Scripps-Booth

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

1 History
2 Vehicles
3 See also
4 Notes
5 References
6 External links

History

The company was founded by artist and engineer James Booth (of the Scripps publishing family), who also built the Bi-Autogo.^[1] Scripps Booth company produced vehicles intended for the luxury market. In 1916 they consolidated with the Sterling Motor Company to become the Scripps-Booth Corporation^[2] By this time Scripps Booth had been purchased by Chevrolet whose founder, William C. Durant, was also the founding president of Sterling Motor Company.^[3] General Motors discontinued the brand name in 1923.

Vehicles

For 1914, Scripps Booth offered a three-passenger torpedo roadster, powered by a 103in³ (1702 cc) (2⅞×4-inch, 3½×102 mm)^[4] 18 hp (13 kW) watercooled four cylinder^[5] of valve-in-head design^[5] (very sophisticated for the period), with Zenith carburetor and Atwater-Kent automatic spark advance.^[5] It featured a 110 in (2794 mm) wheelbase and 30×3½-inch (76×8.8-cm)^[5] Houk detachable wire wheels, with three speeds and (still a rarity then) shaft drive.^[5] With complete electrical equipment, from Bijur^[5] starter to ignition (on a separate switch from starter) to headlights to Klaxet electric horn (with a button in the steering hub, rather than a bulb)^[5] to pushbutton door locks,^[5] it sold for US$775,^[5] compared to US$700 for the Ford Model S (new in 1909), US$650 for the high-volume Oldsmobile Runabout,^[6] Ford's Model T at $550, Western's Gale Model A at US$500,^[7] the Black starting as low as $375,^[8] and the Success at an amazingly low US$250.^[6]

Notes

^ Clymer, Floyd. Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877-1925 (New York: Bonanza Books, 1950), p.115.
^ New York Times, August 9, 1916
^ Chevrolet U.S. and Canadian Production Figures 1912-1931, Kaufmann/Hayward 2002
^ Clymer, Floyd. Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877-1925 (New York: Bonanza Books, 1950), p.149.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Clymer, p.149.
^ ^a ^b Clymer, p.32.
^ Clymer, p.51.
^ Clymer, p.61.

References

Clymer, Floyd. Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877-1925. New York: Bonanza Books, 1950.
Scripps-Booth history
1913 Scripps-Booth Bi-Autogo, called one of the "Worst Cars of All Time"

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