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Daimler 1883 Engine Discussion And Start Up at 2011 Coolspring Video 1 of 2

1,601 views · Published 29 June 2011 · 6:36 · Indexed 9 October 2026

Channel: Wayne Grenning · 2011 · Autos & Vehicles

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Video 1 0f 2  - Description of this engine's significance by Preston Foster

Go here for the second part of this video:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Yq4Pqts1oY

AT the 2011 June Coolspring show The 1883 Daimler engine made its first public run.  Here Preston Foster ( the Coolspring Power Museum Curator)  discusses the significance of this engine and the important contribution it made to the development of the modern gas engine.  

After viewing this video - see video 2 of 2 for a detailed explanation of its operation and start-up

 This engine is an exact copy of Daimler's prototype engine that was built in 1883 by Daimler - and later destroyed  in a tragic factory fire in 1903.   This  reproduction was in fact built by the Daimler Corporation for Tom Stockton ( Ann Arbor, Mi) in the early 1970's.  It is a running exhibit on loan to the Coolspring Power Museum.

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