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.
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, Louisville, Missouri
Murray-Tregurtha Corporation, Boston, Mass - manufacturers of gasoline engines
H F Holbrook Company, New York - manufacturers of automobile bodies.
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
At its commencement that company stated that it intended to reduce prices without reducing wages, provide $35 million in dealers fiannce funding, employ 20,000 skilled mechanics, continue manufacturing all existing makes in greater numbers, and freight free anywhere east of the Rocky Mountains.
