Moon Motor Car

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Moon Motor Car was a United States automobile company, in business c. 1905 - 1930. The company was based in Saint Louis, Missouri.

The company was founded by carriage maker Joseph W. Moon [1]. Moon produced both cars and trucks[1]. Moon Motor's peak production year was 1925 when the company produced 10,271 vehicles[1].

Moon produced the Diana via its subsidiary the Diana Motors Company 1925 - 1928.

The firm was also producing a cottonpicker built under contract from the American Cottonpicker Corporation. [2]

Moon went out of business at the start of the Great Depression; the Moon factory was purchased by Ruxton automobile.

A Moon automobile is on display at the Missouri History Museum in St. Louis, Missouri.

References

  1. ↑ 1.1 1.2 1.3 McConnell, Curt (1995). Great Cars of the Great Plains. University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 0-8032-3163-6
  2. ↑ http://members.core.com/~mcbeed/autos/directory/history/moon.htm Moon - St. Louis Missouri (1905-1929) Founder Joseph W. Moon]
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