Nelson-Bohnalite was the name of a
piston developed by
Adolph Lincoln Nelson in the 1930s and 1940s. The pistons were licensed to
Bohn Aluminum and sold to all the major
auto manufacturers at the time. These were some of the first pistons to use an
aluminum
Aluminium (aluminum in American and Canadian English) is a chemical element with the symbol Al and atomic number 13. Aluminium has a density lower than those of other common metals, at approximately one third that of steel. It ha ...
body with a
steel strut, allowing for the weight of aluminum and the strength of steel where the piston moves on the piston rod. Many then existing brands of autos used this type of piston in the mid-1930s: Auburn, Graham,
Hupmobile
Hupmobile was an automobile built from 1909 through 1939 by the Hupp Motor Car Company of Detroit. The prototype was developed in 1908.
History
Founding
In 1909, Bobby Hupp co-founded Hupp Motor Car Company, with Charles Hastings, for ...
, Nash, Packard, Pierce-Arrow and Studebaker. (from Motors Handbook, 14th edition, 1937)
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