Aluminum (automobile)
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The '''Aluminum''' was an [[United States|American]] [[automobile]] built by the [[Aluminum Manufacturers, Inc.]] of [[Cleveland]], from 1920 to 1922. The car was manufactured primarily as an experiment, in an attempt to prove that [[aluminium]] could be used in the construction of automobiles. Six cars were built; each was a five-passenger [[touring car]] weighing 2400 [[pound (mass)|lb]] (1100 [[kilogram|kg]]) and featuring a 126-inch (3.20 m) [[wheelbase]] and a [[four-cylinder]] [[Alcoa]] engine. In 1922 [[Pierce-Arrow]] became involved in the company, and all cars built after that point were constructed under Pierce-Arrow's aegis and bore the name [[Pomeroy (automobile)|Pomeroy]].
In an unrelated incident, in 1988, when the soon-to-be-introduced [[Chevrolet Lumina|Lumina]] model became the nameplate under which [[Chevrolet]] was to compete in [[NASCAR]], irate fans bombarded NASCAR with letters protesting the unfairness of Chevrolet being allowed to race an aluminium car.
[[Category:Vintage vehicles]]
[[Category:Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of the United States]]
[[Category:Motor vehicle manufacturers based in Ohio]]{{Vintage-auto-stub}}