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27/04/2008 12:38 pm
An early Nash (but not quite 1:43). . . (pic)
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This is a 1904 Nash Rambler plastic model, copyrighted by Gowland & Gowland in 1953, and part of the Revell Highway Pioneers in the green and white boxes. Building these models started me on my life-long interest in old cars. FYI this is not a left-over from my childhood but a later model. The very threatening lady on her side-saddle is marked (hard to read) "Made in England/ ___oprietors _______ copyright." I have great faith that Chris Sweetman can fill in the blanks.
27/04/2008 12:41 pm
Early Nash
Sidesaddle lady. Could be early Britains, part of their farm series? Just a guess!
27/04/2008 12:44 pm
She has the swing arm that was popular with Britains.
27/04/2008 1:56 pm
David, Roger has the right answer with this one and ...
this "very threatening lady on her side-saddle" is indeed made by Britain's. It is a hollow-cast item and was made both pre and post WWII. Britain's reference number for this model is: 609.
However, the pose is actually an acknowledgement for the care the driver has past her with! It still occurs to this day. I live next door to the English County where hunting on horse back is a major past-time. Now days with the current law they are not allowed to use the dogs to kill the fox they are hunting.
Good to see that this early Nash is RHD!
Cheers Chris
Autominologist residing in the Robin Hood County
Nottinghamshire England UK
27/04/2008 4:16 pm
Thanks, Chris. I knew you would know. As for the RHD, most cars in the US were right hand until about 1908, when the shift started. Ford popularized the left-hand position, and Pierce Arrow was about the last to shift over, I think in the late teens. I know President Woodrow Wilson's 1919 Pierce Arrow was RHD. But we were driving on the right from the beginning. Was it considered more important to see the curb than it was to see oncoming traffic? 'Tis a mystery.
27/04/2008 5:47 pm
Neat shot of that great old Nash and that hayburner, too. I wouldn't mess too much with the whip-armed lady on the horse !
27/04/2008 6:17 pm
A very good guess, too. When Chris backs you up, you're right! Many thanks.