The origins of the Rambler Car can be traced back to 1897, when Thomas B. Jeffery built his first prototype automobile.
Jeffery was involved in the bicycle business.
Alomg with R. Philip Gormully, they produced the Rambler bicycle from 1879.
He founded the Thomas B. Jeffery Company and bought the old Sterling Bicycle Co. factory in Kenosha, Wisconsin, where he started to produce Rambler cars.
In 1902, he produced 1,500 cars making him the second largest auto manufacturer in the United States.
Rambler introduced innovations such as the steering wheel and spare tires.
Thomas B. Jeffery died in 1910.
His son Charles, replaced the branding from Rambler to Jeffery to honor his father.
The family eventually sold the business to Charles Nash.
The company was renamed, Nash Motors.
Nash continued with success the production of the Rambler Car.
In 1954, Nash merged with Kelvinator and the Hudson Motor Car Company.
The entire Rambler line received the Motor Trend Car of the Year award in 1963.
But after a change of direction, the Rambler name was slowly phased out, and the final Rambler branded car in the United States was in 1969.
The Rambler brand continued overseas for several more years.
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