National Automobile and Motor Company

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National Automobile Company
National Automobile and Motor Company
legal form Company
founding 1902
resolution 1903
Reason for dissolution Bankrupt
Seat Milwaukee , Wisconsin , USA
Branch Automobiles

National Automobile and Motor Company , formerly the National Automobile Company , was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

HH Muggley and Charles Jameson founded the National Automobile Company in 1902 in Oshkosh , Wisconsin . Marion Black was the designer. He completed the first vehicle in August 1902. The brand name was National . The two founders hoped in vain for help from the city to introduce series production.

So they moved to Milwaukee , Wisconsin. There they founded the National Automobile and Motor Company in February 1903 . Or maybe it was just a change of name. Production started. The Weber Cycle Company from the same building that sold General Automobile & Manufacturing Company vehicles sold the vehicles. Bankruptcy followed in September 1903 .

Other US manufacturers of passenger cars of the brand National were National Motor Company (1899-1900) and National Motor Vehicle Company (1900-1924).

vehicles

The first vehicle from August 1902 had a hood similar to that of Renault vehicles . At Renault, the water cooler was mounted behind the engine, which meant there was no need for a radiator grille that was visible from the front . However , it is not known whether the engine was water- cooled or air-cooled at the National . The structure was a touring car with four seats. The original price is $ 1500 .

literature

  • Beverly Rae Kimes, Henry Austin Clark Jr .: Standard catalog of American Cars. 1805-1942. Digital edition . 3. Edition. Krause Publications, Iola 2013, ISBN 978-1-4402-3778-2 , pp. 1037 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Beverly Rae Kimes, Henry Austin Clark Jr .: Standard catalog of American Cars. 1805-1942. Digital edition . 3. Edition. Krause Publications, Iola 2013, ISBN 978-1-4402-3778-2 , pp. 1037 (English).
  2. ↑ Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry . McFarland & Company, London 2000, ISBN 978-0-7864-0972-3 , pp. 208 (English).