Black_Motor_Company

Black Motor Company

Black Motor Company

Defunct American motor vehicle manufacturer

For the Indianapolis company, see Black (automobile).

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]

References

  1. [1]
    Clymer, Floyd. Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877–1925 (New York: Bonanza Books, 1950), p.32.
  2. [2]
    Clymer, p.31.
  3. [3]
    Clymer, p.51.
  4. [4]
    Clymer, p.32.
  5. [5]
    Clymer, p.37.
  6. [6]
    Clymer, p.61.
  7. [7]
    Kimes, Beverly (1996). standard catalog of American Cars 1805-1942. Krause publications. ISBN 0-87341-428-4.
  8. [8]
    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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