Nash 600

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Drawing of a Nash 600 from 1942 showing the monocoque construction

The Nash 600 was an automobile that Nash Motors , the automotive division of Nash-Kelvinator Corporation , manufactured from 1940 to 1949. The car was then renamed the Nash Statesman .

The "600" is generally referred to as the first US production car to be produced in a monocoque construction, with the frame and body being welded instead of - as was customary until then - bolted. This design principle allowed Nash to advertise the car as being lighter, quieter and more rigid than the competing products.

In its last year of production in 1949, the 600 was equipped with a streamlined pontoon body and thus mutated into the Nash 600 Airflyte . A year later he was renamed the Nash Statesman .

The 1948 Nash 600 (and the Nash Ambassador Custom) were fitted out by Helene Rother , Nash's new interior designer. This created one of the most fashionable interiors in the entire automotive industry. For example, upholstery and equipment colors were coordinated with certain exterior colors.

Web links

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  • Beverly R. Kimes (Ed.), Henry A. Clark: The Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805-1942. Krause Publications, 1996, ISBN 0-87341-428-4 .
  • John Gunnell (Ed.): The Standard Catalog of American Cars 1946-1975. Krause Publications, 1987, ISBN 0-87341-096-3 .