IMHO the post-war Nash diverged too far from this

"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile) 01/07/2014 at 16:50 • Filed to: None

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The '41 design has everything in moderation, I'd say, and I really dig the signals and fender/grill roll.

daender > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 01/07/2014 at 16:54

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1954 Nash Metropolitan was the stuff!

The Hot Wheels version was pretty cool too.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > daender 01/07/2014 at 17:00

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The Metro had clear design direction in that time period. I don't think the full-size Nash did, as such. It went from this to a two-tier design akin to the contemporary Packard, which while it looked good didn't look this good, to a weird Tatra-on-crack lump of mutant ugliness that took several years to reach its greatest height. Then it tapered back off abruptly to a design that looked okay, but didn't have the panache of the GM models' styling.

AMC/Renauledge > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 01/07/2014 at 17:23

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Nash diverged Pre-War, actually. This is the '42.

And I happen to like the '52-on Golden Airflytes a lot. They weren't as flashy as the GM stock, but they were far sleeker, more elegant, more aerodynamic, and more economical. To me, anyway. The '49-50 was a bit too much of a marshmallow on wheels, but it sold like crazy . The '51, with its notchback update balanced it out well, thought. The grille work on the '51 is just perfect.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > AMC/Renauledge 01/07/2014 at 17:28

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I guess it's mostly the mid-50s Ambassador models I consider to have gone to too much of a muchness. The '51 there looks quite presentable, if a touch awkward.

AMC/Renauledge > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 01/07/2014 at 18:19

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Yeah, that was the '50s, though. Everyone went too far into "muchness". Plus, AMC didn't have a ton of money to retool, so fiddling with trim was their only way of achieving much "newness" back then.

The car you've shown is the '56, which I think is the worst. The '57 and final was less fussy, I think.