Nasty Nash

[@don66hotrod94]

"They don't talk, so we have to give them a voice." Well stated, Steve.

[@madmike2624]

Steve, You give all the cars you focus on a "voice" and I and your fans appreciate it greatly!!!

[@chuckb9867]

I love it when Steve does these pre- War cars

[@anibalbabilonia1867]

Wow! What a relic! Still not in bad shape!

[@scoobyroorogers]

This was a great pick Steve. This Nash seems like it was so undisturbed for so long. I enjoy all of em you pick but the cars (or anything else) in this yard that seems like no one has opened a door in a long time are my favorites.

[@charlesdalton985]

Thank you for giving these cars a voice and passing along all this knowledge. Very information, very fun. Thank you ~ Chuck

[@SteveMagnante]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@zzzoo2]

Thanks Steve-even my sister got interested in the history this time! I really like the subtle styling touches on this one. So much character in these cars.

[@SteveMagnante]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@AdventuringwiththeS.G.O.C.C]

There is an old wrecking yard in upper Huachuca City Az (Cochise county) that there is a ton of those types cars. It is not open but the family wants all the cars sold.

[@jasonz7788]

Great work Steve 👍. Thanks alot for what you do!!

[@SteveMagnante]

Very welcome

[@johnnieguitar5724]

I love the extra magazine or book photos that Steve ferrets out for us. Seeing what the vehicles looked like new is a treat for the eyes after the junkyard video. Thanks Steve!!

[@googleusergp]

Correct, but one thing to add. The Seaman Body Company that built this body was on Capitol Drive and North Richards Street in Milwaukee. When Nash merged with Hudson in 1954, the Seaman Body facility came along. By 1987 when Chrysler bought AMC, the plant was closed. Prior to that when this car was built, it was known as "Nash-Kelvinator". Kelvinator was an appliance company and eventually was bought by what would become White Consolidated Industries in 1975, and by 1986, it was bought by Electrolux who by today would service any parts for machines made under previous arrangements. No, by 1939, Seaman was a division of Nash-Kelvinator, not just a supplier. Kenosha, WI is also still the home today for Snap On Tools headquarters, and I believe if you have a "KR" series toolbox the "KR" stands for "Kenosha Red" from what I've figured out. I have a KRA59F top box and it says 'Snap On Tools, Kenosha WI 83". The 83 means it was made in 1983 in my case. Herculite is a PPG (Pittsburgh Plate Glass) trademark and was used for years beyond this 1939 car. It's a form of tempered glass. Later on this would become "Solex Herculite" which was tinted. PPG also makes paint and supplied many automakers over the years. Mr. Nash died in 1948, not 1947.

[@abeneufeld9690]

Keep them coming Steve, your making a new car enthusiast with every episode Hoe you get to 100,000 subscribers soon

[@steveayers1053]

Boy this brings back memories! I had a 39 Pontiac that was styled very similar to the Nash. Like a dummy I sold it in a moment of weakness. Sure do miss that car!!

[@GreyRockOne]

Thank You Steve!

[@christianmccollum1028]

What a great find! Really enjoy the channel, especially the Junkyard Crawl. No telling what Mr. Steve is going to show us next.

[@alexeijolkin7851]

Oh, Steve, you give the voice to ALL these cars, and you do just fine! 😀

[@tedhewitson823]

This would have been a twin ignition engines. 12 plugs. .some 29s 30 to 41 ambassador s were twin ignition 6 and 8s. A 29 and 30 8 cyl is a very beautiful car.

[@rickkearn7100]

Great content, and very knowledgeable! Love 40's/50's/60's car history, especially from an obviously well-rounded source like Steve! I subscribed with notifications. Cheers.

[@rogergoodman8665]

Wow, a '39 Nash! I just watched an old rerun of M*A*S*H where Hawkeye was reminiscing about going down to the local Nash dealer to admire the new models when they arrived as a teenager. I always thought Nash's were under appreciated. Thanks for showing the classics. I really like that you "prepare the stage" so to speak by cutting down weeds & small trees! It's definitely makes a difference. That yard is impressive, It just keeps on giving.

