Ajax (automobile)
See also: Ajax (1906 automobile) - Swiss car; Ajax (1913 automobile) - French car; or Ajax (1921 automobile) - American car.The
Ajax was an
American automobile manufactured by the
Nash Motors Corporation of
Kenosha, Wisconsin between 1925-1926. The Ajax was produced in the newly acquired Mitchell Motors Company plant in
Racine, Wisconsin. Mitchell was the manufacture of
Mitchell brand automobiles between 1903-1923.
The Ajax was built using machinery from Nash's other acquisition, the
LaFayette Motors Company of
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which was moved to and installed in the Racine plant.
Despite receiving good reviews from the automotive press and the general public, the Ajax brand was discontinued in 1926 after over 22,000 models were sold.
Charles W. Nash ordered that the production continue instead as the
Nash Ajax Light Six. Production was stopped for two days while Nash hub caps, emblems and radiator shells were trucked to Racine where all unshipped Ajax brand cars were
retrofitted into being Nash automobiles. Likewise, kits were sent to dealers to retrofit all unsold cars. Nash even made the kits available to consumers who bought Ajax cars, but did not want to own an
orphaned make automobile.
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