I get the impression from some of these submissions that you guys were there
for the introduction of these cars; how old does that make you?
<LOL>
James Nazarian
71 MGB Tourer
71 MGBGT V8
85 Dodge Ram
----- Original Message -----
From: "Max Heim" <mvheim@attbi.com>
To: "MG List" <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 1:47 PM
Subject: Re: Animals
> I would say it is obvious that vehicles named after humans are not
eligible
> -- it makes the question completely uninteresting -- the answer would be
> Benz (or Panhard, or Cugnot, or Trevithick...).
>
> I am nominating the Panhard Dog-cart of 1892...
>
> Actually, this "name" is another term taken directly from horse-drawn
> coaches -- a "dog-cart" was a light, open carriage. So I am not seriously
> presenting it as a contender.
>
> I just looked up the Daimler-Phenix (note German spelling), and my
reference
> indicates it was the name of the engine which Maybach designed for
Daimler.
> So it was not strictly the name of the vehicle, and that entry may need to
> be reconsidered (source: S.C.H. Davis, 1967).
>
> The Marmon Wasp is legitimate, but I am afraid it is preceded by the
> Bearcat, though I haven't looked it up yet.
>
>
> on 6/3/03 9:47 AM, Ajhsys@aol.com at Ajhsys@aol.com wrote:
>
> > In a message dated 6/3/03 12:26:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> > idcb@airborne.com writes:
> >
> >>> "In 1897, Austrian businessman Emil Jellinek, travelled from his home
in
> >>> Nice, France to purchase a car from the Daimler factory in Cannstatt,
> >> Germany. On
> >>> his return to the French Riviera, his sporting Daimler Phoenix caused
such
> >> a
> >>> sensation that he decided to enter it into a local touring
competition,
> >> under
> >>> the name of "Mercedes" after his favourite 9 year old daughter."
> >>
> >>
> >> By that logic you could count Studebaker, since it was the name
> >> of the founder.
> >
> > - - - - - - - - - - -
> >
> > Nope. The first gas powererd Stude was built in 1904.
> >
> > I still win. :-)
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