Surfer Moon - Beach Boys. WYR: 1955 President and 1955 Packard (BIATP). The interior on this car is among the most stunning I’ve ever seen, I mean just beautiful. Thanks as always ~ Chuck
Yeah buddy congratulations we got a winner =) glad you dig this episode that car was incredible when I walked around the corner and I saw that sitting up on top of the hill I was like oh my gosh.. I was in absolute aw the owner is super cool.. Yesterday was a weird day it was Nice and then it rained and then it got really nice.. I forgot to get his number.. which sucks lol Great choices =)
@@allenwayne2033 Indeed, it was a tough call for me as well. My parents went on their first date in a borrowed Kaiser, so they’ve always held a special place for me.
I totally agree I really dig the color I love the fact that it was one solid color or not two tone which is rare.. The interior is what got me there was so much color in that interior and it was nice like I don’t know how to describe the texture was just like Kaiser bamboo seat texture but it didn’t feel like those seats just the texture of a did very comfortable The owner has other Nash products like a country club I would really love to go over there and do that but I totally forgot to get his number but I think I might be able to figure it out
Haha yeah i’ll do more jingles at the end I love to sing I don’t have the best voice in the world but it’s a tie into not having a radio in a vehicle.. The acoustics in my truck at Great just like singing in the shower lol I used to sing a lot of karaoke but I don’t anymore I haven’t seen karaoke in probably 10 years I used to be able to go note for note with Brian Wilson as well as Mike love all the low notes.. At one point in time I could hit that more than a feeling Boston note but I can’t hit it anymore because I don’t really sing that much. Only at the end of an episode or when I’m alone in my truck haha Great choices The owner told me the car rides like you’re driving in your living room because the seats are so plush and it’s got a coil springs Packard V81 for engine episode I’m not entirely sure if there’s going to be an episode tomorrow or not I have to go to Pittsburgh and deliver a cabinet first thing in the morning.. The next car episode I believe it’s going to be the 1929 Willy knight sleeve valve..
Hi Jay!: NASH! Pretty interesting car! I have never seen one in person, especially a two door! Bet it was very peppy with the Packard V-8! Had SO MANY interesting interior features! Wish they still did a lot of those! The dash was interesting too! WYR#1 Going with that neat 2-dr. Hudson! #2 was all set to pick the Nash, THEN, Clipper! Have to go Packard! Here's our family's NASH story. Back before I came around Dad was shopping for a used car, and found a green Nash 4-dr. Mom practically begged him not to buy the car, but Dad was pretty stubborn and bought it. It was more than likely a 1950 or 1951, and had the Six. Well, they didn't have it for very long, something happened with the engine. Mom called that car the NASTY NASH, and every time she sees a picture of one that's what she calls it!
55 Studebaker 55 Packard Clipper Two of my favorite automobile companies. I've never been a fan of the sedan and hardtop bodies on these but I love them in a station wagon. Very stylish interior in that car. Surprisingly spacious inside. As I mentioned before in one of the previous videos my sister-in-law had a Packard clipper I used to ride in it quite a bit when I was 10 or 11. I always loved it and thought it was just a big beautiful automobile. All these great automotive companies are no longer with us and that is sad. That said. It's great that there are collectors and enthusiasts that still have these vehicles and keep them as they are so that we can enjoy them now.
=) Great choices Thank you so much for sharing all of that I’m a huge fan of the wagons as well I think that’s why I like the airflight so much because it’s almost like a fastback wagon if that makes any sense.. I want to cover one this year.. but they are very few and far between anymore.
My friend had one of these many years ago. He saw it in a field, he stopped, and asked this old guy about it. The guy got so excited somebody cared, he gave my friend the car! It was a 1955 four door Ambassador. It had the 252 inline six, with two carbs, and an automatic. We put in a 12 volt battery, and connected the wrong way at first! OOPS! We finally got a 6 volt, and connected it positive ground, and it ran great. But the darned thing had been hit in the front on the passengers side. The damage didn't look that bad, but he could never get it to drive straight. Sadly I think it went tro the crusher about 1980.
One of the most striking hood ornaments ever designed. My understanding is that Nash got a-lot of push back from critics at the time who felt it was too risqué…..
Beautiful flowing lines. The two door hard tops are definitely rare as hens teeth. Once again youve provided new info that i was not aware of in that Packard supplied the V8s. Imagine what could've been if they had merged with Nash & Hudson instead of Studebaker. Wonder what a 70s era Packard would've looked like. Oh the possibilities... 👍
I totally agree they only offered the Packard V-8 in 55 by 56 they had their own V-8.. Packard V81 the engine episode it’s coming it’s got a very interesting history they spent $22 million on that engine just to use it for two years
First up before I forget. The Hudson Hornet based on your review from a short while ago and I really like this Nash. Such a futuristic design. I look at this car and think of how it would look customised but then I see all it's beauty and think No Way. I wouldn't even put fat wheels on it. Thanks Jay excellent presentation
Glad you dig this episode =) I honestly couldn’t believe it was there at the show because these things are that rare I was really hoping to see the air flight there’s one for sale I reached out to the guy but doing cars for sale is become kind of weird they think it’s a scam or something like that.. Doing them a car shows is even weirder because you have an audience and I don’t I like it’s weird I don’t like presenting it to a group of people I’d rather it just be me. But this show was really cool it was super intimate there was maybe 30 cars there but everybody got to talk to one another and it was just a cool experience.
Yeah they do I didn’t do it in this video because the interior was so nice The last one I did it and it was hard to get the seat to go back in the position that was supposed to go into their super Notchy The mechanism is and you have to pull the lever back to it’s hard to explain. But love those seats
The Packard Clipper was their entry level model. It would have had the same 320 c.i. V8 as used in the Nash. It also looks like the Nash also used the earlier Packard non-auto shifting automatic. These were similar in function as the Buick DynaFlow, normally running in the "D" or direct drive position and having the torque converter do all the work. The difference was that the Ultramatic had a lock-up torque converter, giving a true direct-drive. If by chance there is a dot to the left of "D", which doesn't show up in the picture, then it could very well be the later "gear-start" Ultramatic and would start in Low and automatically shift to Drive, when in the "D" position. I seem to remember that the Packard Clipper didn't have a dot in their shift quadrants either. It's true that Nash was one of the first cars to have uni-body construction. People often didn't care for the fenders partially covering the tires, but there was a major structural piece in that part of the fenders, so they really shouldn't be opened up.
The 54 big Nash was the first car with fully integrated underhood AC - for years AMC had excellent AC. My Dad got transferred to FL early in his working life. Mom not thrilled. As a peace offering he got a 64 Rambler American with AC - pretty much unheard of in a compact car. A couple years later they moved back north and AC was still pretty uncommon in anything less than a full size. It was literally the cool car, even if it could barely get out of its own way (by today's standards).Farina didn't actually have all that much to do with the design Anderson recalled being asked (told) if it was OK they played up the designed by Pinin Farina aspect and he said something like "Sure, I'm a company man as much as anyone, if it's good for sales, OK". He was worth more than AMC realized, and after more or less dumping him, they were very lucky to get Teague as a replacement. Such cool interiors - nash had one of the first female interior designers in Helene Rother and I think she was there long enough to work on the 54-56 interiors. Really neat car, Packard V8 was a little heavy though. WYR #1 - that's a toughie: the President speedster is the collector's choice, glizty tri tone and all, and the Hornet still had the Twin H for this last year which was probably the best compromise for this car vs. the Packard V8, but the Nash interior styling wins it the nod. #2 - Nash.
Great choices Very true Farina didn’t really have that much to do it was more Anderson than anybody but I guess they designed the Nash Healey so they wanted them to design everything else and they really did it they made one concept car that had the body of the production or very close to the body it wasn’t identical.. with the same grill the Nash Haley used it’s a very interesting looking car I don’t know how many they made it’s probably one or maybe even two Thank you so much for sharing all that information and insight I always appreciate it when you share insight I don’t always get the thank you but just know I appreciate it. =) As well as everybody else this is a community I’m just a car enthusiast I’m not an expert. =)
1) Hudson 2) Packard It wows me how much the Hudson and Nash share body parts, and yet are so totally different. The '55-'57 Nash's, but especially the '55 remind me of the car in the movie, The Car, with it's front fender bulges. Love this dashboard! Again, AMC making some unusual design choices, but hitting it out of the park!
Great choices =) when I saw this car when I came around the corner it was up on top of the hill I was like no way.. I was floored I love cars like this I was hoping to see an airflyte those are cool too This car had the seeds that fall down into a bed but I didn’t wanna put them down because this interior was perfect and sometimes the seats get locked in a weird position and they’re really hard to put back...
