1940 Nash for the Nash Fans $6500. Craigslist NY - Not Mine

[auburnseeker]

Here is one on Craigslist.  You don't see too many in this shape at this price.  Of course needs full mechanical rehab but paint and chrome look very good for what it is.  In NY the no paperwork is not a huge deal but some places may be. 

 

https://rochester.craigslist.org/pts/d/walworth-1940-nash-ambassadore-8/7144969325.html

 

1940 nash ambassadore 8 - $6500 (walworth)

 

1940 Nash ambassador slipstream 4 door 8 cylinder twin ignition 3 speed w/od -- BARN FIND -- not been run for 20+ years - very nice, solid car, nice paint, nice chrome - interior nice but seats are needing to be redone - brakes work - motor turns freely - no paperwork - complete car - CALLS ONLY 315 524 8one83 - $6500 B/O - can also include 1989 corvette for resto rodding - hot rod rat rod vintage classic ford chevy dodge corvette camaro nova plymouth, excellent starting platform - MSTA

[suchan]

Good on the seller for cleaning it up. Great-looking car. I'm not up on Nash values, but it seems like a nice asking price for an 8 cyl car. But then again, I'm a sucker for sedans.

[auburnseeker]

No paperwork I would assume means it has no Transferable registration, which is all you would get in NY.  No titles for cars this old.  

Now a notarized bill of sale and a form for lost registrations in NY as well as a vin. tracing or picture of the vin tag will yield you a nontransferable reg.  Then after about 90 days (in a normal year) you will get a transferrable registration.  

[Hudsy Wudsy]

Like many, but not all, other makes, the eight cylinder model comes with the long sexy hood. I don't recall, but this might have been the last year for the well respected Nash eight cylinder.

[58L-Y8]

This is an Ambassador Eight, Series 4080, 125" wheelbase, 261 c.i. Twin-Ignition straight eight.  Ambassador Eights continued through 1942.  Although we don't have exact production numbers, its a good likelihood Ambassador Eight sales comprised no more than ten percent of total 1940 model production of 63, 617 cars which included the Ambassador Six, Series 4020, and the low-priced LaFayette Six, Series 4010.  

[64avanti]

That is very tempting!!

[neil morse]

I agree that this one is very tempting.  I love the body styling details -- the long hood (as noted), that great grill, and especially the crease down the middle of the trunk lid and the matching creases on the rear fenders.  I have always admired the look of the front end on these cars, but I had never noticed that rear treatment.

[58L-Y8]

33 minutes ago, neil morse said:

I agree that this one is very tempting.  I love the body styling details -- the long hood (as noted), that great grill, and especially the crease down the middle of the trunk lid and the matching creases on the rear fenders.  I have always admired the look of the front end on these cars, but I had never noticed that rear treatment.

George Walker's industrial design firm had the Nash styling contract in those years.   He operated much as Raymond Loewy Associates, hired talented designers, promoted the design work to automaker management, all with substantial consulting fees.   Walker's fame in the automotive design business came with his supplying Ford with the design that became the 1949 Ford.  In the 1950's, Walker became director of Ford Styling.  

Those 'creases' are called 'wind-splits' in design parlance.  

[Hudsy Wudsy]

I'll bet George Walker wouldn't have been fond of the description "shoe box" Ford.

[Hudsy Wudsy]

I wish they would have included a picture of the "Twin Ignition" engine. It would show eight spark plugs on one side of the engine and eight more on the other. Two coils, a very busy distributor cap and a lot of wires. Here's a not so great pic from Google:

 

Edited July 14, 2020 by Hudsy Wudsy (see edit history)