The Black was an American brass era automobile , built at 124 East Ohio Street, Chicago , Illinois, in 1906.
4-579: 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. From 1909 to 1911, Black sold
8-477: 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. This article about an automotive industry corporation or company is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a brass-era automobile produced between 1905 and 1915
12-600: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . High wheeler A high wheeler is a car which uses large diameter wheels that are similar to those used by horse-drawn vehicles . These cars were produced until about 1915, predominantly in the United States . High wheelers were derived from horse-drawn wagons , and often were conversions of these. Similarly to these wagons, they often had wood-spoke wheels , suspensions, and boxy wooden bodies. The large-diameter slender wheels provided ample ground clearance on
16-409: The primitive roads of the late 19th century, and frequently had solid rubber tires . These cars were produced in many body styles. The most common were the motorized wagon (utility vehicle) runabout , roadster and buggy , some with detachable tonneaus . Before gasoline engines became widely available, high wheelers were powered by electric motors or steam engines . The decline of
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