[@scatpackbob3707]

Thanks Professor! Nice find 👍🏼

[@SteveMagnante]

You bet!

[@patmayer7222]

,,,,,,,here ! ....from land o' lakes,wi.....again,more great info on cars we all love,,,,,,,,.....I even have parts for this car!!!..

[@robertparker3172]

Great content. I agree. That thing is not too far gone.

[@kevincruz4045]

That would make a great vintage taxi cab!!

[@terrencegiordan2775]

That nash is still in good shape what a shame.

[@johnbehneman1546]

GREAT VIDEO STEVE!!!1 VERY INSPIRATIONAL STORY OF MR NASH AS WELL. THANKS FOR SHARING!!! I LEARNED SO MUCH. PLEASE CONTINUE TO SHARE YOUR TRUTH.

[@Fevebblefester]

I think you have a very good mix of vehicles in this series. Finding a yard with such variety must have been hard as around here there are few yards left and most if not all only have later models.

[@BSGSV]

So amazing to see a car with intact glass from 1939 and marvel at the sights it has seen over almost 90 years. The keys still in the ignition is actually somewhat sad.

[@chrishoward4546]

Great work sir!!!Thank you for all your knowledge!!! Thank you!!!

[@SteveMagnante]

My pleasure

[@brettjones5041]

always great auto history . great stuff mate

[@Mercmad]

Back in thre 70's a mate of mine had a restored '39 Lafayette . They are really good looking car ,resembling a Graham of the same year.

[@bradramm6239]

Another great video Steve! Love the Nash style. Thank you

[@SleepyUncleSam]

This one would make a good project car

[@dana.7500]

Some love for Nash, thanks Steve! We have a 1937 Nash Ambassador with an inline 6 (2 spark plugs per cylinder), 3 speed on the floor with a factory overdrive. I think all Nash model had a bed option, the back seat in our Nash can be arranged into a bed and the back window has a curtain.

[@MAGA_Trump_Warrior]

That car is in decent shape on the top. I wonder if it is decent underneath because it's worth saving if it is.

[@johnkranz4004]

Excellent Story Steve That car could be Saved make a nice Rod

[@schnutchie]

I remember buying that brown AMC book directly from AMC by mail. My first car was a '59 Rambler wagon, complete with trunions in the front end instead of lower ball joints.

[@DeweyCheatumNHoweLLC]

I could almost see this as a restomod.

[@UberLummox]

Love the smell of those '40s cars. '68 T-Bird beside it next? More pre-80s please, and more Pre-War!

[@Truckguy2007]

Wouldn’t it be great to see it running again! My dad told me stories of his 1937 Nash.

[@nathanjoseph4284]

Hey Steve, I just want to let you know, I enjoy your Junkyard Crawl videos and your concept of "Junkyard as a classroom." Even though it is sort of sad seeing those cool cars sitting in a scrapyard, I enjoy your videos because I learn something about the car that I did not even know before. Thank you, and keep up the great work, Steve!

[@SteveMagnante]

Thanks for that!

[@sammolloy1]

A truly fine car

[@DougsMessyGarage]

I have a '47 Nash Ambassador, it has a full boxed frame and the body has a parallel unitized frame to add stiffness. Nash did things a bit differently than the Big Three and had some innovative ideas.

[@aa64912]

It deserves to be restored

[@eugenepolan1750]

Ol' Charlie would probably Nash his teeth if he saw how neglected this car has become.....but it still has its hubcaps!

[@erichgreen82grandparitchie23]

GREAT STORY==IF I WERE YOUNGER '' I WOULD OWN THAT.!! I HAD SAVED A LOT OF RELICS==RITCHIE==OF VERMONT==RAISED IN MASS=

[@vettekid3326]

Those of us old enough remember the Nash name associated with Kelvinator a long gone home appliance manufacturer. There were plenty of jokes about AMC and refrigerators when I was a kid in the 1960's. Of course Ford had Philco and GM had Frigidaire during the same period.

[@jimc3688]

Chrysler AirTemp also.

