You
are
bidding
on
one
hand
made
1888
First
Four
Wheeler
Victoria
Mercedes-Benz,
which
is
beautifully
crafted
using
iron
metal
in
1:18
scale.
All
wheels
are
moveable.
In
1885
the
townspeople
of
Cannstatt,
Germany,
were
startled
to
see
Paul
Daimler,
son
of
Gottlieb
Daimler,
roll
away
from
No.14
Taubenheimstrasse
on
a
wooden-spoked
two-wheeler
powered
by
a
fraction
of
a
horsepower
four-cycle
internal
combustion
engine.
Gottlieb
Daimler
was
the
first
man
to
harness
with
any
true
degree
of
success
a
combustion
engine
into
a
road
vehicle.
Shortly
after
Daimler
applied
for
his
combustion
motor
patent,
Carl
Benz
of
Mannheim,
Germany
was
granted
a
German
patent
covering
a
three-wheel
motor
car
he
constructed
in
1885.
Daimler's
first
four-wheeler,
a
Victoria-type
motor
driven
carriage,
was
built
in
1888