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Adventure in the Benz Victoria - long-distance journey over almost 1000 kilometers 130 years ago

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Benz Victoria (1893) - with horizontal 1.7-liter single-cylinder engine and 3 hp

Benz Victoria (1894) - Baron Theodor von Liebieg (right) and Franz Stransky in their long-distance Benz with third headlight

Benz Victoria (1894) - Exit of the Benz family with Theodor von Liebig (in the right-hand car), who drove his Benz from Bohemia to Mannheim, in August 1894

Benz Victoria (1893) - Visually still close to the coach, but with a steering knuckle and a much more modern chassis

Benz Victoria (1893) - A touch of hot rod: red wheels, bigger at the back than at the front

Benz Victoria (1893) - The exhibit in the Mercedes-Benz Museum

Benz Victoria (1893) - The steering mechanism in detail. Almost concealed by the transverse spring: the thin track rods

Benz Victoria (1893) - The steering crank on the vertical steering column

Benz Victoria (1893) - The world's first steerable steering knuckles

Benz Victoria (1894) - The first page of Theodor von Liebig's travel diary including a photo of the two travelers in the Benz car

Benz Victoria (1894) - Excerpt from the travel diary including a photo of the travelers "tinkering" with the carriage

Benz Victoria (1894) - Excerpt from the diary, which reports on the farewell in Mannheim and a refueling with Äppelwein