[@googleusergp]

Eventually, Kelvinator was bought by White Consolidated Industries by 1975 and then by Electrolux in 1986.

[@brianbloom1799]

Steve ,That trunk is the One part that turned me off about those cars, Plymouth chevy, they all had that trunk style, I just thought it made them look ugly, I liked the 38 head lights better also, Great video as always.

[@paulwells4203]

Steve, you have just surpassed the Heineken beer ad guy as the Most Interesting Man in the World! I have watched probably 100 of your Junkyard Crawl and Junkyard Gold videos and learned something new and interesting in each one. You must do a ton of research to find those old magazines and all the interesting details about whatever old car, truck or motorhome you are featuring.( It was funny to see the movie actress in the Nash magazine advertisement from the 1930s posed as opening the front door to her Nash with a suitcase in her other hand. Obviously the suitcase indicated that she was wealthy and "she was goin' places" but hadn't figured out that the suitcase went in the trunk...) Thanks for another interesting video Steve.

[@DanEBoyd]

Think that was the Dos Equis guy...

[@paulwells4203]

@@DanEBoyd Sorry you are correct sir!

[@SteveMagnante]

Stay thirsty my friends! Oh and IGNORE the annoying "text me on telegram" spam junk that occasionally invades and infiltrates this channel - and others. I report these "spam" attacks and figure most folks know these things are fishy and just ignore them. Anyhoo, THANKS AGAIN for writing, Steve Magnante

[@67fairlane12]

Is there Bees in Massachusetts? Here in Eastern Washington there are Wasps in every nook and cranny on junked cars, especially during the summer months. Love the videos!

[@papasmodelcarroom8450]

Very COOL car Great video

[@robertoconell2111]

Hey Steve any javelins in the yard??

[@jamespetersen3933]

We have a voice in you for the cars. Keep on crawling!

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

Very cool!!!! 🙂🤜🤛👍

[@brewsky38c]

Steve, rescue it! It’s really not bad

[@ddcraun]

I miss my 69 Ambassador SST 2dr all the time. 343, borg warner automatic, in burnt orange with a black interior. She was sweet. I hope the guy who bought it from me back 2000 is still driving it.

[@plunkervillerr1529]

There are so few of such cars left .

[@barberjeff67]

Looks like a 68 Thunderbird next to it!

[@flyingfortressrc1794]

That's a cool old car

[@lilmike2710]

That's an interesting old car

[@philippetays4263]

that color combination (black white) , when i started school the neighbors boy had a Nash like that , we called it the skunk, it was in the bush till a couple of years ago, maybe still there. I was envious he was finishing school , had a car and i was just starting, the only thing i was allowed to drive was a tractor

[@CR7659]

That doesn't look like it's in too terrible of shape. Should I say, not too Nash-ty of shape? Enough there to build a rat rod, save the center grille. I flipped a 1940 Ambassador coupe some years ago, it had the 8 and I was a little surprised to find they were OHV engines like a Buick.

[@kevinkelly7348]

i love these videos, so interesting. Pure guy stuff!

[@franko2k]

The rear seat folded down to become a bed.

[@richdiscoveries]

I always wonder that when I see these old cars. What was seen through this very glass, what were the sites and smells these bumpers and fenders saw on the roads. What did these Interiors here, families, children growing up? For the cars that had radios, what was received through this radio and played through the speakers, what did the interior here. They no doubtedly heard world events, us entering into World War II and then the war ending. I could go on for hours, but I know you all understand exactly what I'm saying

[@urbanurchin5930]

.....except that he showed in the video that this was a radio-delete vehicle......guess you didn't pay attention to that part......

[@The_R-n-I_Guy]

We're all pulling for you Steve. Hope to see you soon

[@88SC]

My mind is reeling just looking at the stock hubcaps and trim rings still in place! Even though it’s partially picked over. I hope someone rescues it, since it’s different and intact. Interior will be a challenge, but it’s lucky to have missed out on the “benefits” of copious road salt.

[@Raptor3388]

Looks like there's still life in this Nash, hope someone saves it !

