Noma Motor Corporation

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The Noma Motor Corporation was an American automobile manufacturer.

description

The company was based in New York City from 1919 to 1923 . The company was a subsidiary of the Walton Body Company , which manufactured airplane wings.

There are sources for both the spelling Noma Motor Corporation and Noma Motors Corporation . The spelling Motor is contemporary without s .

In January 1919 the first car was exhibited at the New York Automobile Show . Production of the two-seater roadster began in 1920. It was a ready-made model, the six-cylinder in - line engine of which was supplied by the Continental Motors Company and had an output of 55 bhp (40 kW). The chassis was made of laminated wood that was planked with aluminum. This model 1 was also available as a four-seater.

From 1921 the unchanged car was called Model C and from 1922 was also available as a six-seat touring car and five-seat sedan .

Automobile production was stopped at the end of 1923. Around 300 Noma automobiles were built during this time.

Models

model Construction period cylinder power wheelbase Superstructures
1 1920 6 row 55 bhp (40 kW) 3251 mm Speedster 2 seats, Foursome 4 seats
C. 1921-1923 6 row 55 bhp (40 kW) 3251 mm Speedster 2 seats, Foursome 4 seats, sedan 5 seats, touring car 6 seats

literature

  • Beverly Ray Kimes, Henry Austin Clark Jr .: Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805-1942. Krause Publications, Iola WI 1985, ISBN 0-87341-045-9 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Noma Motors Corporation (accessed November 3, 2018)
  2. ↑ Auto Trade Notes In: New York Times, September 21, 1919 (accessed November 3, 2018)
  3. ↑ Best Business NY (accessed November 3, 2018)
  4. ↑ 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. 1045 (English).
  5. ↑ George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 2: G-O . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1119 (English).