For Sale: 1950 Nash Ambassador Super Series 60 Airflyte - $18,500 (Murrieta)

[classiclines]

Not Mine - we've seen cheaper - but this doesn't look like it needs much...

https://inlandempire.craigslist.org/cto/d/murrieta-1950-nash-ambassador-super/7530857563.html

1950 Nash Ambassador Super Series 60 four-door sedan. Airflyte body that you rarely see!

Big six cylinder, 235 CID, GM’s Hydramatic four-speed automatic transmission, very stream lined, even power boosted brakes, aerodynamic styling for 1950. Get this! The seat folds back flat to make one large bed for napping while traveling. Air mattress and window screens. Very similar to Jay Leno’s 1950 Nash Ambassador on youtube. Radio wide white wall tires. Fold down double seats. Kept covered in storage unit.

For some history on the Nash - check out the Nash factory video!

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[5219]

I never knew Nashes of this era used an OHV engine. I always assumed that they were flatheads. When did they switch to OHV?

[Fossil]

That instrument cluster looks like it was made by a watchmaker. 

 

 

[plymouthcranbrook]

1 hour ago, 5219 said:

I never knew Nashes of this era used an OHV engine. I always assumed that they were flatheads. When did they switch to OHV?

They had both an OHV and a flathead version of what I believe is the same size engine depending on model of vehicle. It was that way until the early 60's. I believe the size was 196 cu in.

[Bloo]

Yes and no. The Nash Statesman engine, formerly the Nash 600 engine, was a tiny flathead engine. It remained in production for many years, eventually growing to 196ci. During it's last years, there was an overhead valve version produced concurrently with the flathead.

 

This car has neither. It is an Ambassador and has the overhead valve Ambassador Six, a much larger engine. The nose of this car is about 8 or 9 inches longer than a Statesman just to accommodate the larger engine.

[John_S_in_Penna]

I noticed that this car is also advertised on the

internet site of Hemmings Motor News:

 

https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/cars-for-sale/nash/ambassador/2608360.html

 

At $18,500, it is not yet realistically priced, I feel. 

A year and a half ago, a fully restored example--

significantly better than this--sold for $13,000.

That car had begun at $18,000 in the AACA's

national magazine and took at least 6 months

to sell.  Here's a picture of the $13,000 restored car:

 

Edited September 8, 2022 by John_S_in_Penna (see edit history)

[classiclines]

8 hours ago, John_S_in_Penna said:

I noticed that this car is also advertised on the

internet site of Hemmings Motor News:

 

https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/cars-for-sale/nash/ambassador/2608360.html

 

At $18,500, it is not yet realistically priced, I feel. 

A year and a half ago, a fully restored example--

significantly better than this--sold for $13,000.

That car had begun at $18,000 in the AACA's

national magazine and took at least 6 months

to sell.  Here's a picture of the $13,000 restored car:

 

I agree to a point - however, the current one is blue, not two 'funky' shades of green  

[TerryB]

39 minutes ago, classiclines said:

I agree to a point - however, the current one is blue, not two 'funky' shades of green  

I like both car colors.  The green is right out of the 1950s desirable in the day two tone treatment and the light blue is too. Lots of Chrysler cars had that light blue in the early 1950s.  I could see $15k for the blue one being in the ballpark.

[EmTee]

I would consider buying it just for the hood ornament... 

 

[neil morse]

1 hour ago, EmTee said:

I would consider buying it just for the hood ornament... 

 

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