[@Daniel-fd3wp]

Can you imagine been stuck on a steep hill. At a stop light or signal. And cars right behind you engaging that gear in first with that 3 on the tree. How often people rolled back. It had to happen very often. Great Videos Steve from San Diego.👍

[@ctprecast7437]

Why you don't.think there.arr still standard.shift car's?

[@antoniovillanueva308]

Moving the headlights to the fenders allowed Nash to move the 20mm Hispano-Suiza Mk V cannons inboard so that driver accuracy was improved.

[@antoniovillanueva308]

I am no longer allowed to edit Wikipedia articles.

[@MrGlenferd]

Should be restored or rodded. Piano hinges are long strip hinges.

[@savedin87ify]

Someone needs to save this one.

[@jeffreycarleton1535]

These cars are so beautiful! Suicide doors, my father was a year old when this car was built! The stories that this car could tell,one can only imagine!

[@garyhumphreys5742]

Steve your knowledge of everything automotive is amazing. But. I want to pass on a correction to "Nash lore". In 1941 (not 42) Nash became the first mass produced US manufacturer of a unibody construction car in the Nash 600 line. A flathead 6 economy car (600 was supposedly close to the fuel range) available in most body styles. The Nash unibody had attached forward structure for the front end, engine, and separate fenders. Nash being a small company, took these same unitized bodies and attached them to a frame to become the Ambassador 6 or 8. Thus these Ambassador cars kind of had dual frames, a traditional boxed c frame and the formed "frame" of the body floor. Nash created unique front and rear fenders for these Ambassadors, but retained the 1 year only styling throughout the Nash 600 and Ambassador lines. This dual frame ambassador configuration lasted through 1948 with different fender and dash styling. 1949 was the beginning of the bathtub Nash. Those same monster horns lived way into the 50's.

[@scottmiller9821]

The old Nash still looks cool

[@dowen1511]

Curious is there a 1961 buick invicta bubble top in that yard ?

[@mikewasfaret9563]

I hope his parents lived long enough to see their son became successful in spite of them.

[@SteveMagnante]

Hi Mike Wasfaret, that's a great point. I know that Charlie Nash's parents basically sent him to a "work farm" at age 6 and he was supposed to remain there until age 15 or something like that "in exchange for food, clothing and lodging". But history shows that Nash RAN AWAY from the work farm and set out on his own, working his way into the buggy and then car industry one rung at a time. A great American Success Story. But again, I do not know if Charlie embraced - or snubbed - Mom and Dad when he had the means to do either. Anyhoo, here's to loving and supporting parents! Thanks for watching and writing, Steve Magnante

[@artjones2498]

Back in the early 90s i had a 47 nash...ambasador...had a emblem.on the trunk that said super 6.....wix oil filter actually carried.a.oil filter for it at the time...PB 1/2 was the number...it had to be a add on...rough body but it.ran and drove pretty good

[@1223jamez]

Should of kept it, if it was possible!

[@juhapihkanen]

Those odd looking headlight glasses were impossible to buy or replace during and after second world war here in Finland. Nash was selling well before war, so we had lot of those. What to do to replace those broken headlights? Of course finnish Nash dealer had those made by finnish glass factory. So if you see words "Riihimäen Lasi" in Nash headlight, now you know why...

[@DeaconBillLadroga]

Several fascinating features of this car are the dual spark plugs per cylinder, the “bed-in-a-car” and the cast-in intake manifold in the engine.

[@DanKirchner5150]

not piano but i think those are strap hinges ,pretty sure

[@gmtegirl]

The carriage company that Nash worked at stuffing seats was Billy Durant's company, the Durant-Dort Carriage Company that funded Buick. Nash was Durant's pick to lead Buick but when Nash took over GM, he and Durant had a falling out. Nash left GM when Durant took over again and headed to Wisconsin to turn the Jeffery Company into Nash Motors. Amazing story for an orphaned boy with no formal education.

