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The Crow-Elkhart was an American A Brief History of Gray Marine Engines
Gas Engine Magazine In 1922, the company went into receivership, and on June 22, 1923, the company's assets were sold for $78,000.
The Crow-Elkhart was an American automobile
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manufactured from 1909 until 1924 by the Crow-Elkhart Motor Company of Elkhart, Indiana
Elkhart ( ) is a city in Elkhart County, Indiana, United States. The city is located east of South Bend, Indiana, east of Chicago, Illinois, and north of Indianapolis, Indiana. Elkhart has the larger population of the two principal cities of th ...
, founded by Martin E. Crow. The company manufactured both four and six cylinder models. After World War I
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, Crow-Elkhart used Gray
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victory engines in some of its cars.Gas Engine Magazine In 1922, the company went into receivership, and on June 22, 1923, the company's assets were sold for $78,000.
Models
Black Crow
From 1909 to 1911, theBlack Motor Company
The Black was a brass era United States automobile, built at 124 East Ohio Street, Chicago, Illinois, in 1906.
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of Chicago, Illinois
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, sold a rebadged
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Crow-Elkhart automobile as the " Black Crow".
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See also
*List of defunct United States automobile manufacturers
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* Brass Era car
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