Comment dater l'Orient Express?

L'année dernière, Ron Mellowship a terminé la restauration de son Orient Express juste à temps pour la liaison Londres-Brighton. La voiture a terminé sa course sans incident majeur et Ron espère pouvoir rouler à nouveau en novembre.

L'Orient Express a été la première automobile construite par Thomas Bergmann, dont les ateliers se trouvaient à Gaggenau, en Allemagne. Avant de se lancer dans la construction automobile, Bergmann fabriquait des armes de toutes sortes, y compris des armes de poing automatiques et des fusils à air comprimé. Jusqu'à présent, l'Orient Express le plus ancien est daté de 1898, mais Ron pense que son vis-à-vis date de fin 1896 ou de début 1897. Le moteur monocylindre de 5 CV de la voiture de Ron porte le numéro 104, celui de la voiture de 1898 le numéro 152 et il existe également un survivant en Allemagne portant le numéro 171.

Bien que l'histoire de la fabrication de voitures à Gaggenau se poursuive jusqu'à nos jours, il est difficile de trouver des preuves des premières productions de ce type. Si vous pouvez nous aider à trouver des informations contemporaines sur ces premiers véhicules très innovants, n'hésitez pas à nous en faire part!

Original publié le 17 octobre 2010

Publié:

mercredi mai 10th, 2023

Stephen McCann

10 Mai 2023, 20:11

Interesting item from Margaret. She mentions Frank Eckersley. Frank was a member of the Manchester Automobile Club in 1906 and the members list shows him to be living at "Penrhof", Ashton on Mersey, near Manchester.

Margaret Johnson

09 Mai 2023, 23:47

A relative of mine, James Naylor of Atherton Lancashire UK , bought an Orient Express pre 1896 and it was the first motor car to drive through Bolton, Knutsford and Manchester. It was sold to a Mr Frank Eckersley and then to four brothers from Bolton by the name of Edwards.

David Grimstead

11 Mai 2023, 13:32

Was this your relative? Reported in the Leigh Chronicle and Weekly District Advertiser on Friday 18th February 1898: “Motor Car Accident at Lowton. - Yesterday afternoon week as Mr. Jas. Naylor, mineral water manufacturer, of Atherton, in his motor car, accompanied by Mr. William Cleworth, of Vicarage-square, Leigh, was proceeding down Pennington railway bridge, en route for home, something went wrong with the steering apparatus, and the car ran into the railings and broke the axle. The car was subsequently conveyed to the stable of Mr. Henry Boydell, St. Helens-rd., and left there. Fortunately, no one was injured.”

Margaret L Johnson

11 Mai 2023, 23:10

Thank you for this article. Yes I think it must have been, I haven't seen this before.
James Naylor was my Great Great Grandfather on my father's side of the family. I have a newspaper cutting and a picture of the car he bought after selling the Orient Express. The registration of that is B168. It says he was quite an authority on cars and was in great demand as a driving instructor, teaching several Doctors. One Dr insisted on checking my GG grandfather's pulse before going for a run with him!

Comment dater l'Orient Express?

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