Bi-Autogo

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Designed and built by Detroit artist & engineer James Scripps Booth,[3] it had the usual two wheels (wooden-spoked, Script error: No such module "convert".), plus two pairs of smaller, retractable outrigger wheels[4] in the three-seater body.[3] Fitted with wheel steering,[3] it had a 45 hp (33.5 kW) V8 engine (Script error: No such module "convert"., Script error: No such module "convert".),[3] the first of its kind from a Detroit company,[5] with an external copper tube radiator, and a weight of Script error: No such module "convert"..[5] Just one was built. It is in the collection of the Detroit Historical Society.[6] The Bi-Autogo was restored in 2017 by Mobsteel in Detroit.[7]

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  1. Clymer, Floyd. Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877-1925 (New York: Bonanza Books, 1950), p.115.
  2. Irish Times, September, 2009
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