Your awesome video helped me understand the true size of this car…larger than I thought!...love the floating grill and the flying lady hood ornament!!...best feature is the textured wrap around dashboard trim…could gaze at that all day!!!
Glad you dig this episode. This was the type of car the more you looked at it the more you saw it wasn’t basic like pictures pictures don’t do it justice there’s a lot going on with that design very curvy. That interior tho The owner said that it’s one of the most comfy riding cars he’s ever owned
I love the net feature that was such an awesome idea. It’s inspired me I have my eyes on a Rambler I’m not sure how long it’s gonna last though and I don’t know if I can come up with the money before it’s gone but I would totally do that to that it’s a 58 four-door I wish it was a wagon but price is right.. but realistically I really want to Metropolitan that’s the car that I have my eyes on I’m looking for one but I wanna buy one cheap
If there was any problem with the 1955 Nash, it was that AMC designers were trying to make the Hudson--which shared the Nash body shell--look distinctive and different than the Nash. The '55 Hudson looked more like a '54 Nash than the '55 Nash, given the changes in the front end. The Nash looked something like a bar of soap that had been left in the shower a little too long, in my opinion. Also, Packard made AMC pay out the wazoo for the Packard V-8/Ultramatic combination, which made the V-8 models much more expensive than the sixes (and, as you noted, less expensive than Packard Clippers with the same engine! Finally, speaking of rust, one of my neighbors had a 1956 Ambassador Special two-door hardtop circa 1965...and the car was so riddled by rust, despite it being freshly repainted, that it literally split in half on the grease rack at the gas station.
These always looked like toy cars. But the metal script writing here is elegant. All the car makers back then put a lot of effort in the branding, badges, and letters.
I totally agree he’s always had like a tin toy vibes I feel the same way about earlier Rambler is but I absolutely love them and maybe that’s why I get Lionell train vibes from them
1 & 2: All of them. Getting them to museum quality while still being drivable is one thing, but I'd rather just be able to drive them while enjoying the experience. Tune: Home Depot theme?
Hahaha Charles dalton got it surfer moon The Beach Boys I have never had a museum quality car nor do I think I ever want one because I’d like driving my stuff.. and when it’s done up you don’t like driving them idk
WYR 1: I love the Studebaker, aside from the heavy 1955 grill, but I think the interior of today's Nash is stunning, so I'm going to go with that. WYR 2: Kaiser, just for something different.
I think the seats in the nash could fold flat to form a bed. The matching pillows cracked me up too. There was one of these rotting away just south of tamaqua, PA. It was the most rusted out car i had ever seen. Only the roof connected the front to the back- it would never be able to support itself if it was still on wheels. They say these were outstanding road cars.
Yeah the owner was telling me the seeds to fall down but I didn’t wanna mess with it because this interior was way too nice and sometimes those seats when you go to put them down they don’t like to come back up sometimes so I didn’t want to mess with it. The seat back is real Notchey when you go to do it and you have to pull the lever up it’s weird it’s really hard to explain.. i’ve had experience with the seats
That is an interesting feature having the gas tank opening behind the taillight, though I never knew Nash had it there. Must have got the idea from Cadillac. My favourite cars shown would be the President and the Packard.
The Kenosha Cadillac. My friend Billy Noble has gone to his reward but before he left, in 1963 or '64, he had a '54 or '55 Nash Ambassador. Rode like a Cadillac and a very living room type feel to the interior. It could get rubber from a standing start with the big 6 and Hydtamatic. It was a lot nicer than the cheap Chevys the rest of us were driving. A very distinctive automobile.
Thanks for finding this Nash hard top. Both dashes looks great. first pick The Studebaker President Speedster in yellow green the second pick, the Kaiser.
@@What.its.like. Glad you all had a good time. last time I seen a Nash from that era was over15 years ago, a black and red 1957 sedan sitting in a storage yard, the paint was chalky and the tail lights faded from baking in the Texas sun, but was complete with Continental kit, hopefully the scrap vultures didn't destroy it. Sorry the other poster had to junk his, the parts, and especially trim, front and back windows are very hard to find.
I defiantly like the Nash. Our family had a new 55 Ambassador 4door v8, color was palomino with white top . Always thought it was a smiling car compared to the frowning 57 and 58 gm models. traded it for a 60 Buick it was a smiling car too.
Awesome thank you so much for sharing your car with us 60 Buick is a really nice car as well the only thing that sucks about it is the transmission but it’s a beautiful car..
I’m not sure if they were made in Australia that’s an excellent question.. Also when you look in Wikipedia does it go based off of the country that you’re in I always wondered that like through the search results vary, Well I guess they would have to or does it go by cell phone provider like if you have a cell phone provider based in the US do you still get US search engines when you’re in a different country that’s an interesting thought
@@What.its.like. it may well depend on cell phone provider, I never thought about that before. I know Ramblers were built here, assembled by a company called AMI ( Australian Motor Industries ) and were built on the same production line as Mercedes, Volkswagon and Toyota. So with that memory I searched Wikipedia and it seems the 55 Ambassador was also assembled here for the local market. I do recall seeing them getting around when I was very young in the late 60’s early 70’s, but they were probably just the 4 door 6 cyl version
Hi Jay. Yes, it's an attractive car, though I personally despise Continental kits. It would have been an option rather than standard fitment I suspect. The 140hp of the six is a very impressive number for 1955. Did you notice how far inboard the front wheels are? That just screams understeer to me. That's the price of the bathtub look I guess. A long standing Nash feature, probably applicable to this car is that the front seats fold down so as to create a double bed inside. Cheers.
I didn’t show the bed feature in this car the owner said that it does do that but the seats were too nice and those seat backs are super naughty I don’t know if you’ve ever attempted to put them down but sometimes they get locked in the down position and they’re paying to get back up so I didn’t want to do that with this car apparently the seats were recovered at one point but the rear covered in the same material that guy bought the car from one of the longest lived AMC dealerships around here that just sold all their inventory off for years ago it was called volmers i’m not sure if the spelling is right.. There is a 1967 Rambler Marlon coming up it’s the only one I’ve ever seen in person cars absolutely epic but I didn’t get in the backseat or anything like that because it was filled with memorabilia.. and was said to be the most original one left doing this as long as I’ve done it seat material from that period of time is very fragile.. so I didn’t wanna risk anything. I’m going to try to do the marlin this week sometime because it’s also a unicorn and totally different than the 65 which I did a 65 at that show as well the cars that I covered at that show 55 ambassadors 68 javelin I didn’t get in the backseat of that one either 65 Marlin (which we already did on this channel but it wasn’t the nicest one this one was way better plus the channel changed a lot since doing that one so we’re gonna go back and cover some of the stuff that we did in the early years 1967 Marlin.
Hey bob Hershey is coming up can’t wait to hang out with you and Rick there =) 59 American wagon would be a really cool car to have now I love those things they don’t really come up for sale hardly at all I think a two-door wagon would be an awesome thing to have.. Glad you dig this episode
You missed the fact that Disneyland also opened in 1955 with American Motors as a major exhibitor in Tomorrowland Circle-rama was a 360°movie the theater with a completely surrounding tour of America. The lobby was actually a glorified AMC showroom with cars on exhibit..
You know the background on how Nash ended up with Packard motors, no? Jim Nance, the CEO of Packard, and George Mason, Nance’s counterpart at Nash, were about to form a unification of Studebaker-Packard and American Motors…to rival the Big Three. Mason abruptly died, Romney took over and put a stop to the plan. Studebaker already had a V-8 built in South Bend and Packard production numbers were dwindling. AMC’s V-8 was still a couple of years out (1957) and Packard had additional capacity, as Packard automobiles, although pretty advanced for 1955, were not selling well. Studebaker did offer Packard’s 352 V-8 for one year in the 1956 Golden Hawk, but went back to a supercharged Studebaker V-8 in 1957. Even the 1957-58 “Packardbakers” had Studebaker V-8s. A real shame, because the Packard V-8s and the improved Ultramatic transmission was one smooth combination.
That's not true. But its a common misconception. What really happened was that in early 1954 George Mason attempted to initiate a merger but the Packard board wouldn't even let him speak with the directors on behalf of the proposal. And that was the end of it. Not until they were facing bankruptcy a couple of years later did Packard write a letter to AMC asking them if it were interested in joining forces but by then it was far too late as the company by then was drowning in debt. A good book to read on the subject is one called "The Fall of the Packard Motor Company" by James Ward. Newly formed AMC only had Packard engines for one year as the next year in '56 they had their newly designed V-8 engine readily available which was developed by a former Kaiser employee and put on the fast track to mass production.
