1911 Brush Runabout
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With its one-cylinder engine and wooden axles, the Brush was hardly sophisticated. But the Detroit-based company made a virtue out of the car's simplicity. Brush advertisements proclaimed it, "A simple design made well, not a complicated design made cheaply." Two-seat runabouts like this one started at just $450. Brush was in business from 1906 to 1912.
With its one-cylinder engine and wooden axles, the Brush was hardly sophisticated. But the Detroit-based company made a virtue out of the car's simplicity. Brush advertisements proclaimed it, "A simple design made well, not a complicated design made cheaply." Two-seat runabouts like this one started at just $450. Brush was in business from 1906 to 1912.
Artifact
Automobile
Date Made
1911
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
29.2123.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Steel (Alloy)
Metal
Wood (Plant material)
Leather
Brass (Alloy)
Color
Black (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 50.25 in
Width: 65.5 in
Length: 125.75 in
Inscriptions
Top of honeycomb rediator marked: BRUSH Brass letters on radiator front: BRUSH Hubs marked: BRUSH