• Source: Associated Motor Industries

      • Not related to Associated Motor Industries Sdn Bhd of Malaysia or the fictional National Motors Corporation.
      Associated Motor Industries of Dayton, Ohio, was founded in 1922. It was a merger of a number of existing automobile, truck, and parts manufacturers with the intention of standardising production and obtaining economies of scale. The company was renamed the National Motors Corporation in 1923. By 1924 it had ceased production.


      Merged companies


      The companies initially involved were:

      National Motor Car and Vehicle Corporation, Indianapolis
      Covert Gear Corporation, Lockport, New York - transmission and clutch makers
      Recording and Computing Machines Company, Dayton, Ohio - ignition, magneto, starter, battery and generator manufacturers
      Jackson Motors Corporation, Jackson, Michigan
      Kentucky Wagon Manufacturing Company, Louisville, Kentucky - manufacturer of the Dixie Flyer
      Saginaw Sheet Metal Works, Saginaw, Michigan
      Traffic Motor Truck Corporation, St. Louis, Missouri
      Murray-Tregurtha Corporation, Boston, Mass - manufacturers of gasoline engines
      H F Holbrook Company, New York - manufacturers of automobile bodies.


      Company directors


      The company officers were:

      Wilfred I Ohmer, Chairman of the Board - Recording and Computing Machines Company
      Louis Ruthenburg of Dayton, President - former General Manager of General Motors Delco Light plant
      Vice-Presidents
      Alwin (or Alvin) A Gloetzner, Lockport, New York - Covert Gear Corporation
      Robert V Board, Louisville, Kentucky - Kentucky Wagon Works
      Thoedore C Brandle, St Louis, Missouri - Traffic Motor Truck Corporation
      George M Dickson, Indianapolis - National Motor Car
      Other Directors
      James R Duffin, Louisville - attorney
      Harry G. Stoddard, Worcester, Mass of Wyman-Gordon
      H V Hale, Saginaw, Michigan - Saginaw Sheet Metal Works
      H J Linkert, Dayton
      C L Halliday, Jackson, Michigan
      W W Sterling, Jackson
      C L V Exselsen, Chicago
      Guy Wilson, St Louis - Traffic Motor Truck Corporation
      Buell Hollister, New York
      H F Hollister, New York
      M Douglas Flattery, Boston


      Mission statement


      At its commencement, the company stated that it intended to reduce prices without reducing wages, provide $35 million in dealers’ finance funding, employ 20 000 skilled mechanics, continue manufacturing all existing makes in greater numbers, and freight free anywhere east of the Rocky Mountains.


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