American Motor Truck Company

American Motor Truck Company

Company type	Truck Company
Industry	Manufacturing
Founded	1918;107 years ago (1918)
Founder	Frank M. Blair
Defunct	1927;98 years ago (1927)
Headquarters	Newark, Ohio, US
Products	Trucks

American Motor Truck Company plant (1920)

ACE truck

ACE Advertisement (1920)

ACE Price List (1920)

ACE Truck (1920)

ACE bus 26-28 persons (1922)

ACE Truck (1919)

The American Motor Truck Company of Newark, Ohio, was a truck manufacturer. ^[1]

History

The American Motor Truck Company produced trucks from 1918 to 1927. The predecessor company was founded at the end of 1911 as Blair Manufacturing Company with a capital of US$ 100,000 by Frank M. Blair. To finance the starting capital, the investors John R. McCune, Willis A. Robbins, Edwin C. Wright, and Harry H. Baird came on board. The company was operated under the name Blair Manufacturing Company until 1914. Then it was renamed in Blair Motor Truck Company (1914–1918). Another renaming took place in 1918, leading to the American Motor Truck Company (1918–1927). The brand names were Blair from 1911 to 1918 and ACE from 1918.

Products

In 1920

• 1 t
• 2 t ^[2] Buda engine 5114 cc
• 3 t ^[3] Buda engine 5114 cc
• 4 t

Production figures ACE trucks

The pre-assigned serial numbers only indicate the maximum possible production quantity.

Year	Production figures	Model	Load capacity	Serial Number
1918
1919		56 [4]	1 t
			1.5 t
			2.5 t
1920			1t, 2t, 3 t, 4 t
1921
1922		C	1.5 t
		A	2.5 t
	> 9 [5] [6]	C bus [7]	26-28 persons
1923		30	1.5 t	3000 to
		40	2 t	4000 to
		40 long wheel base	2 t	4000 to
		60	3 t	5000 to
		60 long wheel base	3 t	5000 to
		D bus	25 persons
		C bus	29 persons
1924		30	1.5 t
		56	2.5 t
		60	3 t
		60 long wheel base	3 t
		C bus	30 persons
		C bus 6 cyl.	30 persons
1925		30	1.5 t
		56	2.5 t
		60	3 t
		60 long wheel base	3 t
		C bus	30 persons
		C bus 6 cyl.	30 persons
1926		60	2.5 t
		C bus 6 cyl.	30 persons
		C bus 6 cyl.	30 persons
1927		60	2.5 t
		C bus 6 cyl.	30 persons
		C bus 6 cyl.	30 persons
Sum [8]

References

1. "ACE". Trucking business c.1 v.24 Jan-Jun 1920. 1920-01-01. Retrieved 2025-12-03.
2. "ACE 1.5 -2 t". Trucking business c.1 v.24 Jan-Jun 1920. 1920-01-01. Retrieved 2025-12-03.
3. "ACE 1.5 -2 t". Trucking business c.1 v.24 Jan-Jun 1920. 1920-01-01. Retrieved 2025-12-03.
4. "ACE Model 56 (1 t)". Motor age v.36:pt.2 1919. 1919-10-23. Retrieved 2025-12-03.
5. "ACE bus". American Motor Truck Company. 1922-06-01. Retrieved 2025-12-03.
6. "ACE bus Harrisburg-Shippensburg". Bus transportation v.1:no.4-11 (1922). 1922-06-01. Retrieved 2025-12-03.
7. "ACE bus technical data". Bus transportation v.1:no.4-11 (1922). 1922-06-01. Retrieved 2025-12-03.
8. "ACE Serial Numbers". Branham automobile reference book, showing in illustrated form the location of motor and serial numbers on all passenger cars and trucks 1929. 1929-01-01. Retrieved 2025-12-03.