Nash Motors Company 1936

Beautifully engraved certificate from the Nash Motors Company issued in 1936. This historic document was printed by the American Banknote Company and has an ornate border around it with a vignette of two allegorical women and a child. This item has the printed signatures of the Company’s President and Treasurer and is over 71 years old.


Certificate Vignette



Charles W. Nash, formerly the president of Buick and of General Motors, had quit both organizations over policy differences. Nash now had a free hand with what he renamed the Nash Motor Company, and he made it an instant success. He set up branch plants in Milwaukee, Racine, and Pine Bluff, Arkansas. By 1926 the Nash, though not a low-priced car, was a large seller, the seventh largest among all the numerous makes then on the market. In 1954, six years after Nash's death, the company was in difficulties, and to strengthen itself it merged with the Hudson firm, of Detroit, to form American Motors. More than twenty years later, still producing cars in Kenosha, American Motors was Wisconsin's largest employer.

American Motors / Nash History

1902

Thomas B. Jeffery Company sell first Rambler March 1 at the Chicago Auto Show.

1913

Jeffery name replaces Rambler.

1916

Charles W. Nash buys Thomas B. Jeffery Company.

1924

Nash is first American production car to offer an electric clock as an option.

1930

Nash introduces "clutch-pedal-starting."

1932

Nash makes a net profit of $1.3 million, six times that of General Motors.

1936

Nash introduces "twin beds seat conversion."

1937

Nash Motors Company merges with Kelvinator to form Nash-Kelvinator Corporation.

1938

Nash introduces "Weather-Eye" heating-ventilating system based on pressurizing the inside of the car to drive out cold temperatures.

1940

Nash is first major employer to offer workers wages of $1 an hour.

1941

Nash 600 is first full-size American car to advertise 600 miles on a 20-gallon tank of gasoline, or 30 miles per gallon.

1941

Nash introduces "unitized" or unit-body construction with other auto makers following - 40 years later.

1950

Nash introduces the Rambler, the only compact car made in the United States.

1950

Nash offers seat belts as an option emphasizing early its concern for safety.

1951

Nash introduces the 1952 Nash Healey roadster sports car.

1952

A Nash Healey wins first in class and third place overall in the LeMans Grand Prix.

1954

Nash offers two-seat Metropolitan built in England by Fisher-Ludlow and Austin. Over 40 miles per gallon of gasoline possible.

1954

Nash is first to offer a completely under-hood mounted air-conditioning unit.

1954

Nash Motors buys Hudson Motor Car Company and forms American Motors Corporation.

1955

Rambler name again dropped from the line.

1957

Nash & Hudson names discontinued.

1958

American Motors is first American automobile manufacturer to successfully reintroduce a previously discontinued model line. The 1953 to 1955 Rambler design is reintroduced as the Rambler American.

1960

Rambler American wins Mobilgas Economy Run.

1962

Rambler American wins Mobilgas Economy Run.

1963

Motor Trend's Car of the Year award goes to the entire AMC Rambler line.

1963

Rambler American wins Mobilgas Economy Run.

1968

American Motors sells its Kelvinator appliance business.

1969

Rambler name discontinued for the third and final time.

1970

American Motors acquires Kaiser-Jeep Company.

1972

AMC introduces the industries broadest "Buyer Protection Plan." Defective parts replaced free up to 12 months or 12,000 miles. AMC car owner provided with free loan car during warranty work.

1978

American Motors affiliates with French government owned Renault.

1983

Renault Alliance named "Car of the Year by Motor Trend.

1987

Chrysler Corporation buys American Motors.

1988

Chrysler Motors announces phase out of assembly and stamping operations in Kenosha.