Английская Википедия:A Automobile Company

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A Automobile Company was a brass era American automobile manufacturer located in Sacramento, California from 1910 to 1913.[1] It sold a car known as the Blue & Gold.[1]

History

Tha A Automobile Company was founded in Sacramento, California, in September 1910 by San Francisco businessmen E. C. Collins (president), J. H. Graham (vice president), T. F. Cooke (treasurer), and C. E. Gibbs (secretary).Шаблон:Sfn They planned a factory with a capacity of 5000 cars, built on land given to the company by North Sacramento Land Company.Шаблон:Sfn

Offices were set up in Sacramento in January 1911.Шаблон:Sfn

Their first product was to be a torpedo-bodied runabout, named the Blue & Gold, after the colors of California's state flag.Шаблон:Sfn

By 1913, a small number of cars had been built, with four- or six-cylinder engine, electric lights, self-starting, and left-hand drive.Шаблон:Sfn The four, on a Шаблон:Convert wheelbase, was priced at US$1150, with sliding-gear three-speed transmission.Шаблон:Sfn The six sold for $2100.Шаблон:Sfn

Though production in 1913 was projected to be 500, as few as 29 were actually built.Шаблон:Sfn

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