Black Motor Company
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| Manufacturer | Black Motor Company |
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| Body style | roadster, surrey |
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| Engine | two-cylinder air-cooled gasoline |
The Black was a brass era United States automobile, built at 124 East Ohio Street,[1] Chicago, Illinois, in 1906.
It was a high wheeler buggy priced at a surprisingly low US$375-$450,[2] when Gale's Model A was US$500,[3] the high-volume Oldsmobile Runabout went for US$650,[4] and the Ford "Doctor's Car" was US$850.[5]
The Black featured a 10 hp (7.5 kW) two-cylinder air-cooled gasoline engine, chain drive, wheel steering and (unusual for the era) double brakes.[6] It bragged speeds of 2-25 mph (3.2–40 km/h) and mileage of 30mpg (12.75 l/100 km).[6]
Surreys and "top motor buggies" were also advertised.[6]
Black Crow and Chicago Motor Buggy
From 1909 to 1911, Black sold a rebadged Crow-Elkhart automobile as the "Black Crow".[7] In addition to Black and Black Crow names, during 1908 and 1909,[8] the company also sold a two-cylinder, high-wheeler under the Chicago Motor Buggy name.[7]
See also
- List of defunct United States automobile manufacturers
- List of automobile manufacturers
- List of car brands
References
- ↑ Clymer, Floyd. Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877–1925 (New York: Bonanza Books, 1950), p.32.
- ↑ Clymer, p.31.
- ↑ Clymer, p.51.
- ↑ Clymer, p.32.
- ↑ Clymer, p.37.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Clymer, p.61.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Kimes, Beverly. Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805-1942 (Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1996), p.303, calls them the Black Manufacturing Company.
Sources
- Clymer, Floyd. Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877–1925 (New York: Bonanza Books, 1950), p. 32.
- Kimes, Beverly. Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805-1942. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1996.
- Wise, David Burgess. The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles. ISBN 0-7858-1106-0
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