{"id":1123,"date":"2015-02-16T12:16:39","date_gmt":"2015-02-16T17:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flymall.org\/blog\/?p=1123"},"modified":"2015-02-16T12:25:13","modified_gmt":"2015-02-16T17:25:13","slug":"1913-scripps-booth-bi-autogo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flymall.org\/blog\/2015\/02\/1913-scripps-booth-bi-autogo\/","title":{"rendered":"1913 Scripps Booth Bi-Autogo"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Seating for three and powered by Detroit’s first V8 engine, the Bi-Autogo is a vehicle that has slipped through the cracks of history books.\u00a0 Designed and built by James Scripps Booth, beginning at the age of 20, the Bi-Autogo was intended to be produced as an exclusive sports car for a select clientele. Despite its relative anonymity, the Bi-Autogo introduced many features to the automotive industry; including, the disappearing armrest and push button horn. Two pairs of landing wheels were used to maintain balance when motionless or traveling at less than 25 mph. While the engine and drive mechanism worked perfectly, the steering was problematic, and could not be remedied.\u00a0 Specifications: 45 hp, 332 ci, V-8 engine. Production cost $25,000. Wheelbase: 140 inches, weight:3200 pounds. The starter was pneumatic as in marine engines, see red inlets on cylinders; or hand crank start. The Bi-Autogo won the blue ribbon as the most popular car in the Automotive Golden Jubilee Antique Car Show in 1946, 33 years after production.<\/p>\n

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Designed and built by Detroit artist & engineer James Scripps Booth, it had the usual two wheels, spooked wooden ones), plus two pairs of smaller, retractable outrigger wheels (an idea that has resurfaced since) in the three-seater body.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>It had a 45 hp V8 engine, the first of its kind from a Detroit company, with an external copper tube radiator, and a weight of 3,200-lb. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Just one was built. It is on display at the Owls Head Transportation Museum in Owls Head, Maine.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Detroit first V8 engine, Detroit’s first V-8 engine, First v8 engine, First V-8 engine<\/p>\n

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Tags: three wheeler, 3 wheeler<\/p>\n

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    Seating for three and powered by Detroit’s first V8 engine, the Bi-Autogo is a vehicle that has slipped through the cracks of history books.\u00a0 Designed and built by James Scripps Booth, beginning at the age of 20, the Bi-Autogo was intended to be produced as an exclusive sports car for a select clientele. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p95FsX-i7","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2696,"url":"https:\/\/flymall.org\/blog\/2018\/09\/lincoln-and-kennedy\/","url_meta":{"origin":1123,"position":0},"title":"Lincoln and Kennedy","date":"September 8, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Here are some coincidences between President Lincoln and President Kennedy.\u00a0 This appeared in the American Press in 1964.\u00a0 This list has become part of\u00a0 American folklore.\u00a0 Some items on the list have been found to be false and some cannot be proven true.\u00a0 Its an interesting list to say the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Newsletters"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1195,"url":"https:\/\/flymall.org\/blog\/2015\/09\/flymall-end-of-summer-newsletter-2015\/","url_meta":{"origin":1123,"position":1},"title":"Flymall End of Summer Newsletter 2015","date":"September 14, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Welcome to the Flymall.org\/Kraemer Aviation end of summer newsletter. For the team at Flymall.org it has been a busy summer. We sold a million dollar aircraft to one of our long time clients. And our own Pat Kraemer earned her flight instructor certificate. Our wheels and wings business continues to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Newsletters"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1072,"url":"https:\/\/flymall.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/flymall-october-2014-newsletter\/","url_meta":{"origin":1123,"position":2},"title":"Flymall October 2014 Newsletter","date":"October 15, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Welcome to our October newsletter. \u00a0Lots going on at the Flymall.\u00a0 \u00a0Pat Kraemer made her first flight in our Piper Arrow for Pilot\u2019s N Paws http:\/\/www.pilotsnpaws.org\/. We are happy to be supporting this organization dedicated to helping our K9 friends find forever homes.\u00a0\u00a0You can follow Pat on her Pilot\u2019s N\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Newsletters"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":47,"url":"https:\/\/flymall.org\/blog\/2010\/02\/fly-the-airplane\/","url_meta":{"origin":1123,"position":3},"title":"Fly the airplane!","date":"February 6, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Will \u201cFly the aircraft\u201d become a lost skill?\u00a0 With more and more technology being crammed into general aviation aircraft and pilots are taught to push a button for this or that, what is going to happen to our basic stick and rudder skills?\u00a0 I remember my first lesson, my instructor\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Newsletters"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/flymall.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/DSC_27351-300x200.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flymall.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1123"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flymall.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flymall.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flymall.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flymall.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1123"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/flymall.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1131,"href":"https:\/\/flymall.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1123\/revisions\/1131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flymall.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flymall.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flymall.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}