Black Motor Company

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Overview
ManufacturerBlack Motor Company
Production19061911
Body and chassis
Body style roadster, surrey
Powertrain
Engine two-cylinder air-cooled gasoline

The Black was an American brass era automobile, built at 124 East Ohio Street, [1] Chicago, Illinois, in 1906.

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It was a high wheeler buggy priced at a US$375-$450, [2] when Gale's Model A was $500, [3] the high-volume Oldsmobile Runabout went for $650, [4] and the Ford "Doctor's Car" was $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]

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References

  1. Clymer, Floyd. Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877–1925 (New York: Bonanza Books, 1950), p.32.
  2. Clymer, p.31.
  3. Clymer, p.51.
  4. Clymer, p.32.
  5. Clymer, p.37.
  6. 1 2 3 Clymer, p.61.
  7. 1 2 Kimes, Beverly (1996). standard catalog of American Cars 1805-1942. Krause publications. ISBN   0-87341-428-4.
  8. Kimes, Beverly. Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805-1942 (Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1996), p.303, calls them the Black Manufacturing Company.

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