1951 Nash Super Statesman

Lance Lambert talks to Stanley Zimmerman at the Automobile Driving Museum in El Segundo, California about this 1951 Nash Super Statesman. The seats fold down into a bed!

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[KDoyle4]

When the bathtub nash came out in 1949 it sold very well, in fact 142,592 Ambassadors were sold in '49 and that was a record for nash. This guy doesn't know the history so he's making it up.

[trewlert44]

Nash exclusives included unibody and modern A/C. The cars were big inside, light in weight, with aerodynamic bodywork. They gave outstanding fuel economy. In the mid-50s, industry overcapacity and the lack of a Nash V8 factored into poor big Nash sales. Nash+Hudson merged in 1954 to form AMC. The large Nash body was retired at the end of 1957. AMC then offered small (American) and medium (Custom, Ambassador) size cars under the Rambler marque, and the Nash and Hudson marques were retired.

[MrChrished]

Hi, I have N.O.S never been used in the box seat covers in green or maruun. private sale. leave message at hedstromc@yahoo.com

[rayzhistorychannel]

The "bathtub look" may have been "ahead of it's time" in the early 40s but by '51 they all looked that way.

[IstvanN1961]

By the way, Nash and Hudson did not merge. Legally it was a consolidation. Nash-Kelvnator changed its name to American Motors and then did a stock swap of AMC shares for Hudson shares (I forget the exchange ratio). Nash-Kelvinator was the surviving corporation. After the so called merger its date of incorporation was still listed as 1918! AMC publicized it as a merger of equals so that Hudson would not be viewed as the junior partner, which it was.

[IstvanN1961]

Doesn't know what he is talking about.  Nash-Kelvinator Corp., which changed its name to American Motors Corp. in 1954 prior to taking over Hudson, was the most successful independent US automaker, as well as the last surviving, until being absorbed by Chrysler in 1987.

[nashsuper1]

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[50zcarsman]

The country's first nationwide motel chain, Howard Johnson's (of orange-roof fame) was begun b/c entrepreneur HoJo stumbled on one too many third-rate, family-run, ripoff dives. He offered instead a bland but trustworthy place to sleep, for cheap. Soon, Mom and Pop (and Norman Bates) were out of luck. Nash touted its 30 MPG in its "600" series (30 MPG x 20 gal. = 600 mi. range), and Nash advertising of the '40s played up the long legs and long-distance comfort of the 600 and Ambassador.

[50zcarsman]

The bed was popular with long-distance travelers (salesmen, families driving hundreds of miles), b/c tourist cabins were relatively few in many parts of the country, and could be dicey propositions even when found -- Mom and Pop often offered places with bedbugs and/or roaches and with questionable sheets; some were local havens for vice. Better to sleep in one's own car, down by the river under a shade tree. Nash even offered window screens and inflatable pillows. It was a different world then.

[beauwulff]

"Bathtub look ahead of its time." I'm trying to think of "advanced bathtub car designs" of the '50's and '60's.

[barkulator]

"The seat folded down to make a bed, so the girls weren't allowed to go with us."

"I'll bet you sure wanted them to."

"Not anymore."

[ramblergarage]

If they wernt popular why did Nash sell more cars in 1950 than any other year???