![]() At a later date, in the modified form of a vertical single-cylinder engine, known as the grandfather clock engine because of its characteristic shape, it would be used to power the riding car of 1885 and the motor stagecoach of 1886. That summer, Daimler worked with Wilhelm Maybach on the high-speed, horizontal test engine featuring a hot-tube ignition system. ![]() This was the first step in the development of the modern automobile drive system. On August 15, 1883, the longstanding Kurtz bell foundry in Stuttgart delivered cast parts to Gottlieb Daimler in Cannstatt for a new type of engine. * Hot-tube ignition and curved groove control permitted high speeds * Steady refinement of the gasoline engine to a small, high-speed unit * The test engine from Gottlieb Daimler laid the foundations for the development of the modern automobile drive system 1883: the high-speed engine with hot-tube ignition system from Daimler
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