Help ID cars at 1967 Vintage Car Rally-01 (Nash)

[kcmadr]

Need help with this vehicle please. I think I have some of the info correct, but I am far from knowledgeable about these beauties.

Date of photo : 1967

Location : Johannesburg, South Africa

Year : 1930 (Pls confirm)

Make : Nash

Model : 400 Twin Ignition Six De-Luxe Touring (Pls confirm)

 

[nzcarnerd]

I think it is a 1929 Nash Standard Six, the smaller side valve model, which didn't feature twin ignition.

[kcmadr]

2 hours ago, nzcarnerd said:

I think it is a 1929 Nash Standard Six, the smaller side valve model, which didn't feature twin ignition.

What I'm noticing in particular is the doors - 2 per side, and examining the positions of the hinges and door handles one can tell they are conventional arrangement and not suicide type. I have not found matching images showing this arrangement for the doors among other things.

[kcmadr]

Could it be a 1929 Nash 421 Special Six Phaeton?
The images I've found look convincing.

[8E45E]

The young guy in the photo would be retirement age now.

 

Craig

[nzcarnerd]

23 hours ago, kcmadr said:

Could it be a 1929 Nash 421 Special Six Phaeton?
The images I've found look convincing.

The Special Six for 1929 is Series 430, with phaeton version being a Model 431.

 

The car is definitely the smaller side valve Standard Six. The Special and Advanced Sixes are much larger cars. 

 

In 1929 the Standard Six is quoted as having a shipping weight of 2500 lb - which is comparable with a Plymouth or low-price Dodge of the era. In comparison the Advanced Six - the top line Nash of the era - has a shipping weight of 3150 lb. The Special Six uses a chassis with either 116" or 122" wheelbase and has an ohv six-cylinder engine of 2224 cid.  The Standard Six has a wheelbase of 112" and a side valve engine of 184 cid. The Standard Six uses 5.00 section tyres, where the Special Six has much larger 5.50 section tyres.

 

There are photos here of two version of the Standard Six touring - one has exposed hinges and one does not - 29 421 Menu. (nashcarclub.org)

 

In this article the Nash is noted as being an Advanced Six, but it is simply not big enough. It is a Standard Six. Vehicles Advanced Six, Robert Strong Woodward, painter of New England scenes, barns, homesteads, pastures, churches, picturesque windows

[kcmadr]

Thanks!

So taking into account the error on the info I had found, it would thus be a 1929 421 Standard Six Phaeton?

Everything I am checking it against seems to match this.

[nzcarnerd]

19 hours ago, kcmadr said:

Thanks!

So taking into account the error on the info I had found, it would thus be a 1929 421 Standard Six Phaeton?

Everything I am checking it against seems to match this.

In a word - yes. Note in the photo how the car is relatively small compared with the people. The other Nash models of the same year are larger cars.  The Standard Six of 1929 is a development of the Ajax, Nash's small car, and also their only side valve engine to that date, which first appeared in 1925. Because Charls Nash had previously been at Buick he was a believer in overhead valve engines and used the design when he went out to build his own cars.

[kcmadr]

I have settled on tagging this Nash as a 1929 Nash 421 Standard Six Phaeton.