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The Nesselsdorf President was the first automobile hives Wagenbau - Fabriks Society, which introduced these in 1897 and constructed in 1898. At the same time, this car is the first in the area of ​​Czechoslovakia later in a factory -built automobile.

The structure of the four-seat, open car was modeled on a carriage manufacturer named " my lord ".

The vehicle had a two-cylinder boxer engine of the Mannheim carmaker Benz & Cie.. mounted either with surface carburettor at the rear. This had 2750 cc and made 5 hp ( 3.7 kW). The ignition of the fuel-air mixture brought about a Bosch magneto - break ignition. To lubricate the unit, the driver had to press several drip oiler. The engine was already equipped with water cooling: Behind the rear seats was a double-walled, air-moving condenser tube. The condensed water flowed in two containers next to the rear wheels and from there back into the engine.

The engine power was transmitted by two crossed flat belt to a countershaft. From there they carried two machine chains to the rear wheels. The two-stage countershaft transmission was operated with the steering column: In the middle position was idle, pushed forward the mountain passage was inserted and for the overdrive the driver had to strutting the steering column to itself. The top speed was 28 - 30 km / h

The vehicle was also already equipped with two brakes. The right outside of the building sitting handbrake acted as external band brake on the countershaft. With a pedal you could - also by outer band - brake the hub of the rear wheels. The car had wooden spoked wheels with solid rubber tires.

From this type only a vehicle on 21 / May 22, 1898 by its CEO, Hugo Fischer von Röslerstamm and three other riders from Nesselsdorf the first automobile exhibition on the occasion of the 50 -year-old Jubilee of Emperor Franz Joseph I came to Vienna was brought. After the exhibition it remained as a driving school vehicle for the Austrian Automobile Club and is since 1919 in the Technical Museum in Prague.

1899 published several much improved successor, under the name Nesselsdorf President - are summarized successor. The nine vehicles were named individually: They were called Meteor, Nesselsdorf, Vienna, mountaineers, tempter, Adhof rascal, Balder and Metrans.

Your engine power was now at the same cubic capacity 6 hp ( 4.4 kW ), or for the Nesselsdorf 9 hp ( 6.6 kW). The evaporative water cooling had given closed circuits and the primary drive from the motor to the countershaft, which now had four courses, was accomplished with chains instead of belts. The 905-950 kg vehicles reached 30 - 48 km / h As an alternative to the solid rubber tires you could also order pneumatic tires.

In the following year appeared as a successor to the Type A.

Source

• Schmarbeck, Wolfgang: Tatra - The History of Tatra automobiles, publisher of the International Car and Motorcycle Museum Germany, Bad Oeynhausen (1977 )