for Sale: 1953 Nash Ambassador - $7,800 - Stroudsburg, PA - Not Mine

[58L-Y8]

for Sale:  1953 Nash Ambassador - $7,800 - Stroudsburg, PA

https://poconos.craigslist.org/cto/d/bartonsville-1953-nash-ambassador/7231606875.html

1953 Nash Ambassador (Airflyte), Pinin Farina Edition, Hydra-matic, 252, 6 cylinder, 61,216 original miles, Heater, Radio, Iconic Flying Lady hood ornament, Beautiful original 2-tone paint (Cruiser gray w/sea mist gray), Excellent original condition, Always garaged,  Runs, Clear title,  Very rare classic, Original owner's manual, Original repair manuals, Free delivery within 50 miles, Serious inquires only, please!

Contact: Matt (570) nine-7-7-8-8-7-six

Copy and paste in your email:   1bbfff8c596231eebc231a7b9262a834@sale.craigslist.org

 

I have no personal interest or stake in the eventual sale of this  for Sale:  1953 Nash Ambassador sedan.

[edinmass]

Sure is ugly.......I like it!👍

[Dosmo]

As a fan of the oddball, this one speaks to me.  Love the color combo.

[Peter S]

Nash went all the way to Italy for the styling, by Pinin Farina.

 

What was it with Nash and the micro-motors? I think the '53s came with a 184 cu in engine if manual and a 195 cu incher if an automatic!

[58L-Y8]

23 minutes ago, Peter S said:

What was it with Nash and the micro-motors? I think the '53s came with a 184 cu in engine if manual and a 195 cu incher if an automatic!

That was true only in the Nash Rambler, economy was the main emphasis.

[Joe Cocuzza]

This car is less than 15 minutes from me and I have been thinking about going to look at it.

I certainly do not need another one....

[Peter S]

The engine question is intriguing. A now deceased friend had a full-sized Nash, I think a '53 or '54 that had only a 184 cu engine. And the late NYC jazz DJ Rich Conaty made much mention of his 1950 Nash which had a happy place of about 45 MPH. The Rambler was definitely pitched as an economy car but the full-sized Nashes seem rather luxurious in many ways.

[58L-Y8]

6 minutes ago, Peter S said:

The engine question is intriguing. A now deceased friend had a full-sized Nash, I think a '53 or '54 that had only a 184 cu engine. And the late NYC jazz DJ Rich Conaty made much mention of his 1950 Nash which had a happy place of about 45 MPH. The Rambler was definitely pitched as an economy car but the full-sized Nashes seem rather luxurious in many ways.

Good likelihood the full-sized Nash had its original engine replaced with an available service engine, either factory remanufacture or used replacement.  Dealers weren't all that concerned once it was a used car.  The 184 c.i. would bolt right in place of a 195 engine.    As far as the 1950 Nash Statesman ran a 184, not much engine for a car its size and weight.  The 1949 600 had a 173, must have been a gutless wonder!

[m-mman]

Two tone gray. . . . very distinguished looking. 

[Peter S]

the '49 looked like a zepplin and likely floated along like one -- I hadn't thought whether this represented a shift or just different marketing strategies, but the contrast between collegial Nash names like "Ambassador" and Hudson's more martial sounding WWII aircraft carrier names must have represented quite a clash of corporate cultures

 

Edited November 22, 2020 by Peter S
further thought (see edit history)

[58L-Y8]

Hudson, even in the pre-war years, had cultivated something of a 'performance' image in its advertising.  On the other hand, Nash promoted the versatility and economy as primary reasons to own a one.  One writer characterized Nash as the auto equivalent of your old maid great aunt Edna: solid, sensible, had money in the bank...but was no fun at all!  

Edited November 22, 2020 by 58L-Y8 (see edit history)

[Bloo]

Full sized Nashes did sometimes come with the small engines. A "Statesman" or it's predecessor the "600" was a full sized Nash with the small flathead engine. This design was also used in early Nash (and Hudson) Ramblers. The engine is very short, more like a four in length, and frankly you wouldn't be able to just shove some other six in there.

 

The Nash Ambassadors were the top of the line full size Nashes had a big overhead valve six. The nose of the car typically had to be about 8 inches longer than a Statesman to make room.

 

 

Edited November 22, 2020 by Bloo (see edit history)

[Marty Roth]

As I recall, at least in 1950, the lower series Statesman had the Flathead Six-cylinder,

while the upseries Ambassador had the OHV Six.

The "600" wassold alonside the Statesman and Ambassador through 1949, but was discontinued after the 1949 model year - at least per my aging memory.

My father's 1950 Statesman was notoriously underpowered, as Dad frequently reported, having been the replacement for our 1942 Chevrolet Special DeLuxe

[58L-Y8]

The small engine, short wheelbase 600 sold through 1949 when the name changed to Statesman, both being the Series 40.   Fitting a longer dash-to-front-axle length to the shared bodies was standard practice for many medium-priced segment cars to create an upper-series model line.  AMC was one of the last to build a car that way, with the 1974 Ambassador. 

[53 New Yorker]

9 hours ago, Peter S said:

The engine question is intriguing. A now deceased friend had a full-sized Nash, I think a '53 or '54 that had only a 184 cu engine. And the late NYC jazz DJ Rich Conaty made much mention of his 1950 Nash which had a happy place of about 45 MPH. The Rambler was definitely pitched as an economy car but the full-sized Nashes seem rather luxurious in many ways.

I sure miss Rich Conaty and his show

[Peter S]

Me, too - though it has a strange half-life between a Facebook group and the WFUV archives. I met him once and we talked about the Nash. Wonder what became of it?

[Jeff Perkins / Mn]

22 hours ago, Joe Cocuzza said:

This car is less than 15 minutes from me and I have been thinking about going to look at it.

I certainly do not need another one....

Go for it Joe! It would be fun to have a first hand report.