Colt Runabout

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Colt Runabout
Manufacturer Colt Runabout Company
Production 1907
Body style(s) Runabout
Engine(s) six-cylinder gasoline

The Colt Runabout was an American brass era automobile, built in Yonkers, New York, in 1907.[1]

It was a two-seater, with the long hood and short tail (where a pair of spare tires were mounted) characteristic of the period,[2] and weighing in at only 1800 lb (816 kg). It was priced at US$1500,[3] compared to US$650 for the high-volume Oldsmobile Runabout[4] and the Ford "Doctor's Car" at US$850,[5] but below the US$1600 of the Oakland 40[6] and well below even American's lowest-price model, which was US$4250 (its highest was US$5250).[7]

The Runabout's 477 in3 (7819 cc) (4.5×5-inch, 114×127 mm) six-cylinder produced 40 hp (30 kW), and Colt claimed the car would hit 60 mph (100 kph), a considerable feat in 1907.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Clymer, Floyd. Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877-1925 (New York: Bonanza Books, 1950), p.63.
  2. ^ Clymer, p.63.
  3. ^ Clymer, p.63.
  4. ^ Clymer, p.32.
  5. ^ Clymer, p.37.
  6. ^ Clymer, p.84.
  7. ^ Clymer, p.91.

[edit] Sources

  • Clymer, Floyd. Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877-1925 (New York: Bonanza Books, 1950), p.32.</ref>ork: Bonanza Books, 1950).

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