• Source: Black Motor Company

      • The Black was an American brass era automobile, built at 124 East Ohio Street, Chicago, Illinois, in 1906.
      It was a high wheeler buggy priced at a US$375-$450, when Gale's Model A was $500, the high-volume Oldsmobile Runabout went for $650, and the Ford "Doctor's Car" was $850.
      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. It bragged speeds of 2-25 mph (3.2–40 km/h) and mileage of 30mpg (12.75 L/100 km).
      Surreys and "top motor buggies" were also advertised.


      Black Crow and Chicago Motor Buggy


      From 1909 to 1911, Black sold a rebadged Crow-Elkhart automobile as the "Black Crow". In addition to Black and Black Crow names, during 1908 and 1909, the company also sold a two-cylinder, high-wheeler under the Chicago Motor Buggy name.


      References




      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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