[@scottbogfoot]

How many fingers got cut off by lowering those trunk lids?!? 😂😂😂😂 piano hinge, yeah, you'll never play a piano again

[@jimjungle1397]

What was the first year for Nash seats? Both Leave It to Beaver and Happy Days did Nash seat jokes. I found it. The front Nash seats came out in 1949, but older models had a similar set up, but in the rear seat. On the TV shows, they bought old cars with broken front seats and jokingly said, "Hey Nash seats!"

[@jakespeed63]

Great information and thanks for sharing. P.S. busy at end of October? Our 6th annual Florida Dragstrip Riot, is a fun nostalgia drag race. C’mon down. Nice and warm in Orlando then.

[@paularndt6111]

Get well Steve!!!!!!

[@jonathangehman4005]

If that Nash got 20mpg and lasted 200,000 miles it would have used approx 5,000 gallons in it's lifetime. Not "tens of thousands" but still alot when you think that it would take an entire modern tanker truck to keep it going all that distance. I was dissappointed when you opened the trunk and Rudolph wasn't laying in wait to threaten you with a nasty goring. Next time

[@Fony_turgeson]

5:18 is that tire holding air still? thats amazing

[@Slimjim260]

I love that car Steve double like! Find a 57 Ford fairlane please!!!

[@ScottDLR]

Placing those big horns on the underside of the hood is a great idea that I may have to use!

[@erickricharson5196]

That Nash realy should be saved and given a chance to run again.

[@garymckee448]

I owned a 69 Ambassador SST 2 door 343 and the 343 produced excellent power for it's size also the vehicle had the AMC wheels with the center cap l don't know what they called but they were a very nice looking wheel. Thanks 👍

[@DanEBoyd]

Magnum 500s? Five thin spokes similar to a Buick Rally wheel?

[@garymckee448]

@@DanEBoyd no more like a Chevrolet rally wheel with trim rings and center cap with the AMC logo in the center of the cap with a red background.

[@MichaelandCathy1999]

My brother owned a ‘70 Rambler American with a 232 straight 6, not sure if it was original engine, but it ran like stink. This was in ‘75-76, anything is possible I guess.

[@61rampy65]

Turbo-Cast wheel covers maybe?

[@jeffdalrymple1634]

Very rare. As most pre-war cars were scrapped within a few years into the post war.

[@stevevogelman3360]

Hi. I’m from Kenosha and we called them Kenosha Cadillacs

[@raymondcollyear4773]

When you said about how during the 2nd world war they had to ration gas and rubber and different thing. I remember hearing story's of how my grandpa had a friend and he backed him with the money and his friend would go to Chicago and buy counterfeit gas stamps. I remember him saying he never worried about gas he always had plenty. I'm like you if only those old cars could talk.

[@Marcg-b4n]

Where did you grow up?

[@fastinradfordable]

If he had plenty, And the rest got rations. He sounds like kinda a self serving a-hole

[@rupe53]

if you were in business and used your vehicle you also got some exemption from rationing. The "stamps" were actually a window sticker, similar to inspection stickers. They had various bold letters to indicate how much you could buy per day. (so many gallons of gas) My grandfather was in real estate so almost unlimited.

[@Marcg-b4n]

@@rupe53 yes! Examples Doctors, farmers...

[@raymondcollyear4773]

I grew up in Indianapolis.

[@JamesAllmond]

Steve, you need to take this one home...

[@fonziebulldog5786]

Sad the Nash brand didnt survive.

[@mschiffel1]

This Nash would be next to impossible to restore, but it would make a cool rat rod.

[@willhorting5317]

Where there's a "want", there's a "way".

[@daynadiggle8169]

Love those suicide doors . Think this is where the styling for the P.T. Cruiser came from .

[@mexicanspec]

You think Chrysler designed the P.T. after a car from another company?

[@daynadiggle8169]

@@mexicanspec Of course ! All's fair in love and war and car designing . Why do you think big car companies camouflage the new models when they are track testing them ?

[@TrashcanGarage]

From here it looks to have solid bones. Would make a great street rod, especially with those cool suicide doors. I'd chop it, notch the frame to lower it a bit and go from there.

[@tomm1109]

Looking at your old stuff. Gosh, you've gone gray in only a few short months. At least you still got all your hair, unlike me.