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The Black was a brass era United States automobile, built at 124 East Ohio Street,〔Clymer, Floyd. ''Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877–1925'' (New York: Bonanza Books, 1950), p.32.〕 Chicago, Illinois, in 1906. It was a high wheeler buggy priced at a surprisingly low US$375-$450,〔Clymer, p.31.〕 when Gale's Model A was US$500,〔Clymer, p.51.〕 the high-volume Oldsmobile Runabout went for US$650,〔Clymer, p.32.〕 and the Ford "Doctor's Car" was US$850.〔Clymer, p.37.〕 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.〔Clymer, p.61.〕 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,〔Kimes, Beverly. ''Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805-1942'' (Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1996), p.303, calls them the Black Manufacturing Company.〕 the company also sold a two-cylinder, high-wheeler under the Chicago Motor Buggy name.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Black Motor Company」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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