I was under the impression packard wasn’t in debt and merged with studebaker to survive the decade and ironically didn’t survive because they picked the wrong company to merge with. Studebaker wasn’t honest with their book keeping and was in the red. Why they switched and let studebaker live was a weird decision. I wis packard would have merged with peerless and Pierce arrow but as they say hindsight is 2020
@@What.its.like. Remember, Studebaker actually owned Pierce for a few years during Erksine's leadership, but was forced to sell before ultimately filing for reorganization bankruptcy. I believe it wasn't that Packard CHOSE the wrong company to merge with, it was that they had no other choice after they were turned away by Nash and only left with Studebaker.
@@What.its.like. It is definitely true that Packard was not in debt at the time that they merged with sickly Studebaker, but they soon would be and it wasn’t just because of Studebaker’s weak financial position. The new V-8 engine cost the company no less than 20 million dollars, they also foolishly moved their company to another location that had a much smaller production capacity that not only delayed the introduction of their new models but also caused a lot of quality control problems that permanently hurt the company’s once stellar reputation. Nash by the way tried to merge with Packard three times. In 1916, in 1948, and again in 1954 but failed all three times. Packard would have been wise to have merged with Nash as they were a much stronger company and especially in 1948 as their two “bathtub” designs looked a lot a like with the main difference being that the ’49-’51 Nash sold well whereas the ’48-’50 Packard proved to be very unpopular with the public once the sales market became competitive again.
For WYR, I will pick the Nash Ambassador, and the Kaiser (I've always liked the look of the last models). I am another one who has never seen a coupe version of these, so this is a treat. And the upholstery was also nice. And the glovebox. That instrument panel was different. My only question is how difficult is it to pay attention to the speedometer when it's moved closer to the center?
As far as the instrument panel goes I think you’ll get used to it it’s not that far out of line of sight when I saw this car dashboard in a picture I was like why would they do that but in reality it’s not bad.. I’m a huge fan of the glove box door I think that’s an awesome feature I don’t know of any other company that did it besides Nash Hudson AMC Sweet choices
These are such unique and cool cars! I really like all the choices, but I'd take this one in the first, and the Manhattan in the second. 😎Nice vocals at the end there!👍
Thank you Great choices The singing at the end is a tie into old cars a lot of them don’t have radios like my truck doesn’t have a radio I thing in the truck and it has the best acoustics because it doesn’t have any sound that mean It’s almost like singing in the shower without getting wet lol
Haha sweet choices. DAD, just kidding =) I need to find some Studebaker‘s I really want to do a bullet nose before the year is over those cars are really cool the boat that’s a car that I would want to drive because of the car that I’d like to own one day my great uncle was a Studebaker aficionado and he had three Studebaker‘s and he absolutely Loved Studebaker and I wish he was still around to talk about them he had a 50 bullet nose four-door he would use it for weddings it was really cool but you know when you’re a kid it’s just a classic car that looks weird you don’t really know that car got 32 miles of the gallon with overdrive and they’re claiming 32 miles to the gallon is the best number they can come up with now. With Electronic fuel injection computers and what have you
Studebaker President, for its flowing line. The Nash is too 'bathtub' like for me. ROUND TWO: I would go for the Kaiser. I like the front-end styling and the arc of the side view.
Great choices =) Those kaisers are a hidden gem of a car.. and drastically under appreciated for what they are they did a super charged model as well I think it was called the dragon but they didn’t offer it in 55 otherwise it was going to be on the list
You are definitely right about that Nash 2 door V-8 Ambassador being a rare automobile as they only made a total of 1,705 of those cars compared with 18,805 four door models. As for WYR: For the first choice I'll take none of the above, and for the second choice I'll also take none of the above. I'm just not much of a fan of independent models for that year. I'm not surprised that they all ended up with big deficits in what turned out to be a record breaking year in the auto industry. The designs of the Big Three were much better in my opinion and especially GM who made over a billion dollars in profit. There is one particular car though that I have always admired that was not made by the Big Three and that is the 1955 Nash Rambler Custom sedan. There was also a station wagon version made plus a badge Hudson of both types. They are noticeable by their chrome beltline and continental kit on the sedan. Unfortunately Nash didn't make many of them. I read once that they were all made in their El Segundo, California plant that closed later that year. Who knows, but maybe you'll do a feature video on that very impressive looking Nash Rambler Custom sedan or station wagon sometime in the future. You never can tell!
I’ve done a hudson cross country rambler wagon but wasn’t allowed in it which sort of sucked because I was and then when I got there it changed Rambler was weird could be had as either I should have included rambler but idk why I didn’t czcams.com/video/nAtLwqvJZ7k/video.htmlfeature=shared
@@What.its.like. Thanks for the link. It's not a "custom" cross country station wagon which is more impressive although you do show some photos of that top of the line station wagon.
Yeah those are hard to find.. my favorite wagon of all time is a 1959 ambassador cross country wagon I’ll take that in regular form or a country club but I’ve never seen a country club the hard top version or the ambassador version frankly I really like the 61 that’s a really close second and I mean if I had the money and a 61 was available I would buy it.. that 327 is drastically under rated. I saw statistics saying that in 1959 ambassador wagon with a three speed could go 0 to 16 8 1/2 seconds anything under 10 in the 50s as fast or so I was told.. I really want to review one but that’s a vehicle that I really want to drive I hate asking for rides alone if I could drive. We did a cross country from 59 and I never asked to drive the cars but I did ask him, respectfully declined I did get to drive a 61 it was a super cool experience in the 196 has more pets and people give a credit for it’s not fast by any stretch of the imagination. I drive a Toyota Prius to commute long distances for fuel economy it had more get up and go than that does but the Prius isn’t a slow car if you know how to drive it I raced the Mazda three yesterday and he never caught up to me.. Think about that I blew his doors off in a Prius it was a Mazda speed three hatchback from like 2006
Studebaker, always. This car is hilarious. Almost like those winding toy cars from that era, or bumping cars from attraction parks. As much as I love Pininfarina designs I think he couldn't really grasp the concept of American automobile design and came up with this abomination which has the front headlights placement of an European post war compact and the rear end of a Cadillac. Look at that huge rear bumper, like a platform. Totally out of proportion. And what to say about the four wheels hidden behind the fenders. And it features a v8 no less! Just utter nonsense. Nevertheless, great video as always, man Cheers!
I always got Lionell train vibes from the early Nashville I think that’s why I like them so much but I totally get what you’re saying this car looks a whole lot better in person than it does in the pictures but I totally get what you’re saying =)
I think we’re gonna do some appliances there are a couple that I really want to review. That was a really old episode I did a couple electric cars in the very beginning Kia EV6 But this will never ever be a new car channel there’s just a few that I wanted to cover like I would love to do a Shelby GT 350 which isn’t really new anymore.. new corvette I really want to review the Hi Hyundai ionic six just to give my spin on it maybe a tesla as well but they will be few and far between
I had a 56 with Le Mans (the Nash Healey) motor dual sidedraft carbs not in 55? Pina Farina great design, was the widest back seat I've owned even more so than D Body Imperial AC My 51 was OD 56 cast iron hydromatic taillight lenses were glass check out the weight from the unit body construction Nash owned their own AC company made fridges seats had coil innersprings car had torque tube drive hence low tunnel Ido not see the supports in front of the rear seats for the fold flat front seats with heavy Packard V8 you needed power steering 55 Nash Tried to get dad to buy a 56 Packard Carribean Convertible red and white
Awe man 56 Packard Caribbean convertible it’s so cool.. torsion bar suspension I believe it was the first car to offer air conditioning in a convertible according to Jay Leno anyway.. I could not find chassis specifications that’s why they wasn’t part of this episode but I should’ve totally mentioned that it had a talk to because we were talking about that me and the owner and I couldn’t believe that it had a torque tube considering Hotchkiss Drive was invented in 1929 or something crazy like that.. some manufacturers still believed in anchoring the rear end to a torque tube which clearly Nash believe that as well I believe that it used coil springs as well and I think that was the main reason behind the torque tube. Thank you so much for sharing all that insight and adding information I really appreciate it =) How was your Lemans. Definitely want to cover the Nash Healey sometime but can’t cover all of the cool cars this year I have no idea when that one’s going to come same thing with the Kaiser dare and those are the only two sports cars I haven’t been in I’ve been in a 54 Corvette I’ve been in a 55 Thunderbird and in my opinion if you were going to buy a sports car from the 50s without compromise get a golden hawk there is absolutely no compromise with the car
@@What.its.like. Agree on the golden hawk but as a Nash guy in the 50's I got to go with the Nash Healy with the aluminum head That was one tough motor My grandfather had an early 50's pina firina (after the 51 bathtub) towed his trailer with it. Hard to find some Borg Warner OD parts with the torque tube 51, we blew it going up to Onion Valley with Columbus the Donkey in the horse trailer (Kearsarge Pass) It wanted to jump out of low, made it home though (basically same trans as Ford PU(and basis of T10 speed)
They're cute cars, but I like the 1909 Jeffery Rambler better; "Rambler Breaks Los Angeles - San Diego Record". 🎩 😊🎩. They were such fast cars, they had to bank the curves in the factory in Kenosha. 🧀
I know where there is one we will definitely feature a Jeff Jeffery Rambler before the year is over =) We might even be able to go for a ride in it I know the owner
Sweet =) I’m working on the Packard V-8 engine episode that’s coming out Wednesday it’s going to be a pretty good one it’s crazy to think that they were only offered for two years and they spent a fortune in development cost. Some sources say 22 million for two years.. I recently got to review a 67 Rambler Marlon that’s coming sometime this week as well because they’re super rare and I never see them the owner was telling me that AMC spent $35 million to make that car for one year. I’ll have to do some research on that but that’s incredible if it’s true
Did you like that.. I wanted to throw that in there to see what the reception would be just know this will never be a new car channel there’s a couple cars that I wanna do that or new just to give my own perspective.. and they will be spread out hopefully I want to do it before the end of the year and we’re winding down but you know haha =)
I would do a little more research on the relationship of Pininfarina and the Nash design team. Pininfarina did not design this car, In spite of the badge.
