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| [[Image:1916Scripps-Booth B.jpg|right|thumb|200px|1916 Scripps Booth Model C]] | | [[Automobile]] engines from [[Chevrolet]]. |
| '''Scripps-Booth''' was a [[United States]] [[automobile]] company based in [[Detroit, Michigan]] which produced motor vehicles from 1913 through 1923.
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| The company was founded by artist and engineer [[James Scripps Booth|James Booth]] (of the [[E. W. Scripps Company|Scripps]] [[publishing]] family), who also built the [[Bi-Autogo (automobile)|Bi-Autogo]].<ref>Clymer, Floyd. ''Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877-1925'' (New York: Bonanza Books, 1950), p.115.</ref> Scripps Booth company produced autos intended for the luxury market.
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| For 1914, Scripps Booth offered a three-passenger [[torpedo (car)|torpedo]] [[roadster]], powered by a 103in<sup>3</sup> (1702 cc) (2⅞×4-inch, 3½×102 mm)<ref>Clymer, Floyd. ''Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877-1925'' (New York: Bonanza Books, 1950), p.149.</ref> 18 hp (13 kW) watercooled four cylinder<ref name="Clymer, p.149">Clymer, p.149.</ref> of [[overhead valve|valve-in-head]] design<ref name="Clymer, p.149"/> (very sophisticated for the period), with [[Zenith Carburetters|Zenith]] [[carburetor]] and [[Atwater-Kent]] automatic spark advance.<ref name="Clymer, p.149"/> It featured a 110 in (2794 mm) [[wheelbase]] and 30×3½-inch (76×8.8-cm)<ref name="Clymer, p.149"/> [[Houk (wheel manufacturer)|Houk]] detachable [[wire wheel]]s, with three speeds and (still a rarity then) shaft drive.<ref name="Clymer, p.149"/> With complete electrical equipment, from [[Bijur (starter manufacturer)|Bijur]]<ref name="Clymer, p.149"/> [[electric starter|starter]] to ignition (on a separate switch from starter) to [[headlight]]s to [[Klaxet]] electric horn (with a button in the steering hub, rather than a bulb)<ref name="Clymer, p.149"/> to pushbutton door locks,<ref name="Clymer, p.149"/> it sold for US$775,<ref name="Clymer, p.149"/> compared to US$700 for the [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] [[Ford Model N#Model S|Model S]] (new in 1909), US$650 for the high-volume [[Oldsmobile]] [[Oldsmobile Curved Dash|Runabout]],<ref name="Clymer, p.32">Clymer, p.32.</ref> Ford's [[Ford Model T|Model T]] at $550, [[Western Tool Works (automobile company)|Western]]'s Gale Model A at US$500,<ref>Clymer, p.51.</ref> the [[Black Motor Company|Black]] starting as low as $375,<ref>Clymer, p.61.</ref> and the [[Success Automobile Manufacturing Company|Success]] at an amazingly low US$250.<ref name="Clymer, p.32"/>
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| In 1917 the Scripps Booth Company was purchased by [[Chevrolet]]; [[General Motors]] discontinued the brand name in 1923.
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| ==Notes==
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| ==Sources==
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| * Clymer, Floyd. ''Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877-1925''. New York: Bonanza Books, 1950.
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| * [http://www.conceptcarz.com/view/makehistory/786,0/makeHistory.aspx Scripps-Booth history]
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| * [http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1658545_1657686_1657674,00.html 1913 Scripps-Booth Bi-Autogo, called one of the "Worst Cars of All Time"]
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| ==See also==
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| *[[List of automobile manufacturers]]
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| *[[List of defunct automobile manufacturers]]
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| ==Source==
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| *Clymer, Floyd. ''Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877-1925''. New York: Bonanza Books, 1950.
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