Indianapolis Automobile and Vehicle Company

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CH Black Manufacturing Company
Indianapolis Automobile and Vehicle Company
legal form Company
founding 1896
resolution 1900
Seat Indianapolis , Indiana , USA
management Charles H. Black
Branch Automobiles

Indianapolis Automobile and Vehicle Company , formerly CH Black Manufacturing Company , was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Charles H. Black had already made a vehicle in 1893. In 1896 he founded the CH Black Manufacturing Company in Indianapolis , Indiana . He started with the production of automobiles. The brand name was initially Black , from 1899 also Indianapolis . The sale was limited to the local area. In 1899 the name was changed to Indianapolis Automobile and Vehicle Company . Production ended in 1900 when Black sold the patents to the Indiana Motor & Vehicle Company . Two vehicles still exist.

vehicles

The vehicles were similar to the Benz & Cie. A single-cylinder engine in the rear drove the rear axle.

literature

  • 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. 128 (English).
  • 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)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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. 128 (English).
  2. ↑ 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)