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Poll: Which '48? (1...
 
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Poll results: '48 Mercury or Nash?
Voter(s): 15
Poll is closed Feb 14, 2021
'48 Mercury  -  votes: 5 / 33.3%
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'48 Nash  -  votes: 9 / 60%
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Tie  -  votes: 0 / 0%
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Sorry, no interest in this selection.  -  votes: 1 / 6.7%
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Poll: Which '48? (1/31/2021-2/1/2021)

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'48 Mercury or Nash?

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1948 Nash Ambassador Custom Convertible 1

John Bono
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I'm a bit surprised! I've always been a fat fender Ford & Mercury fan but the Nash, with a bit of the chrome removed from the front end, is a better looking car. I still picked the Mercury but only for the power train. 



   
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I've always liked these Nashes for their styling. Nash but I like the Mercury as well.



   
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David Green
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Similar designs and concept but the Nash just seems cleaner lines, enhanced by better use of trim, in my opinion.



   
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George Schire
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I like both cars, but if I've got a choice of having one over the other, IT'S NASH!  Not as bulky looking.  


George Schire
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Ed Glorius
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Another vote for the cleaner looking Nash. Plus I like the blue.


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(@jack-dodds)
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I really like the look of the Nash over the Mercury by a small margin but I'll pick the Merc for its drive train.



   
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Charles Rockett
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I feel the Nash is a smarter design.  Problem is, design is there to help the sales department and cluttered though it is, the Mercury does speak more of the 1950s.  Whilst writing a dissertation many years ago, I came upon a quote: "Post-war values were made manifest in chrome and steel" which I think sums up the case for the Mercury.



   
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Nash in a Flash



   
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