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The Nash-Healey registry has 520 entries, including prototypes and race vehicles. [7] For contextual comparison, the Nash-Healey is framed in U.S. auto history with the 1953 Kaiser Darrin, 1953 Chevrolet Corvette, and 1955 Ford Thunderbird. The 1954 model year Nash-Healey price to the public was close to $6,000 compared with around $3,500 for a ...
Nash contracted Battista "Pinin" Farina of Italy to design a body for the new Golden Airflyte. Management wanted a better design, and the result was a combination of an in-house design and Pinin Farina's model. Also in 1952, Nash began offering automatic transmissions, either a GM Hydramatic or a Borg-Warner overdrive transmission. Power was ...
English: 1952 (sometimes also called a 1950, it may have been built atop an earlier chassis) Nash-Healey Competition Roadster (s/n X8) entering the 2019 Greenwich Concours d'Elegance. This car finished third at Le Mans in 1952, but was denied entry at the concours this morning. Something about the transporter.
The Nash and Hudson lines were phased out in favor of the Rambler line, and in 1957, the Metropolitan became a standalone brand and was badged with a stylized 'M' on hubcaps and grille. The cars were also sold in the United Kingdom and other markets. 1954 Nash Metropolitan convertible 1957 Hudson Metropolitan 1961 Metropolitan fender emblem
The Nash Rambler was also the only car to run the entire 100-mile (161 km) race without making a pit stop. [42] [43] On 18 July 1952, the NASCAR Short Track race at the Lanham Speedway, was 400 laps on a 0.2-mile (0.32 km) paved oval for a total of 80 miles (129 km). [44] Tony Bonadies finished the race in 4th place in a 1952 Nash. [45]
A convertible was added to the Ambassador range for 1948, with 1,000 of this one-year-only open-body style produced. [29] Moreover, the automaker allocated only one convertible to its major dealerships. [30] The change to a new unibody design for the 1949 model year meant the end of the full-size Nash convertible. [31]
The 1952 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 20th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 14–15 June 1952 at Circuit de la Sarthe. After 22 years away, Mercedes-Benz returned in triumph, scoring a 1–2 victory with their new gull-wing Mercedes-Benz W194 which was equipped with a 3.0L S6 engine that had less power than the road car sold two years ...
So in 1950 Healey entered the North American market with the Nash-Healey, using a Nash Ambassador engine with SU carburettors and Nash gearbox. Initially the Ambassador's 3848 cc engine was used, but when in 1952 body construction was transferred from Healey to Pininfarina the larger 4138 cc engine was fitted.
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