ABC (1906 automobile)

Template:Distinguish Template:Refimprove Template:Short description Template:Infobox company ABC was an American high wheeler automobile built by Albert Bledsoe Cole in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, from 1905 to 1910.<ref name="Kimes">Template:Cite book</ref>

Known as the Autobuggy<ref group=note>Not to be confused with the Auto-Buggy that was made by Success Automobile Manufacturing Company.</ref> from 1906 to 1908, it was sold as "the cheapest high-grade car in America", and was available with Template:Cvt two-cylinder and Template:Cvt four-cylinder engines, friction drive, and pneumatic or solid tires. The drive system used a cone and two bevel wheels, one for forward and the other for reverse. This allowed it to reach its Template:Cvt top speed in either direction. A larger engine was fitted in 1908, and the wheelbase grew from Template:Cvt to Template:Cvt. Its high ground clearance made it popular in rural areas.

Later models were more conventional with two- or four-cylinder engines, but the market for high wheelers was disappearing and the company folded in 1910.

References

• Georgano, G.N., "A.B.C.," in G.N. Georgano, ed., "The Complete Encyclopedia of Motorcars 1885-1968" (Arkansas E.P. Dutton and Co., 1974), pp. 23.