Black Motor Company

Black
Black
Overview
Manufacturer	Black Motor Company
Production	1906–1911
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.

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

^ 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c Clymer, p.61.
^ ^a ^b Kimes, Beverly (1996). standard catalog of American Cars 1805-1942. Krause publications. ISBN 0-87341-428-4.
^ 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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[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.

[Clymer,_p.61-6] Clymer, p.61.

[kimes1996-7] 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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