Knox Automobile

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Knox Automobile Company was a manufacturer of automobiles in Springfield, Massachusetts between 1900 and 1914. They made farm tractors until 1924.

1901 Knox Runabout on display in Tallahassee Automobile Museum. This model has a one-cylinder 5 hp (3.7 kW) air-cooled engine.

The 1904 Knox was a runabout model. The flat-mounted air-cooled single-cylinder engine (which led to it sometimes being referred to as "Old Porcupine", due to the numerous projections on the cylinder cases)^[1] was situated at the center of the car and produced 8 hp (6 kW). A 2-speed planetary transmission was fitted. The angle iron-framed car weighed 1850 lb (839 kg) and used side springs. It could seat 2 passengers and sold for US$1350. By contrast, the Ford Model F was US$2000, the FAL US$1750,^[2] the Cole 30^[3] and Colt Runabout each US$1500,^[4] the Oakland 40 US$1600,^[5] and the Enger 40 US$2000,^[6] while the high-volume Oldsmobile Runabout^[7] ran US$650, Western's Gale Model A US$500^[8] and the Brush Runabout was US$485.^[9]

A larger Knox tonneau model, equipped with a straight-2 engine producing 16 hp (11.9 kW), was also produced, for US$2000.

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^ Clymer, Floyd. Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877-1925 (New York: Bonanza Books, 1950), p.170-1.
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