'52 Nash Statesman - Ferndale, WA - $4,250

[hausdok]

Studerich,

Here's one in your neck of the woods. Not a Stude; but interesting nonetheless. Looks like shock towers under the hood. I didn't realize that American manufacturers were experimenting with unibody construction that early.

[8E45E]

I didn't realize that American manufacturers were experimenting with unibody construction that early.

If I remember reading right, the first unibody Nash was the 600 in 1941.

Craig

[FlatheadGeo]

8E is 100% correct!!!! The Nash 600 replaced the Lafayette series. 1940 was the last year for separate body and frame. I believe, not certain, that up until 1948 the larger Nash cars had the unitized body mounted on a frame. With the advent of the 1949 'bathtubs', Nash went all unit body.