1932 Nash 1073 Convertible Victoria - Rare Example, Spectacular Restoration!

1932 Nash Model 1073 Description

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1932 Nash Model 1073 Convertible Victoria Offered as a buy-it-now. Make us an offer!

Is 1 of 5 known 1932 examples. 300 of these semi-custom Seaman Convertible Victoria bodies were ordered in 1930, expecting of course that this would be the first of many batches made. Of course the Great Depression interceded, and this batch was the only batch produced; and it took 4 years to sell them all. A 2nd Series '32, the car has a more rakish and slightly lower windshield. The car was the subject of a ground up restoration with all new body wood completed in 2013, The car has been shown here in the Midwest, winning Best in Class and Special Awards at every show it has entered; and a Best in Class at the Nash National Meet. Having covered less than 100 miles since restoration, and always kept in a climate controlled environment, this car still presents as a freshly restored car-capable of winning awards anywhere one wishes to enter it.
Finished in a period correct and striking color combination, this extremely rare and desirable car is accompanied by hard to source spares and an unrestored set of wire wheels.

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Nash Motors was founded in 1916 by former General Motors president Charles W. Nash who acquired the Thomas B. Jeffery Company. Jeffery's best-known automobile was the Rambler whose mass production from a plant in Kenosha, Wisconsin began in 1902. The 1917 Nash Model 671 was the first vehicle produced to bear the name of the new company's founder.Sales were positive for 1918 at 10,283 units. More models were added in 1919 and sales rose to 27,081 for the year.
Nash enjoyed decades of success by focusing its efforts to build cars "embodying honest worth ... at a price level which held out possibilities of a very wide market."
The four-wheel drive Jeffery Quad truck became an important product for Nash. Approximately 11,500 Quads were built between 1913 and 1919. They served to move material during World War I under severe conditions. The Quad used Meuhl differentials with half-shafts mounted above the load-bearing dead axles to drive the hubs through hub-reduction gearing.[5] In addition, it featured four-wheel steering.[6] The Quad achieved the reputation of being the best four-wheel drive truck produced in the country. The newly formed Nash Motors became the largest producer of four-wheel drives. By 1918, capacity constraints at Nash meant the Paige-Detroit Motor Car Company began to assemble the Nash Quad under license and Nash patents. Nash became the leading producer of military trucks by the end of World War I. After the war ended, surplus Quads were used as heavy work trucks in fields such as construction and logging.
Charles Nash convinced the chief engineer of GM's Oakland Division, Finnish-born Nils Eric Wahlberg, to move to Nash's new company. The first Nash engine introduced in 1917 by Wahlberg had overhead valves., which Nash had learned about while working for Buick. Wahlberg is also credited with helping to design flow-through ventilation that is used today in nearly every motor vehicle. Introduced in 1938, Nash's Weather Eye directed fresh, outside air into the car's fan-boosted, filtered ventilation system, where it was warmed (or cooled), and then removed through rearward placed vents. The process also helped to reduce humidity and equalize the slight pressure differential between the outside and inside of a moving vehicle. Another unique feature of Nash cars was the unequal wheel tracks. The front wheels were set slightly narrower than the rear, thus adding stability and improving cornering. Wahlberg was also an early proponent of wind tunnel testing for vehicles and during World War II worked with Theodore (Ted) Ulrich in the development of Nash's radically styled Airflyte models.
Nash's slogan from the late 1920s and 1930s was "Give the customer more than he has paid for" and the cars lived up to it. Innovations included a straight-eight engine with overhead valves, twin spark plugs, and nine crankshaft bearings in 1930. The 1932 Ambassador Eight had synchromesh transmissions and free wheeling, automatic centralized chassis lubrication, a worm-drive rear end, and its suspension was adjustable inside the car. A long-time proponent of automotive safety, Nash was among the early mid- and low-priced cars to offer four-wheel brakes.
The Nash was a success among consumers that meant for the company "selling for a long time has been 100% a production problem... month after month all the cars that could be produced were sold before they left the factory floor.
This description could go on for many pages, but I am anxious to get to this specific car, so will cut to that fact that in January 1954 Nash announced the acquisition of the Hudson Motor Car Company as a friendly merger, creating American Motors Corporation (AMC), which still lives on if you like Jeeps. Our Ebay Policies:
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