It is widely known that Edmund Anderson and his stylists were responsible for the 52-57 Nash. Battista "Pinin" Farina did consult with Nash and styled, as well as built, the bodies for the Nash Healey sports cars. Farina's influence on the final style of the large Nashes is disputed but, generally, considered slight. Nash, later American Motors, President George Mason is responsible for front wheel opening cuts as low as those on the preceding streamlined models.
@@What.its.like. Sadly, that reference misses the point. Indeed, it misses a number of them. Sigh, getting the history correct is quite a task. We appreciate all you do to get there.
Yes it’s hard to get the answers to question information isn’t direct a lot of times.. glad you dig the channel =) I’ve also found that Use different Devices search results it’s very interesting
What an odd dash design….that centered instrument cluster gave me vertigo. Didn’t the dash controls say “air conditioning “? Where was the compressor and more importantly, where were the ac vents? Odd car…
I think all the amc cars from this era had AC controls even if the car didn’t have air-conditioning I don’t know it’s weird but it wouldn’t blow out of the dash I don’t believe I think it would either come out the top or the bottom but I’m not 100% sure on that
The heater and air conditioner compressor on 1954-57 Nashes and Hudsons were linked to the front air duct at the lower part of the cowl. Nash and Hudson were actually the first air-conditioned cars to put all the componentry under the hood, not in the trunk as with earlier A/C systems. There were no vents on the rear fender nor little ducts on the parcel shelf. Confusing the matter was AMC'S name for their Weather Eye "Conditioned Air" system, in which air entered through the cowl vent, passed though a water-shedding device and a pollen filter before being pressurized and brought into the passenger compartment. AMC marketed air-conditioned Nashes and Hudsons as having the "ALL-Weather Eye" system
Nash was first with several climate control related items. First in using warm water to heat the interior and first to use a thermostat to control the blend of heat. They called this air conditioning and branded it “Weather Eye”. When they add what we consider “air conditioning” today it’s called “All Weather Eye”. They were also among the first to offer modern air conditioning and in a more compact form than other manufacturers at the time.
He ran the company he wasn’t a designer.. he is responsible for killing Nash and Hudson for Rambler.. not the Rambler is a bad car because I personally love the Rambler but I also love Nash and Hudson
@@What.its.like.And by sacrificing Nash and Hudson, he made the Rambler into what was, by 1961, the third-best-selling brand in the U. S., and contributing to the growth of compact cars by all makes
EXCELLENT VIDEO. I was so excited when I saw your video in my feed tonight. What a classic. Scenario 1, I would choose the Hudson Hornet because I just dig Hudsons. Scenario 2, I choose the Nash Ambassador. Really enjoyed getting up close and personal with a car I’ve never seen in person. Thanks!!!
You know me I love the cars off the beaten path I love showing people cars that are not often seen. It’s like our thing =) i’m a huge independent fan as well if you haven’t if you couldn’t tell. Haha I’m so stoked for Hershey it’s going to be like sensory overload for me it generally is but I have a list of cars that I’m looking for usually the list of goes in the trash moment I get to location tho. But I’ll let you guys in on a few 1937 studebaker coupe express 1930 Ruxton Jordan any year Muncie Jet Any all wagons Packard truck 30s (from what I read those are all custom jobs but they exist) Great choices I’m glad you did this episode I was really happy with the B roll I got to get better at doing the role and part of it’s due to the GoPro it doesn’t go slow motion the moment that she hit the power button which is stupid there’s a bit of a delay and I tried to adjust for the delay but that doesn’t always work either.
@@What.its.like. I was going to go to Hershey for vacation this summer, but went to Denmark … and visited two really interesting car museums. One was at Egeskov Castle and included both American and European cars side by side. Also visited an open air museum in Aarhus that incorporated cars from the 60s and 70s into some exhibits. Enjoyed both. Happened upon a car club show in Roskilde with several Corvettes and a Trans Am. Drove over to Sweden for a few days and saw a bunch of classic American convertibles from the 60s and 70s on the road. (Swedes love classic American cars.) You would have loved it.
That’s incredible I’ve never been across the pond the furthest I’ve ever gone was Aruba and we were like 20 minutes from Venezuela I wanted to get on a boat and go to Venezuela just to say I’ve been to South America but the climate there wasn’t good politically and I was afraid that we could get in but not Out of there so didn’t go I want to go backpacking through Europe and get on all the steam trains to get around for transportation problem is my family couldn’t do that like I have a daughter who has to have every accessory in the world just like her mom I could fit everything that I wanted to fit in a camera bag actually back camera bag I have fit everything that I ever wanted in that bag for a couple days. Lol I’m a light packer most guys are =) Thank you so much for sharing that museum experience if I’m ever over there I’ll definitely have to check it out
Surfer Moon - Beach Boys. WYR: 1955 President and 1955 Packard (BIATP). The interior on this car is among the most stunning I’ve ever seen, I mean just beautiful. Thanks as always ~ Chuck
Yeah buddy congratulations we got a winner =) glad you dig this episode that car was incredible when I walked around the corner and I saw that sitting up on top of the hill I was like oh my gosh.. I was in absolute aw the owner is super cool.. Yesterday was a weird day it was Nice and then it rained and then it got really nice.. I forgot to get his number.. which sucks lol
Great choices =)
Awesome job !
Good job! sorry, couldn't join you on the Packard this time. Had to go with the Kaiser.
Only a Beach Boys Super fan would be capable of getting that one right. Good job!
@@allenwayne2033 Indeed, it was a tough call for me as well. My parents went on their first date in a borrowed Kaiser, so they’ve always held a special place for me.
Hornet than Nash . That Nash you checked out was outstanding,color interior , everything was fantastic.
I totally agree I really dig the color I love the fact that it was one solid color or not two tone which is rare..
The interior is what got me there was so much color in that interior and it was nice like I don’t know how to describe the texture was just like Kaiser bamboo seat texture but it didn’t feel like those seats just the texture of a did very comfortable
The owner has other Nash products like a country club I would really love to go over there and do that but I totally forgot to get his number but I think I might be able to figure it out
1955 Hudson
1955 Nash
I drove a 1955 Nash a friend use to have several years ago.
Glad to hear you’re exit voice again!
Haha yeah i’ll do more jingles at the end I love to sing I don’t have the best voice in the world but it’s a tie into not having a radio in a vehicle.. The acoustics in my truck at Great just like singing in the shower lol
I used to sing a lot of karaoke but I don’t anymore I haven’t seen karaoke in probably 10 years I used to be able to go note for note with Brian Wilson as well as Mike love all the low notes.. At one point in time I could hit that more than a feeling Boston note but I can’t hit it anymore because I don’t really sing that much. Only at the end of an episode or when I’m alone in my truck haha
Great choices The owner told me the car rides like you’re driving in your living room because the seats are so plush and it’s got a coil springs
Packard V81 for engine episode I’m not entirely sure if there’s going to be an episode tomorrow or not I have to go to Pittsburgh and deliver a cabinet first thing in the morning..
The next car episode I believe it’s going to be the 1929 Willy knight sleeve valve..
