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Colt Runabout

The Colt Runabout was an American Brass-era automobile built in Yonkers, New York, in 1907 by William Mason Turner.

It was a two-seater, with a long hood and short tail (where a pair of spare tires were mounted), characteristic of the period, and weighing in at . It was priced at US$1500, compared to US$650 for the high-volume Oldsmobile Runabout and the two-seat Ford Model C "doctor's car" at $850, but below the $1600 of the Oakland 40, and well below even American's lowest-priced model, which was $4250 (its highest was $5250).

The Runabout's 477-in<sup>3</sup> (7819&nbsp;cc) (4.5×5.0-inch, 114×127&nbsp;mm) six-cylinder produced , and Colt claimed the car could reach 60&nbsp;mph (97&nbsp;km/h).

References

Sources

  • Clymer, Floyd. Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877-1925. New York, Bonanza Books, 1950.