nzcarnerd Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 This photo was taken in New Zealand, probably pre WW2. There is no information with it. It is obviously a 1934 Nash Ambassador because it has three rows of hood doors. The Standard Catalog says that the Ambassador came in two wheelbase lengths - 1933" and 142" but does not mention a coupe in the list of body styles. The coupe here I guess has the shorter of the two wheelbases. From the small amount of research I have done it would appear that there are very few surviving 1934 Ambassadors in any body style - and coupes seem to be extinct. I can only guess that they didn't sell a lot of them anyway. The car here may have been a special order to be in right hand drive. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinneyhill Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 classiccardatabase.com shows coupé bodies on the series 1280 121" wheelbase Ambassador, but not the series 1290 133" wheelbase. Coupé bodies were apparently sold on both the shorter wheelbase 6 cylinder models that year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleek Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 I am no expert on Nashes. but the fenders look like a Lafayette since they do not have the accent stripes. Also the louvers do not look right to me. They seem small and close together. Since it is an older car I wonder if some changes were made to it at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 REO must have used the same bodies as Nash.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleek Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 Reo looks right to me, Keiser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 1 minute ago, Fleek said: Reo looks right to me, Keiser. Except for the speed lines on the fenders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted June 3, 2019 Author Share Posted June 3, 2019 Thanks for the input. I hadn't considered it might not be a Nash. I think from looking the hubcaps of both the Nash and the Reo that our mystery car is actually a Reo. Interesting that they are so alike as I think the Nash bodies were built by Seaman and the Reo bodies by Murray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curti Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 When it is an artist drawing and not a picture, all bets are off. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleek Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 34 Reo in real life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 HA! I think those "speed lines" on the lower fenders on the car in question are not speed lines, but the resolution of the photo. It seems to have horizontal stripes all of the way through the photo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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