Hi Jay!: NASH! Pretty interesting car! I have never seen one in person, especially a two door! Bet it was very peppy with the Packard V-8! Had SO MANY interesting interior features! Wish they still did a lot of those! The dash was interesting too! WYR#1 Going with that neat 2-dr. Hudson! #2 was all set to pick the Nash, THEN, Clipper! Have to go Packard! Here's our family's NASH story. Back before I came around Dad was shopping for a used car, and found a green Nash 4-dr. Mom practically begged him not to buy the car, but Dad was pretty stubborn and bought it. It was more than likely a 1950 or 1951, and had the Six. Well, they didn't have it for very long, something happened with the engine. Mom called that car the NASTY NASH, and every time she sees a picture of one that's what she calls it!
Great choices thank you so much for sharing that story with us nasty Nash.. lol 😂
55 Studebaker
55 Packard Clipper
Two of my favorite automobile companies.
I've never been a fan of the sedan and hardtop bodies on these but I love them in a station wagon. Very stylish interior in that car. Surprisingly spacious inside.
As I mentioned before in one of the previous videos my sister-in-law had a Packard clipper I used to ride in it quite a bit when I was 10 or 11. I always loved it and thought it was just a big beautiful automobile.
All these great automotive companies are no longer with us and that is sad. That said. It's great that there are collectors and enthusiasts that still have these vehicles and keep them as they are so that we can enjoy them now.
=) Great choices
Thank you so much for sharing all of that I’m a huge fan of the wagons as well I think that’s why I like the airflight so much because it’s almost like a fastback wagon if that makes any sense.. I want to cover one this year.. but they are very few and far between anymore.
My friend had one of these many years ago. He saw it in a field, he stopped, and asked this old guy about it. The guy got so excited somebody cared, he gave my friend the car! It was a 1955 four door Ambassador. It had the 252 inline six, with two carbs, and an automatic. We put in a 12 volt battery, and connected the wrong way at first! OOPS! We finally got a 6 volt, and connected it positive ground, and it ran great. But the darned thing had been hit in the front on the passengers side. The damage didn't look that bad, but he could never get it to drive straight. Sadly I think it went tro the crusher about 1980.
Thank you for so much for sharing that story what great memories I wish you didn’t go to the crusher there are so few of these left
That one lasted 25 years, longer than most.
I've seen one of these in person, it really is something else in person, love how different it is in looks and construction from other 1950's cars.
Totally agree this car is a lot bigger than you would think seeing it in person it’s like seeing a unicorn or something you only read about
@@What.its.like. Absolutely, it's completely unbelievable when seen in real life.
One of the most striking hood ornaments ever designed. My understanding is that Nash got a-lot of push back from critics at the time who felt it was too risqué…..
Thank you so much for sharing that information I could definitely see that but I’m happy that they pressed on and use this hood mascot/ ornament
Beautiful flowing lines. The two door hard tops are definitely rare as hens teeth.
Once again youve provided new info that i was not aware of in that Packard supplied the V8s.
Imagine what could've been if they had merged with Nash & Hudson instead of Studebaker.
Wonder what a 70s era Packard would've looked like.
Oh the possibilities... 👍
I totally agree they only offered the Packard V-8 in 55 by 56 they had their own V-8..
Packard V81 the engine episode it’s coming it’s got a very interesting history they spent $22 million on that engine just to use it for two years
First up before I forget. The Hudson Hornet based on your review from a short while ago and I really like this Nash. Such a futuristic design. I look at this car and think of how it would look customised but then I see all it's beauty and think No Way. I wouldn't even put fat wheels on it. Thanks Jay excellent presentation
Glad you dig this episode =)
I honestly couldn’t believe it was there at the show because these things are that rare I was really hoping to see the air flight there’s one for sale I reached out to the guy but doing cars for sale is become kind of weird they think it’s a scam or something like that..
Doing them a car shows is even weirder because you have an audience and I don’t I like it’s weird I don’t like presenting it to a group of people I’d rather it just be me. But this show was really cool it was super intimate there was maybe 30 cars there but everybody got to talk to one another and it was just a cool experience.
Those seats should come all the way down to form a bed. Great choice for video!!! 55 Nash Ambassador for both!!!
Yeah they do I didn’t do it in this video because the interior was so nice The last one I did it and it was hard to get the seat to go back in the position that was supposed to go into their super Notchy The mechanism is and you have to pull the lever back to it’s hard to explain. But love those seats
The Packard Clipper was their entry level model. It would have had the same 320 c.i. V8 as used in the Nash. It also looks like the Nash also used the earlier Packard non-auto shifting automatic. These were similar in function as the Buick DynaFlow, normally running in the "D" or direct drive position and having the torque converter do all the work. The difference was that the Ultramatic had a lock-up torque converter, giving a true direct-drive. If by chance there is a dot to the left of "D", which doesn't show up in the picture, then it could very well be the later "gear-start" Ultramatic and would start in Low and automatically shift to Drive, when in the "D" position. I seem to remember that the Packard Clipper didn't have a dot in their shift quadrants either.
It's true that Nash was one of the first cars to have uni-body construction. People often didn't care for the fenders partially covering the tires, but there was a major structural piece in that part of the fenders, so they really shouldn't be opened up.
Thank you so much for sharing all this awesome insight and information =)
...Which is the equivalent of YOU.... Paying... I so love it when you do that.
Haha that’s like Uncle Sam saying I want YOU for the USA army
The 54 big Nash was the first car with fully integrated underhood AC - for years AMC had excellent AC. My Dad got transferred to FL early in his working life. Mom not thrilled. As a peace offering he got a 64 Rambler American with AC - pretty much unheard of in a compact car. A couple years later they moved back north and AC was still pretty uncommon in anything less than a full size. It was literally the cool car, even if it could barely get out of its own way (by today's standards).Farina didn't actually have all that much to do with the design Anderson recalled being asked (told) if it was OK they played up the designed by Pinin Farina aspect and he said something like "Sure, I'm a company man as much as anyone, if it's good for sales, OK". He was worth more than AMC realized, and after more or less dumping him, they were very lucky to get Teague as a replacement. Such cool interiors - nash had one of the first female interior designers in Helene Rother and I think she was there long enough to work on the 54-56 interiors. Really neat car, Packard V8 was a little heavy though. WYR #1 - that's a toughie: the President speedster is the collector's choice, glizty tri tone and all, and the Hornet still had the Twin H for this last year which was probably the best compromise for this car vs. the Packard V8, but the Nash interior styling wins it the nod. #2 - Nash.
Great choices
Very true Farina didn’t really have that much to do it was more Anderson than anybody but I guess they designed the Nash Healey so they wanted them to design everything else and they really did it they made one concept car that had the body of the production or very close to the body it wasn’t identical.. with the same grill the Nash Haley used it’s a very interesting looking car I don’t know how many they made it’s probably one or maybe even two
Thank you so much for sharing all that information and insight I always appreciate it when you share insight I don’t always get the thank you but just know I appreciate it. =)
As well as everybody else this is a community I’m just a car enthusiast I’m not an expert. =)
1) Hudson 2) Packard It wows me how much the Hudson and Nash share body parts, and yet are so totally different. The '55-'57 Nash's, but especially the '55 remind me of the car in the movie, The Car, with it's front fender bulges. Love this dashboard! Again, AMC making some unusual design choices, but hitting it out of the park!
Great choices =) when I saw this car when I came around the corner it was up on top of the hill I was like no way.. I was floored I love cars like this I was hoping to see an airflyte those are cool too
This car had the seeds that fall down into a bed but I didn’t wanna put them down because this interior was perfect and sometimes the seats get locked in a weird position and they’re really hard to put back...
What a Beauty,Way ahead of its time
It’s definitely different that’s for sure.. I love the interior and the space and the fact that has a glove drawer
Your awesome video helped me understand the true size of this car…larger than I thought!...love the floating grill and the flying lady hood ornament!!...best feature is the textured wrap around dashboard trim…could gaze at that all day!!!
Glad you dig this episode. This was the type of car the more you looked at it the more you saw it wasn’t basic like pictures pictures don’t do it justice there’s a lot going on with that design very curvy. That interior tho
The owner said that it’s one of the most comfy riding cars he’s ever owned
Jay, that’s a cool feature having that net at the front of the ceiling.
I love the net feature that was such an awesome idea. It’s inspired me I have my eyes on a Rambler I’m not sure how long it’s gonna last though and I don’t know if I can come up with the money before it’s gone but I would totally do that to that it’s a 58 four-door I wish it was a wagon but price is right.. but realistically I really want to Metropolitan that’s the car that I have my eyes on I’m looking for one but I wanna buy one cheap
If there was any problem with the 1955 Nash, it was that AMC designers were trying to make the Hudson--which shared the Nash body shell--look distinctive and different than the Nash. The '55 Hudson looked more like a '54 Nash than the '55 Nash, given the changes in the front end. The Nash looked something like a bar of soap that had been left in the shower a little too long, in my opinion. Also, Packard made AMC pay out the wazoo for the Packard V-8/Ultramatic combination, which made the V-8 models much more expensive than the sixes (and, as you noted, less expensive than Packard Clippers with the same engine! Finally, speaking of rust, one of my neighbors had a 1956 Ambassador Special two-door hardtop circa 1965...and the car was so riddled by rust, despite it being freshly repainted, that it literally split in half on the grease rack at the gas station.
