A Automobile Company

The A Automobile Company was an American brass era automobile manufacturer located in Sacramento, California from 1910 to 1913. The company produced vehicles under the brand name Blue & Gold.

History

Established in September 1910, the A Automobile Company was founded by San Francisco businessmen E. C. Collins, J. H. Graham, T. F. Cooke, and C. E. Gibbs. They planned to construct a factory with a capacity of 5000 cars, on land provided by the North Sacramento Land Company.
Offices were set up in Sacramento in January 1911.
Their first product was to be a torpedo-bodied runabout, named the Blue & Gold.
By 1913, a small number of cars had been built, with four- or six-cylinder engine, electric lights, self-starting, and left-hand drive. The four-cylinder, on a wheelbase, was priced at US$1150, with sliding-gear three-speed transmission. The six-cylinder sold for $2100.
Though production in 1913 was projected to be 500, as few as 29 were actually built.