Name Moon Car Genre Touring cars Role Automobile Company | Founder Joseph W. Moon Founded 1905 Defunct 1930 Ceased operations 1930 | |
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Former type Automobile Manufacturing Headquarters St. Louis, Missouri, United States | ||
1924 MOON SERIES A TOURING -- UPPER LEVEL CAR THAT DIDN'T LAST LONG
Moon Motor Car Company (1905 - 1930) was an American automobile company that was located in St. Louis, Missouri. The company had a venerable reputation among the buying public, as it was known for fully assembled, easily affordable mid-level cars using high-quality parts. Often this meant the manufacturing process required more human intervention, leading to operating losses.
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The company was founded by carriage maker Joseph W. Moon. Moon produced both cars and trucks. Moon Motor's peak production year was 1925 when the company produced 10,271 vehicles.
History
In addition to the Moon name, Moons were sold under the Hol-Tan name in 1908. Moon produced the Diana via its subsidiary the Diana Motors Company in 1925 - 1928. Another subsidiary produced the Windsor in 1929-1930.
The firm also produced a cotton picker built under contract from the American Cottonpicker Corporation.
Beginning in 1924, Moon was increasingly unable to meet dealership orders. The company went out of business at the start of the Great Depression; the Moon factory was purchased by Ruxton automobile.
Moon automobiles are on display at the Missouri History Museum and Museum of Transportation in St. Louis, Missouri and Pioneer Village Foundation Museum in Minden, NE. The amusement park Six Flags St. Louis also features a ride using the Moon automobile body.
Walt Disney famously had to sell his Moon Roadster to help finance the production of Steamboat Willie in 1928.
Models
Note: This table is derived from the Curt McConnell reference