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16/10/2024 4:17 am
The new postwar Nash automobiles came out in 1949 - 1950 and they had the slogan, "If It's New...It's Nash !" It was really sleek and featured semi-enclosed front wheels .... as would the next generation of Nashes in 1952.
Here is a picture of some of these streamlined cars headed for dealers on a car hauler transport truck back then. Nice !
Also, I have included a photograph taken many years later of one of these Nashes in my hometown of Riverside, IL. The photo may be from the late 1960's-early-1970's and this automobile existed and drove around town into the 1970's at least. Me and an older sister knew it as the "upside-down bathtub car" !
16/10/2024 5:38 am
Yep another of the inverted bath tubs. I recall the Nash very well growing up. Saw quite a few but didn't know anyone who owned one. Another terrific ad piece from your collection Mike!!
16/10/2024 5:49 am
Two very nice photographs - especially that of your upside-down bathtub car. Riverside is the location of many of Frank Lloyd-Wright's earliest works is it not? So all in all, you were surrounded with America's cultural artworks, growing up.
16/10/2024 6:28 am
An "upside-down bathtub car" for sure.
John Bono
North Jersey
16/10/2024 8:04 am
Never was able to like the bathtub Nashes styling. A late friend had a 49 with 35,000 miles, asked me to take it to a show about ten years ago while he was out of town. It was that incident that made me appreciate the car from a quality standpoint as it was a pleasure to drive with excellent, for the time, handling. Ironically I have 14 models in 1/43 scale.
16/10/2024 9:02 am
Two very nice photographs - especially that of your upside-down bathtub car. Riverside is the location of many of Frank Lloyd-Wright's earliest works is it not? So all in all, you were surrounded with America's cultural artworks, growing up.
Charles, what's beautiful about Riverside is that it still looks like that! The town was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, who among other things also designed New York's Central Park. Riverside has a number of Wright homes and is just south of Oak Park, where Wright built his own home and studio along with other commissioned homes and Unity Temple; they have a Wright housewalk there every year.
16/10/2024 11:35 am
Great photos, especially that hauler! In 1949, those Nashs looked like advanced modern design.... with acres of leg room! 😎 😎
Topic starter
16/10/2024 4:21 pm
Lol, they were very advanced automobiles for that era ! 
Paul, you are quite right about Riverside and Frank Lloyd Wright. There are also some other homes here utilizing the "Prairie Style and it really is a "Village in a Park".
As a summer job, I used to work for a landscape service and one of the houses we cut the lawn at here in Riverside was owned by a person who was an automobile collector and it had a 6 car garage ! 
16/10/2024 4:22 pm
When I was a little kid circa 1958 the neighbor two doors down had a light grey Bathtub Nash. I thought it was just horrible looking and couldn't understand for the life of me why anyone would want one. I recall thinking how strange it was that they would have placed the tail lights on the trunk lid instead of the fender corners. It seemed a throwback to the 1930s. I have softened my point of view about this car considerably in recent years and appreciate them more now for their unique place in automotive history. I love seeing them at car shows; they sure generate comments.
16/10/2024 4:26 pm
@michaeldetorrice Paul and Mike; it's so nice to know that there are still such towns that for the most part have avoided the urban sprawl and big city social problems while retaining their original character and economic stability. Riverside sounds like a great place to retire.
Topic starter
16/10/2024 4:38 pm
Yep ! Riverside was an old Indian camping ground and founded as one of the first landscaped and planned communities in 1871. The winding street plan is remarkable and quite ahead of it's time.
Today, of course, (except for the cars on other than "cruise nights") it would look .....exactly the same ! 
16/10/2024 4:44 pm
Very cool pics and info...thanks Mike!
Topic starter
17/10/2024 2:07 pm
Lol, those "old cars" would probably be sought after and worth quite a bit now days !
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