1911 Brush Runabout

Summary

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