Black Manufacturing Company

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Black as a highwheeler, dated 1904 by the museum.
Black from 1908

The Black Manufacturing Company was an automobile manufacturer from the United States .

Company history

The company was based in Chicago , Illinois . The production of automobiles began depending on the source, either in 1903 or 1908. Brand names were Black and Black Crow . Production ended in 1910.

vehicles

Brand name Black

One model was the Chicago Motor Buggy .

These were high-wheeled vehicles, called highwheelers , which cost only US $ 375 to US $ 450. For comparison: The Western Gale Model A cost US $ 500, - and the mass-produced Oldsmobile Curved Dash and Ford Doctor's Car US $ 650, - and US $ 850, - respectively.

The Black had an air-cooled two-cylinder - petrol engine with 12 to 18 hp (8.8 to 13.2 kW), chain drive, controlled by a steering wheel and (then uncommon) double brakes. The car reached speeds of 3 to 40 km / h in the various gears and consumed 12.75 l per 100 km of petrol.

Surrey and Top Motor Buggy were available as superstructures .

Brand name Black Crow

Black Crow (1910)

From 1909 to 1910, the Black Manufacturing Company sold a renamed Crow-Elkhart with four-cylinder - line engine , the 25-40 bhp (18.4 to 29 kW) made as Black Crow .

Models

model Construction period cylinder power wheelbase
Chicago Motor Buggy 1908-1909 2 row 14 bhp (10.3 kW) 1765 mm
Black 1908-1909 2 row 18 bhp (13.2 kW) 1905 mm
Black Crow 1909 4 row 40 bhp (29 kW) 2845 mm
Black 1910 2 row 12 bhp (8.8 kW) 1905-2096 mm
Black Crow 25 1910 4 row 25 bhp (18.4 kW) 2718 mm
Black Crow 35 1910 4 row 35 bhp (25.7 kW) 3048 mm

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , Chapter Black (III); Black Crow.
  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 1: A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 168. (English)
  • Beverly Rae Kimes, Henry Austin Clark Jr .: Standard catalog of American Cars. 1805-1942. Digital edition . 3. Edition. Krause Publications, Iola 2013, ISBN 978-1-4402-3778-2 , pp. 129 (English).
  • David Burgess Wise: The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles. Greenwich Editions, London 2004, ISBN 0-86288-258-3 , p. 191. (English)

Web links

Commons : Black Manufacturing Company  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c d e f Clymer, Floyd: Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877–1925 , Bonanza Books, New York (1950)
  2. ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , Chapter Black (III); Black Crow.
  3. ↑ George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 168. (English)
  4. ^ David Burgess Wise: The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles. Greenwich Editions, London 2004, ISBN 0-86288-258-3 , p. 191. (English)
  5. ↑ Beverly Rae Kimes, Henry Austin Clark Jr .: Standard catalog of American Cars. 1805-1942. Digital edition . 3. Edition. Krause Publications, Iola 2013, ISBN 978-1-4402-3778-2 , pp. 129 (English).