Black Motor Company

Infobox Automobile


name = Black
manufacturer = Black Motor Company
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class = Entry-level car
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body_style = roadster, surrey
engine = two-cylinder aircooled gasoline
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fuel_economy = 30 mpg (12.75 l/100 km)
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designer = The Black was a brass era United States automobile, built at 124 East Ohio Street, [Clymer, Floyd. "Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877-1925" (New York: Bonanza Books, 1950), p.32.] Chicago, Illinois, in 1906.

It was a high wheeler buggy priced at a surprisingly low US$375-$450, [Clymer, p.31.] when Gale's Model A was US$500, [Clymer, p.51.] the high-volume Oldsmobile Runabout went for US$650, [Clymer, p.32.] and the Ford "Doctor's Car" was US$850. [Clymer, p.37.]

The Black featured a 10 hp (7.5 kW) two-cylinder aircooled gasoline engine, chain drive, wheel steering and (unusual for the era) double brakes. [Clymer, p.61.] It bragged speeds of 2-25 mph (3.2-40 km/h) and mileage of 30mpg (12.75 l/100km). [Clymer, p.61.]

Surries and "top motor buggies" were also advertised. [Clymer, p.61.]

From 1909 to 1911, Black sold a rebadged Crow-Elkhart automobile as the "Black Crow".

ources

*Clymer, Floyd. "Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877-1925" (New York: Bonanza Books, 1950), p.32.] ork: Bonanza Books, 1950).
*Wise, David Burgess. "The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles". ISBN 0-7858-1106-0

See also

*List of defunct United States automobile manufacturers
*List of automobile manufacturers
*List of cars