Nash Metropolitan
Dec 24, 2021 10:28:22 #
Remember the Nash Metropolitan? That was a cute little car, from a time when cars had personality. It was powered by the Austin A40 engine.
Dec 24, 2021 10:48:32 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Remember the Nash Metropolitan? That was a cute little car, from a time when cars had personality. It was powered by the Austin A40 engine.
Yep I remember it.
They were a bitch to get engine parts for as early as 1965.
Dec 24, 2021 11:15:12 #
My first new car was a 1968 Rambler. It was a six-cylinder, two-door automatic, with an AM radio and no AC. I paid $1,920 for a brand new car and it gave me great service. Of course, all things are relevant with time for I was making $2.47 per hour as a union heating and air conditioning mechanic.
When I retired in 2017, our journeymen pipefitters and service mechanics, sheet metal workers, and sprinkler fitters were making an average of $82.00 per hour with their benefits, and a car similar to that which I bought in 1968 would be a $25,000 car.
When I retired in 2017, our journeymen pipefitters and service mechanics, sheet metal workers, and sprinkler fitters were making an average of $82.00 per hour with their benefits, and a car similar to that which I bought in 1968 would be a $25,000 car.
Dec 24, 2021 11:48:03 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Remember the Nash Metropolitan? That was a cute little car, from a time when cars had personality. It was powered by the Austin A40 engine.
The owner of a local car dealership still drives his around town on nice days.
Dec 24, 2021 16:22:08 #
Manglesphoto wrote:
Yep I remember it.
They were a bitch to get engine parts for as early as 1965.
They were a bitch to get engine parts for as early as 1965.
They had to come from England.
Dec 24, 2021 16:22:34 #
JustJill wrote:
The owner of a local car dealership still drives his around town on nice days.
I see one on the road, but rarely. A Henry J, too.
Dec 24, 2021 16:23:31 #
sippyjug104 wrote:
My first new car was a 1968 Rambler. It was a six... (show quote)
Those Ramblers were nice cars at a good price. Two relatives owned them.
Dec 25, 2021 06:31:07 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Remember the Nash Metropolitan? That was a cute little car, from a time when cars had personality. It was powered by the Austin A40 engine.
My first car was a 1953 Nash Statesman.
Dec 25, 2021 07:17:31 #
Dec 25, 2021 11:02:48 #
Alafoto
Loc: Montgomery, AL
jerryc41 wrote:
I see one on the road, but rarely. A Henry J, too.
And remember the Allstate. A Henry J clone sold by Sears.
Dec 25, 2021 11:06:06 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Remember the Nash Metropolitan? That was a cute little car, from a time when cars had personality. It was powered by the Austin A40 engine.
A cute contemporary car (image shamelessly lifted off the net)
Dec 25, 2021 11:06:43 #
usnpilot wrote:
My first car was a 1953 Nash Statesman.
My family's first car was a 1938 Olds two-door convertible with a rumble seat. We got it from my aunt and uncle who passed it down from another aunt and uncle. After that, we had a 1952 Studebaker, a real oil burner.
Dec 25, 2021 11:25:24 #
I remember very well, Jerry, I had a friend in the early 60s that had one, Merry Christmas.
Dec 25, 2021 11:45:05 #
Dec 25, 2021 12:12:51 #
Earnest Botello wrote:
I remember very well, Jerry, I had a friend in the early 60s that had one, Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas!
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