and has been in the Technical Museum in Prague since 1919 .
In 1899, various significantly improved successors appeared, which are summarized under the name Nesselsdorf President - Successor . The total of nine vehicles were named individually: They were called Meteor , Nesselsdorf , Vienna , Bergsteiger , Versucher , Adhof , Spitzbub , Balder and Metrans .
Their engine output was now 6 HP (4.4 kW), or 9 HP (6.6 kW) for the Nesselsdorf with the same displacement . The evaporative water cooling had given way to closed circuits and the primary drive from the engine to the back gear, which now had four gears, was done with chains instead of belts. The 905 - 950 kg heavy vehicles reached 30-48 km / h. As an alternative to solid rubber tires, you could also order pneumatic tires.
In the following year, the Type A appeared as its successor .
The coat of arms of Nesselsdorf shows a car of this series.
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- Wolfgang Schmarbeck: Tatra - The history of the Tatra automobiles, publishing house of the International Auto and Motorcycle Museum Germany, Bad Oeynhausen 1977; Uhle and Kleimann, Lübbecke 1990, ISBN 3-922657-83-4 .
