Classic Nash Cars for Sale
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LaFayette
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Metropolitan
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Airflyte
(1)
Ambassador
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LeMans
(1)
Metropoiltan
(1)
Racer
(1)
Statesman
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Nash Motors (1916–1954) was an innovative independent automaker that pioneered unibody construction and the compact car segment. Classic Nash Metropolitans and Ambassadors have a devoted collector following.
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listings found
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1954 Nash LeMans
$7,000
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1956 Nash Ambassador
$37,500
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1925 Nash Racer
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1954 Nash Metropolitan
$6,900
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1940 Nash LaFayette
$34,499
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1954 Nash Statesman
$15,995
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1952 Nash Airflyte
$40,995
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1956 Nash Metropolitan
$23,895
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1954 Nash Metropolitan
$31,895
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1939 Nash LaFayette
$50,995
United States
1936 Nash LaFayette
$50,995
$67,995
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1937 Nash LaFayette
$9,995
$12,995
Frequently Asked Questions about Classic Nash
Charles W. Nash, a former president of General Motors, founded Nash Motors in 1916 after buying the Thomas B. Jeffery Company of Kenosha, Wisconsin, the maker of the Rambler. He had resigned from General Motors that year to build a car under his own name, which the company took. The first car badged as a Nash left the Kenosha plant in 1917.
Nash cars were built mainly in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in the former Jeffery plant where Rambler production had started in 1902. Closed bodies came from the Seaman Body plant in Milwaukee, in which Nash bought a half interest in 1919. In 1924 Nash also took over the former Mitchell plant in Racine, Wisconsin, and after World War II it assembled cars at El Segundo, California as well.
Nash was known for engineering advances in heating, body construction and safety. The 1941 Nash 600 is widely credited as the first mass-produced American car with unitized body construction. Nash offered seat belts as a factory option on its 1949 models, and in 1954 it introduced a fully integrated heating and air-conditioning system.
Yes, from 1934 the LaFayette was a lower-priced companion car built by Nash. The name came from LaFayette Motors, a luxury car maker that had Charles W. Nash as president and that Nash Motors fully took over in 1924. Nash revived the name in 1934, folded it into the Nash line for 1937, and kept it as its lowest-priced series through 1940. The unit-construction Nash 600 replaced it for 1941.
The Nash Metropolitan was built in England by the Austin Motor Company, which assembled it for Nash at its Longbridge plant in Birmingham. Production started in October 1953, and the car was introduced for the 1954 model year with a 1,200 cc Austin engine, later enlarged to 1,489 cc. Production ended in 1961, and the last cars were sold in 1962.
The Nash-Healey was a sports car sold by Nash from 1951 to 1954 and developed with British sports car builder Donald Healey. It used the Nash Ambassador six-cylinder engine in a Healey chassis assembled in Warwick, England. The 1951 cars had British-built bodies, and from 1952 the bodies were designed and built by Pinin Farina in Turin, Italy. A total of 506 production cars were made, and a Nash-Healey finished third overall at Le Mans in 1952.
Airflyte was the name Nash introduced for its streamlined 1949 models, and the 1949-1951 cars are often called bathtub Nashes for their rounded shape and enclosed front wheels. They used unitized construction carried over from the 1941 Nash 600. There were two lines, the 600, renamed Statesman for 1950, on a 112-inch wheelbase, and the Ambassador on a 121-inch wheelbase. Reclining seats that folded into a bed were offered.
Nash stopped making cars in 1957, when production ended in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on June 25. The company had merged with appliance maker Kelvinator in 1937 to form Nash-Kelvinator, which joined with Hudson on May 1, 1954 to create American Motors Corporation. American Motors then dropped the Nash and Hudson names and concentrated on the Rambler brand from 1958.
The 13 Nash listings on Classic Cars Arena right now include 12 with an asking price of $1,000 or more. Those are priced from $6,900 to $50,995, with a median asking price of $28,448. These are the prices sellers are asking today, not sale prices, and the figures change as cars are listed and sold.
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Classic Nash Cars: Innovation from the Independents
Nash Motors, founded in 1916 by former General Motors president Charles W. Nash, was known for engineering innovation. Nash pioneered unibody construction, heating and ventilation systems, and the compact car segment before merging with Hudson to form AMC in 1954.
Most Popular Classic Nash Models
The Metropolitan was a charming Anglo-American compact that predated the VW Beetle's popularity in the US. The Ambassador was Nash's premium full-size sedan. The distinctive "bathtub" Airflyte models featured fully enclosed wheels and aerodynamic styling that was years ahead of their time. The Healey was a transatlantic sports car collaboration with British manufacturer Donald Healey.