Scripps-Booth

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1916 Scripps Booth Model C

Scripps-Booth was a United States Automobile company based in Detroit, Michigan which produced motor vehicles from 1913 through 1923.

The company was founded by artist and engineer James Scripps Booth (of the E. W. Scripps Company Publishing family), who also built the Bi-Autogo (automobile).[1] Scripps Booth company produced autos intended for the luxury market.

For 1914, Scripps Booth offered a three-passenger Torpedo (car) Roadster, powered by a 103in3 (1702 cc) (2⅞×4-inch, 3½×102 mm)[2] 18 hp (13 kW) watercooled four cylinder[3] of Overhead valve design[3] (very sophisticated for the period), with Zenith Carburetters Carburetor and Atwater-Kent automatic spark advance.[3] It featured a 110 in (2794 mm) Wheelbase and 30×3½-inch (76×8.8-cm)[3] Houk (wheel manufacturer) detachable Wire wheel, with three speeds and (still a rarity then) shaft drive.[3] With complete electrical equipment, from Bijur (starter manufacturer)[3] Electric starter to ignition (on a separate switch from starter) to Headlight to Klaxet electric horn (with a button in the steering hub, rather than a bulb)[3] to pushbutton door locks,[3] it sold for US$775,[3] compared to US$700 for the Ford Motor Company Ford Model N (new in 1909), US$650 for the high-volume Oldsmobile Oldsmobile Curved Dash,[4] Ford's Ford Model T at $550, Western Tool Works (automobile company)'s Gale Model A at US$500,[5] the Black Motor Company starting as low as $375,[6] and the Success Automobile Manufacturing Company at an amazingly low US$250.[4]

In 1917 the Scripps Booth Company was purchased by Chevrolet; General Motors discontinued the brand name in 1923.

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Notes


  1. ↑ Clymer, Floyd. Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877-1925 (New York: Bonanza Books, 1950), p.115.
  2. ↑ Clymer, Floyd. Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877-1925 (New York: Bonanza Books, 1950), p.149.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 Clymer, p.149.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Clymer, p.32.
  5. ↑ Clymer, p.51.
  6. ↑ Clymer, p.61.

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See also


  • List of automobile manufacturers
  • List of defunct automobile manufacturers

Source

  • Clymer, Floyd. Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877-1925. New York: Bonanza Books, 1950.


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