Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Junkyard Find: 1957 Nash Metropolitan

16 - 1957 Nash Metropolitan Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee MartinWhen we had a 1960 Nash Metropolitan Junkyard Find a couple months back, you may have thought "Well, that was a once-in-a-lifetime occasion!" As it turns out, finding examples of the little Austin-built proto-AMC commuter in cheap self-service wrecking yards isn't difficult at all— here's another one, discovered at a yard in Denver.
12 - 1957 Nash Metropolitan Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee MartinThis one is much rougher than the '60 in California; it's not very rusty, but its paint has been well-nuked by many decades in the Colorado sun.
02 - 1957 Nash Metropolitan Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee MartinYou can smell the decaying horsehair through the glass of your computer monitor.
05 - 1957 Nash Metropolitan Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee MartinThe BMC B engine, a larger-displacement version of which went into the MGB, looks intact.
15 - 1957 Nash Metropolitan Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee MartinWorth restoring? No way. Still, some good parts await pulling by owners of nicer Metropolitans. In fact, the trunk contained some NOS Pleasurizers.

01 - 1957 Nash Metropolitan Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 02 - 1957 Nash Metropolitan Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 03 - 1957 Nash Metropolitan Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 04 - 1957 Nash Metropolitan Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 05 - 1957 Nash Metropolitan Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 06 - 1957 Nash Metropolitan Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 07 - 1957 Nash Metropolitan Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 08 - 1957 Nash Metropolitan Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 09 - 1957 Nash Metropolitan Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 10 - 1957 Nash Metropolitan Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 11 - 1957 Nash Metropolitan Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 12 - 1957 Nash Metropolitan Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 13 - 1957 Nash Metropolitan Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 14 - 1957 Nash Metropolitan Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 15 - 1957 Nash Metropolitan Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 16 - 1957 Nash Metropolitan Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin

from The Truth About Cars http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com




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