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Nash 400 at the Josefuv Dul Car Show, Liberecky kraj, Bohemia(CZ), 2015

Nash 400 at the Josefuv Dul Car Show, Liberecky kraj, Bohemia(CZ), 2015
Although the Morgan +4+ may have been marginally rarer, this car was, by car, the biggest surprise of the show, to me. This was the first time I had seen a Nash of any year or model in the Czech Republic, and unless I see this one I again, I presume I'll never see one here again. For that matter, I've seen very few in the United States, other than a 1950's-era Nash Metropolitan that one of my friends had.

I have managed to confirm in photos that there's one other Nash 400 like this one located in Europe, specifically in Norway, but it would be unsurprising if these were the only two. Here's a photo of the one in Norway:

upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/1929_Nash_400%2C_Owner_J%C3%B8rgen_Simonsen_IMG_9332.JPG

The Nash 400 was produced, as far as I can tell, from 1929 until 1938, but there were a number of facelifts with new, streamline body styles in the years 1932-1938. Source material is a bit scarce online. This one appears to be one of the older, pre-1932 models, possibly a 1929.

Someone with more detailed or accurate history would help a lot to flesh out this picture caption.

I've also had trouble getting technical data on the Nash 400, but my understanding is that it usually came with an I-8 engine, which would have made it higher end than most cars of its day. The business strategy of Nash, according to Wikipedia, was to give the customer "more than he paid for."

I'm also aware that many Nashes were designed with fold-down seats so that they could be used as campers (although I don't know if this Nash had this). Interestingly, Tatra also included fold-down sleeping seats on the 603 (the Tatra 603, albeit not the interior, can be seen in other photos from this car show).

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