Gottlieb Daimler Was 31 Years Old When He Became A Technical Director At The Maschinenfabrik In Reutlingen, Where Wilhelm, Now A 19 Year-Old Draftsman, Had The Opportunity To Meet Him. This Meeting Was The Beginning Of 35 Years Of Shared Work, Partnership, And Loyalty Between These Two Icons Of Mobility’s Pioneering And Inventions. In 1872 Wilhelm Maybach (26) Follows Gottlieb Daimler (38) To Work For Nicholas A. Otto (40) At Deutz Gasmotoren Fabrik In Cologne (‘Köln’), Germany Where Wilhelm Initiated His Engineering Studies.