Thank you so much for sharing all that information and insight I’ve read that they detuned the Packard V8 for AMC..
These always looked like toy cars. But the metal script writing here is elegant. All the car makers back then put a lot of effort in the branding, badges, and letters.
I totally agree he’s always had like a tin toy vibes I feel the same way about earlier Rambler is but I absolutely love them and maybe that’s why I get Lionell train vibes from them
1 & 2: All of them. Getting them to museum quality while still being drivable is one thing, but I'd rather just be able to drive them while enjoying the experience.
Tune: Home Depot theme?
Hahaha Charles dalton got it surfer moon The Beach Boys
I have never had a museum quality car nor do I think I ever want one because I’d like driving my stuff.. and when it’s done up you don’t like driving them idk
@@What.its.like. I like the look museum cars have, but it's not a requirement.
WYR 1: I love the Studebaker, aside from the heavy 1955 grill, but I think the interior of today's Nash is stunning, so I'm going to go with that. WYR 2: Kaiser, just for something different.
Great choices I need to find a couple more kaisers before the End of the year those cars don’t come up very often
I think the seats in the nash could fold flat to form a bed. The matching pillows cracked me up too. There was one of these rotting away just south of tamaqua, PA. It was the most rusted out car i had ever seen. Only the roof connected the front to the back- it would never be able to support itself if it was still on wheels. They say these were outstanding road cars.
Yeah the owner was telling me the seeds to fall down but I didn’t wanna mess with it because this interior was way too nice and sometimes those seats when you go to put them down they don’t like to come back up sometimes so I didn’t want to mess with it. The seat back is real Notchey when you go to do it and you have to pull the lever up it’s weird it’s really hard to explain.. i’ve had experience with the seats
That is an interesting feature having the gas tank opening behind the taillight, though I never knew Nash had it there. Must have got the idea from Cadillac. My favourite cars shown would be the President and the Packard.
Yeah I didn’t know that either
Surprised that the gas filler is on the right side, but maybe being in the rear of the car the fuel hose would reach.
I'd like to see more about the sporty one? Looks very cool! I never knew they existed and I'm 62.
We will definitely cover that they made them into body styles 1951 with a totally different body style than 52 to 55
1: Hornet, 2: Manhatten. So cool!
Awesome choices
The Kenosha Cadillac. My friend Billy Noble has gone to his reward but before he left, in 1963 or '64, he had a '54 or '55 Nash Ambassador. Rode like a Cadillac and a very living room type feel to the interior. It could get rubber from a standing start with the big 6 and Hydtamatic. It was a lot nicer than the cheap Chevys the rest of us were driving. A very distinctive automobile.
Awesome thank you so much for sharing those memories that’s what the owner said rides like your on a cloud in your living room sofa lol
Thanks for finding this Nash hard top. Both dashes looks great. first pick The Studebaker President Speedster in yellow green the second pick, the Kaiser.
It was all by accident I went to an AMC show and it was there =)
I had a blast though I took a friend of mine and it was a lot of fun
@@What.its.like. Glad you all had a good time. last time I seen a Nash from that era was over15 years ago, a black and red 1957 sedan sitting in a storage yard, the paint was chalky and the tail lights faded from baking in the Texas sun, but was complete with Continental kit, hopefully the scrap vultures didn't destroy it. Sorry the other poster had to junk his, the parts, and especially trim, front and back windows are very hard to find.
I defiantly like the Nash. Our family had a new 55 Ambassador 4door v8, color was palomino with white top . Always thought it was a smiling car compared to the frowning 57 and 58 gm models. traded it for a 60 Buick it was a smiling car too.
Awesome thank you so much for sharing your car with us 60 Buick is a really nice car as well the only thing that sucks about it is the transmission but it’s a beautiful car..
Pretty roomy for a 2 door car. Neat ride.
Very roomy car when I was in it I was trying to think if it was more roomy than the 57 hornet and I don’t know they were pretty similar
My personal vintage year, I was born in Germany in 55.
Awesome =)
Awesome thanks 👍
I was fortunate enough to be born in that year Automotive Weis
Wise
I wasn’t sure, so off to Wikipedia to confirm that yes, they were also assembled in Australia too
I’m not sure if they were made in Australia that’s an excellent question..
Also when you look in Wikipedia does it go based off of the country that you’re in I always wondered that like through the search results vary, Well I guess they would have to or does it go by cell phone provider like if you have a cell phone provider based in the US do you still get US search engines when you’re in a different country that’s an interesting thought
@@What.its.like. it may well depend on cell phone provider, I never thought about that before.
I know Ramblers were built here, assembled by a company called AMI ( Australian Motor Industries ) and were built on the same production line as Mercedes, Volkswagon and Toyota. So with that memory I searched Wikipedia and it seems the 55 Ambassador was also assembled here for the local market.
I do recall seeing them getting around when I was very young in the late 60’s early 70’s, but they were probably just the 4 door 6 cyl version
Cool cars!
=)
Hi Jay. Yes, it's an attractive car, though I personally despise Continental kits. It would have been an option rather than standard fitment I suspect. The 140hp of the six is a very impressive number for 1955. Did you notice how far inboard the front wheels are? That just screams understeer to me. That's the price of the bathtub look I guess. A long standing Nash feature, probably applicable to this car is that the front seats fold down so as to create a double bed inside. Cheers.
I didn’t show the bed feature in this car the owner said that it does do that but the seats were too nice and those seat backs are super naughty I don’t know if you’ve ever attempted to put them down but sometimes they get locked in the down position and they’re paying to get back up so I didn’t want to do that with this car apparently the seats were recovered at one point but the rear covered in the same material that guy bought the car from one of the longest lived AMC dealerships around here that just sold all their inventory off for years ago it was called volmers i’m not sure if the spelling is right..
There is a 1967 Rambler Marlon coming up it’s the only one I’ve ever seen in person cars absolutely epic but I didn’t get in the backseat or anything like that because it was filled with memorabilia.. and was said to be the most original one left doing this as long as I’ve done it seat material from that period of time is very fragile.. so I didn’t wanna risk anything. I’m going to try to do the marlin this week sometime because it’s also a unicorn and totally different than the 65 which I did a 65 at that show as well the cars that I covered at that show
55 ambassadors
68 javelin I didn’t get in the backseat of that one either
65 Marlin (which we already did on this channel but it wasn’t the nicest one this one was way better plus the channel changed a lot since doing that one so we’re gonna go back and cover some of the stuff that we did in the early years
1967 Marlin.
Ja,y, my first car was a 59 Rambler American 2 door station wagon, that I bought for $5.00. Bob from Willow Street
Hey bob Hershey is coming up can’t wait to hang out with you and Rick there =) 59 American wagon would be a really cool car to have now I love those things they don’t really come up for sale hardly at all I think a two-door wagon would be an awesome thing to have..
Glad you dig this episode
The Packard clipper
Sweet choice
55 Nash! Please deliver it to my house 😊
Haha =) great choice
Precious and few climax
At the very end yes =)
You missed the fact that Disneyland also opened in 1955 with American Motors as a major exhibitor in Tomorrowland Circle-rama was a 360°movie the theater with a completely surrounding tour of America. The lobby was actually a glorified AMC showroom with cars on exhibit..
Thank you so much for sharing that
great video, if money and time are not a problem, as good as the 1954 looks i would prefer the 1955.
Sweet choice =) glad you dig this video
I'll take the '55 Nash Ambassador
Sweet =)
You know the background on how Nash ended up with Packard motors, no?
Jim Nance, the CEO of Packard, and George Mason, Nance’s counterpart at Nash, were about to form a unification of Studebaker-Packard and American Motors…to rival the Big Three. Mason abruptly died, Romney took over and put a stop to the plan. Studebaker already had a V-8 built in South Bend and Packard production numbers were dwindling. AMC’s V-8 was still a couple of years out (1957) and Packard had additional capacity, as Packard automobiles, although pretty advanced for 1955, were not selling well. Studebaker did offer Packard’s 352 V-8 for one year in the 1956 Golden Hawk, but went back to a supercharged Studebaker V-8 in 1957. Even the 1957-58 “Packardbakers” had Studebaker V-8s.
A real shame, because the Packard V-8s and the improved Ultramatic transmission was one smooth combination.
