Lot details Registration No: UN-REG Chassis No: LE61597 Mot Expiry: None
Founded in 1916 by former General Motors president Charles W. Nash, the company that bore his surname quickly developed a reputation as something of an innovator. Among the first to champion overhead valve cylinder head designs and flexible engine mountings, chief engineer Nils Erik Wahlberg was also an early proponent of wind tunnel testing. Having acquired the ailing LaFayette concern in 1924 as a way of boosting production capacity, Nash chose to re-introduce the name a decade later. Applied to a range of tough, capable machines that were low on adornment but high on style, it disappeared from brochures a mere six years later.
Finished in antique white with lichen green cloth upholstery, this particular left-hand drive example has been part of the collection since 1993. A five-window business coupe, its fabulous hunched-forward styling conceals a cavernous boot large enough to swallow most anything a salesman could throw at it (or even the salesman himself). Powered by a 234.8ci (3,850cc) straight-six mated to a three-speed synchromesh gearbox, its leaf-sprung suspension and hydraulic drum brakes were designed for long road trips across varying terrain rather than high-speed cornering. Equipped with opening front quarter-light windows, a passenger footwell mounted heater, 100mph speedometer and rear window blind, its functional cabin is somewhat at odds with the torpedo-shaped 'Riteway' headlights and razor-point taper rear wings.
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