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{{short description|Defunct American motor vehicle manufacturer}}
{{Infobox company
|name = ABC
|image = 1908ABC.jpg
|image_size = 220px
|image_caption = Advertisement in ''[[Popular Mechanics]]''
|fate = 
|successor = 
|foundation = 1905
|defunct = 1910
|location = [[St. Louis, Missouri]]
|industry = [[Automotive industry|Automotive]]
|key_people = 
|products = [[Car|Automobile]]s<br>[[Truck]]s<br>[[Tractor]]s
}}
'''ABC''' was an American [[high wheeler]] automobile built by '''Albert Bledsoe Cole''' in [[St. Louis, Missouri]], USA, from 1905 to 1910.<ref name="Kimes">{{cite book |last = Kimes |first = Beverly Rae |author2=Clark Jr, Henry Austin |title = ''Standard Catalog of American Cars: 1805–1942'' |publisher = Krause Publications |year = 1996 |location = Iola, WI |pages = 13 |isbn = 978-0-87341-428-9}}</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 {{cvt|18|hp|kW|lk=in}} two-cylinder and {{cvt|30|hp|kW}} four-cylinder engines, [[friction drive]], and [[Tire|pneumatic]] or [[Tire#Construction types|solid tire]]s. The drive system used a cone and two bevel wheels, one for forward and the other for reverse. This allowed it to reach its {{cvt|30|mph|km/h}} top speed in either direction. A larger engine was fitted in 1908, and the wheelbase grew from {{cvt|72|in|cm}} to {{cvt|90|in|cm}}. 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.

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==References==
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* [[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.&nbsp;23.

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[[Category:Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of the United States]]
[[Category:Cars introduced in 1905]]
[[Category:Highwheeler]]
[[Category:Cars discontinued in 1910]]

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