That's not true. But its a common misconception. What really happened was that in early 1954 George Mason attempted to initiate a merger but the Packard board wouldn't even let him speak with the directors on behalf of the proposal. And that was the end of it. Not until they were facing bankruptcy a couple of years later did Packard write a letter to AMC asking them if it were interested in joining forces but by then it was far too late as the company by then was drowning in debt. A good book to read on the subject is one called "The Fall of the Packard Motor Company" by James Ward. Newly formed AMC only had Packard engines for one year as the next year in '56 they had their newly designed V-8 engine readily available which was developed by a former Kaiser employee and put on the fast track to mass production.
I was under the impression packard wasn’t in debt and merged with studebaker to survive the decade and ironically didn’t survive because they picked the wrong company to merge with. Studebaker wasn’t honest with their book keeping and was in the red. Why they switched and let studebaker live was a weird decision. I wis packard would have merged with peerless and Pierce arrow but as they say hindsight is 2020
@@What.its.like. Remember, Studebaker actually owned Pierce for a few years during Erksine's leadership, but was forced to sell before ultimately filing for reorganization bankruptcy.
I believe it wasn't that Packard CHOSE the wrong company to merge with, it was that they had no other choice after they were turned away by Nash and only left with Studebaker.
@@What.its.like. It is definitely true that Packard was not in debt at the time that they merged with sickly Studebaker, but they soon would be and it wasn’t just because of Studebaker’s weak financial position. The new V-8 engine cost the company no less than 20 million dollars, they also foolishly moved their company to another location that had a much smaller production capacity that not only delayed the introduction of their new models but also caused a lot of quality control problems that permanently hurt the company’s once stellar reputation. Nash by the way tried to merge with Packard three times. In 1916, in 1948, and again in 1954 but failed all three times. Packard would have been wise to have merged with Nash as they were a much stronger company and especially in 1948 as their two “bathtub” designs looked a lot a like with the main difference being that the ’49-’51 Nash sold well whereas the ’48-’50 Packard proved to be very unpopular with the public once the sales market became competitive again.
Thank you so much for sharing all that information I didn’t know Nash tried merge with Packard.. =)
1955 Studebaker and Packard Clipper ☺️👍
Great Episode 👏👏👏 enjoy your day ✌️
Great choices =)?
For WYR, I will pick the Nash Ambassador, and the Kaiser (I've always liked the look of the last models).
I am another one who has never seen a coupe version of these, so this is a treat. And the upholstery was also nice. And the glovebox.
That instrument panel was different. My only question is how difficult is it to pay attention to the speedometer when it's moved closer to the center?
As far as the instrument panel goes I think you’ll get used to it it’s not that far out of line of sight when I saw this car dashboard in a picture I was like why would they do that but in reality it’s not bad..
I’m a huge fan of the glove box door I think that’s an awesome feature I don’t know of any other company that did it besides Nash Hudson AMC
Sweet choices
I like the 1955 version 😀
Sweet =)
These are such unique and cool cars! I really like all the choices, but I'd take this one in the first, and the Manhattan in the second. 😎Nice vocals at the end there!👍
Thank you
Great choices
The singing at the end is a tie into old cars a lot of them don’t have radios like my truck doesn’t have a radio I thing in the truck and it has the best acoustics because it doesn’t have any sound that mean It’s almost like singing in the shower without getting wet lol
WYR 1: The Stude, hands down. WYR 2: Packard.
Haha sweet choices. DAD, just kidding =)
I need to find some Studebaker‘s I really want to do a bullet nose before the year is over those cars are really cool the boat that’s a car that I would want to drive because of the car that I’d like to own one day my great uncle was a Studebaker aficionado and he had three Studebaker‘s and he absolutely Loved Studebaker and I wish he was still around to talk about them he had a 50 bullet nose four-door he would use it for weddings it was really cool but you know when you’re a kid it’s just a classic car that looks weird you don’t really know that car got 32 miles of the gallon with overdrive and they’re claiming 32 miles to the gallon is the best number they can come up with now. With
Electronic fuel injection computers and what have you
Minty!!
The Stude and the Kaiser.
Sweet choices =)
Studebaker President, for its flowing line. The Nash is too 'bathtub' like for me. ROUND TWO: I would go for the Kaiser. I like the front-end styling and the arc of the side view.
Great choices =)
Those kaisers are a hidden gem of a car.. and drastically under appreciated for what they are they did a super charged model as well I think it was called the dragon but they didn’t offer it in 55 otherwise it was going to be on the list
You are definitely right about that Nash 2 door V-8 Ambassador being a rare automobile as they only made a total of 1,705 of those cars compared with 18,805 four door models. As for WYR: For the first choice I'll take none of the above, and for the second choice I'll also take none of the above. I'm just not much of a fan of independent models for that year. I'm not surprised that they all ended up with big deficits in what turned out to be a record breaking year in the auto industry. The designs of the Big Three were much better in my opinion and especially GM who made over a billion dollars in profit. There is one particular car though that I have always admired that was not made by the Big Three and that is the 1955 Nash Rambler Custom sedan. There was also a station wagon version made plus a badge Hudson of both types. They are noticeable by their chrome beltline and continental kit on the sedan. Unfortunately Nash didn't make many of them. I read once that they were all made in their El Segundo, California plant that closed later that year. Who knows, but maybe you'll do a feature video on that very impressive looking Nash Rambler Custom sedan or station wagon sometime in the future. You never can tell!
I’ve done a hudson cross country rambler wagon but wasn’t allowed in it which sort of sucked because I was and then when I got there it changed
Rambler was weird could be had as either I should have included rambler but idk why I didn’t
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@@What.its.like. Thanks for the link. It's not a "custom" cross country station wagon which is more impressive although you do show some photos of that top of the line station wagon.
Yeah those are hard to find.. my favorite wagon of all time is a 1959 ambassador cross country wagon I’ll take that in regular form or a country club but I’ve never seen a country club the hard top version or the ambassador version frankly I really like the 61 that’s a really close second and I mean if I had the money and a 61 was available I would buy it.. that 327 is drastically under rated.
I saw statistics saying that in 1959 ambassador wagon with a three speed could go 0 to 16 8 1/2 seconds anything under 10 in the 50s as fast or so I was told..
I really want to review one but that’s a vehicle that I really want to drive I hate asking for rides alone if I could drive. We did a cross country from 59 and I never asked to drive the cars but I did ask him, respectfully declined I did get to drive a 61 it was a super cool experience in the 196 has more pets and people give a credit for it’s not fast by any stretch of the imagination. I drive a Toyota Prius to commute long distances for fuel economy it had more get up and go than that does but the Prius isn’t a slow car if you know how to drive it I raced the Mazda three yesterday and he never caught up to me.. Think about that I blew his doors off in a Prius it was a Mazda speed three hatchback from like 2006
That's a tough song.... but I would go with the Studebaker!
Awesome choice with a Studebaker
That song with surfer Moon by the Beach boys Charles Dalton got it
Studebaker, always. This car is hilarious. Almost like those winding toy cars from that era, or bumping cars from attraction parks. As much as I love Pininfarina designs I think he couldn't really grasp the concept of American automobile design and came up with this abomination which has the front headlights placement of an European post war compact and the rear end of a Cadillac. Look at that huge rear bumper, like a platform. Totally out of proportion. And what to say about the four wheels hidden behind the fenders. And it features a v8 no less! Just utter nonsense. Nevertheless, great video as always, man
Cheers!
I always got Lionell train vibes from the early Nashville I think that’s why I like them so much but I totally get what you’re saying this car looks a whole lot better in person than it does in the pictures but I totally get what you’re saying =)
Mechanically thee were good cars. Their holdback was the styling was considered weird by a lot of folks
Definitely different that’s for sure but to be fair all Nash was different and I think that’s what draws me to the brand
Does it have the fully reclining front seats that makes a bed?
Yes just didn’t show it
wyr: 55 Stude, 55 Kaiser. Sorry Chuck!
Great choices
Sorry chuck??
Nash and Hudson merged on May 1st 1954.
Yep
I noticed a Mustang Mach E in your intro I thought you just did old cars
I think we’re gonna do some appliances there are a couple that I really want to review.
That was a really old episode I did a couple electric cars in the very beginning Kia EV6
But this will never ever be a new car channel there’s just a few that I wanted to cover like I would love to do a Shelby GT 350 which isn’t really new anymore.. new corvette I really want to review the Hi Hyundai ionic six just to give my spin on it maybe a tesla as well but they will be few and far between
@@What.its.like. keep up the good work
I had a 56 with Le Mans (the Nash Healey) motor dual sidedraft carbs not in 55? Pina Farina great design, was the widest back seat I've owned even more so than D Body Imperial AC My 51 was OD 56 cast iron hydromatic taillight lenses were glass check out the weight from the unit body construction Nash owned their own AC company made fridges seats had coil innersprings car had torque tube drive hence low tunnel Ido not see the supports in front of the rear seats for the fold flat front seats with heavy Packard V8 you needed power steering
55 Nash Tried to get dad to buy a 56 Packard Carribean Convertible red and white
Awe man 56 Packard Caribbean convertible it’s so cool.. torsion bar suspension I believe it was the first car to offer air conditioning in a convertible according to Jay Leno anyway..
I could not find chassis specifications that’s why they wasn’t part of this episode but I should’ve totally mentioned that it had a talk to because we were talking about that me and the owner and I couldn’t believe that it had a torque tube considering Hotchkiss Drive was invented in 1929 or something crazy like that.. some manufacturers still believed in anchoring the rear end to a torque tube which clearly Nash believe that as well I believe that it used coil springs as well and I think that was the main reason behind the torque tube.
Thank you so much for sharing all that insight and adding information I really appreciate it =)
How was your Lemans.
Definitely want to cover the Nash Healey sometime but can’t cover all of the cool cars this year I have no idea when that one’s going to come same thing with the Kaiser dare and those are the only two sports cars I haven’t been in I’ve been in a 54 Corvette I’ve been in a 55 Thunderbird and in my opinion if you were going to buy a sports car from the 50s without compromise get a golden hawk there is absolutely no compromise with the car
@@What.its.like. Agree on the golden hawk but as a Nash guy in the 50's I got to go with the Nash Healy with the aluminum head That was one tough motor My grandfather had an early 50's pina firina (after the 51 bathtub) towed his trailer with it. Hard to find some Borg Warner OD parts with the torque tube 51, we blew it going up to Onion Valley with Columbus the Donkey in the horse trailer (Kearsarge Pass) It wanted to jump out of low, made it home though (basically same trans as Ford PU(and basis of T10 speed)
55 Studebaker President, 55 Packard
Awesome choices =)
They're cute cars, but I like the 1909 Jeffery Rambler better; "Rambler Breaks Los Angeles - San Diego Record". 🎩 😊🎩. They were such fast cars, they had to bank the curves in the factory in Kenosha. 🧀
I know where there is one we will definitely feature a Jeff Jeffery Rambler before the year is over =)
We might even be able to go for a ride in it I know the owner
55 packard clipper
Sweet =)
I’m working on the Packard V-8 engine episode that’s coming out Wednesday it’s going to be a pretty good one it’s crazy to think that they were only offered for two years and they spent a fortune in development cost. Some sources say 22 million for two years.. I recently got to review a 67 Rambler Marlon that’s coming sometime this week as well because they’re super rare and I never see them the owner was telling me that AMC spent $35 million to make that car for one year. I’ll have to do some research on that but that’s incredible if it’s true
55 Nash --55 Hudson hornet
Awesome choices =)
HAHAHA!!!!!
"Appliances'!
Did you like that.. I wanted to throw that in there to see what the reception would be just know this will never be a new car channel there’s a couple cars that I wanna do that or new just to give my own perspective.. and they will be spread out hopefully I want to do it before the end of the year and we’re winding down but you know haha =)
I would do a little more research on the relationship of Pininfarina and the Nash design team. Pininfarina did not design this car, In spite of the badge.
www.carrozzieri-italiani.com/listing/nash-airflyte-ambassador/
It is widely known that Edmund Anderson and his stylists were responsible for the 52-57 Nash. Battista "Pinin" Farina did consult with Nash and styled, as well as built, the bodies for the Nash Healey sports cars. Farina's influence on the final style of the large Nashes is disputed but, generally, considered slight.
Nash, later American Motors, President George Mason is responsible for front wheel opening cuts as low as those on the preceding streamlined models.
@@What.its.like. Sadly, that reference misses the point. Indeed, it misses a number of them. Sigh, getting the history correct is quite a task. We appreciate all you do to get there.
Yes it’s hard to get the answers to question information isn’t direct a lot of times.. glad you dig the channel =)
I’ve also found that Use different Devices search results it’s very interesting
Hmm Questionable 💧 Drip Rail
I don’t know whether they called it a drip rail or just the molding sticking out it was interesting nonetheless
55 Stude
55 Kaiser
Nope, still don't know it...
Great choices
Charles dalton got it surfer moon by The Beach Boys super underrated song for an underrated car
What an odd dash design….that centered instrument cluster gave me vertigo. Didn’t the dash controls say “air conditioning “? Where was the compressor and more importantly, where were the ac vents? Odd car…
I think all the amc cars from this era had AC controls even if the car didn’t have air-conditioning I don’t know it’s weird but it wouldn’t blow out of the dash I don’t believe I think it would either come out the top or the bottom but I’m not 100% sure on that
The heater and air conditioner compressor on 1954-57 Nashes and Hudsons were linked to the front air duct at the lower part of the cowl. Nash and Hudson were actually the first air-conditioned cars to put all the componentry under the hood, not in the trunk as with earlier A/C systems. There were no vents on the rear fender nor little ducts on the parcel shelf. Confusing the matter was AMC'S name for their Weather Eye "Conditioned Air" system, in which air entered through the cowl vent, passed though a water-shedding device and a pollen filter before being pressurized and brought into the passenger compartment. AMC marketed air-conditioned Nashes and Hudsons as having the "ALL-Weather Eye" system
Nash was first with several climate control related items. First in using warm water to heat the interior and first to use a thermostat to control the blend of heat. They called this air conditioning and branded it “Weather Eye”. When they add what we consider “air conditioning” today it’s called “All Weather Eye”. They were also among the first to offer modern air conditioning and in a more compact form than other manufacturers at the time.
Thanks Charles for the explanation…..fascinating!
@@NeedtoSpeak You’re very welcome, hope it makes sense. I’m sure some online source can give a more complete explanation. ~ Chuck
Mitt Romney's father designed this monstrosity.
No he didn't. He was not a designer, he ran the company.
He ran the company he wasn’t a designer.. he is responsible for killing Nash and Hudson for Rambler.. not the Rambler is a bad car because I personally love the Rambler but I also love Nash and Hudson
@@What.its.like.And by sacrificing Nash and Hudson, he made the Rambler into what was, by 1961, the third-best-selling brand in the U. S., and contributing to the growth of compact cars by all makes
Very true.. He was also responsible for the 327 v8 so it wasn’t all bad
EXCELLENT VIDEO. I was so excited when I saw your video in my feed tonight. What a classic. Scenario 1, I would choose the Hudson Hornet because I just dig Hudsons. Scenario 2, I choose the Nash Ambassador. Really enjoyed getting up close and personal with a car I’ve never seen in person. Thanks!!!
You know me I love the cars off the beaten path I love showing people cars that are not often seen. It’s like our thing =) i’m a huge independent fan as well if you haven’t if you couldn’t tell. Haha I’m so stoked for Hershey it’s going to be like sensory overload for me it generally is but I have a list of cars that I’m looking for usually the list of goes in the trash moment I get to location tho.
But I’ll let you guys in on a few
1937 studebaker coupe express
1930 Ruxton
Jordan any year
Muncie Jet
Any all wagons
Packard truck 30s (from what I read those are all custom jobs but they exist)
Great choices I’m glad you did this episode I was really happy with the B roll I got to get better at doing the role and part of it’s due to the GoPro it doesn’t go slow motion the moment that she hit the power button which is stupid there’s a bit of a delay and I tried to adjust for the delay but that doesn’t always work either.
@@What.its.like. I was going to go to Hershey for vacation this summer, but went to Denmark … and visited two really interesting car museums. One was at Egeskov Castle and included both American and European cars side by side. Also visited an open air museum in Aarhus that incorporated cars from the 60s and 70s into some exhibits. Enjoyed both. Happened upon a car club show in Roskilde with several Corvettes and a Trans Am. Drove over to Sweden for a few days and saw a bunch of classic American convertibles from the 60s and 70s on the road. (Swedes love classic American cars.) You would have loved it.
That’s incredible I’ve never been across the pond the furthest I’ve ever gone was Aruba and we were like 20 minutes from Venezuela I wanted to get on a boat and go to Venezuela just to say I’ve been to South America but the climate there wasn’t good politically and I was afraid that we could get in but not Out of there so didn’t go
I want to go backpacking through Europe and get on all the steam trains to get around for transportation problem is my family couldn’t do that like I have a daughter who has to have every accessory in the world just like her mom I could fit everything that I wanted to fit in a camera bag actually back camera bag I have fit everything that I ever wanted in that bag for a couple days. Lol I’m a light packer most guys are =)
Thank you so much for sharing that museum experience if I’m ever over there I’ll definitely have to check it out