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Nash Rambler Custom - American innovative spirit paired with Italian design

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Created on March 8, 2020

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Nash Rambler Custom (1954) - the "Rambler" model changed significantly with the Pinin-Farina line

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Nash Rambler Custom (1954) - a stately limousine for Europe, a compact car for the Americans

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Nash Rambler Custom (1954) - the new body was designed "from the inside out", commented car journalists at the time

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Nash Rambler Custom (1954) - between 473 and 491 cm long, depending on whether the spare wheel was on the outside or inside

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Nash Rambler Custom (1954) - the bolt-on spare wheel at the rear was a popular accessory

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Nash Rambler Custom (1954) - body shape created in collaboration with Pinin Farina

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Nash Rambler Custom (1954) - good space for driver and passenger

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Nash Rambler Custom (1954) - Front and rear bench seats

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Nash Rambler Custom (1954) - space for up to six people

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Nash Rambler Custom (1954) - simple design in the cockpit

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Nash Rambler Custom (1954) - the Nash emblem in the center of the steering wheel

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Nash Rambler Custom (1954) - a simple round instrument with integrated additional displays is all you need

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Nash Rambler Custom (1954) - the selector lever for the Hydramatic

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Nash Rambler Custom (1954) - the selector lever is pulled towards the driver to start the engine

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Nash Rambler Custom (1954) - "Airflyte" stands for the construction and design of all modern Nash models at that time

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Nash Rambler Custom (1954) - "Continental Look" - Spare wheel screwed on at the rear

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Nash Rambler Custom (1954) - 3205 cm3 displacement for just over 90 SAE horsepower

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Nash Rambler Custom (1954) - robust machine with 6-volt system

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Nash Rambler Custom (1954) - upright valves, side camshaft, downdraft carburetor

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Nash Rambler Custom (1954) - longitudinally mounted in-line six-cylinder engine

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Nash Rambler Custom (1954) - Chassis badge

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Nash Rambler Custom (1954) - Nash sign in the radiator grille

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Nash Rambler Custom (1954) - Nash crest

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Nash Rambler Custom (1954) - TCS sign typical for Switzerland

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Nash Rambler Custom (1954) - front view of the Petty radiator mascot

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Nash Rambler Custom (1954) - hair in the wind - the radiator figure looks fast even when stationary

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Nash Rambler Custom (1954) - the radiator grille depicts a forward-facing woman

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Nash Rambler Custom (1954) - the radiator grille was designed by George Petty

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Nash Rambler Custom (1954) - the naked lady on the hood

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Nash Rambler Custom (1954) - interesting design element below the side windows

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Nash Rambler Custom (1954) - almost completely enclosed wheels all round

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Nash Rambler Custom (1954) - type lettering on the flank

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Nash Rambler Custom (1954) - the "Custom" denotes the equipment line

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Nash Rambler Custom (1954) - popular accessory - rear bolt-on spare wheel in "Continental look"

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Nash Rambler Custom (1954) - the Nash "N" on the flank

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Nash Rambler Custom (1954) - side gas cap with Nash "N"

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Nash Rambler Custom (1954) - Nash "N" on the flank

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Nash Rambler Custom (1954) - curved rear window for better all-round visibility

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Nash Rambler Custom (1954) - the rear triangular windows can be opened

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Nash Rambler Custom (1954) - Farina sign on the C-pillar

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Nash Rambler Custom (1954) - Nash lettering on the hubcap

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Nash Rambler Custom (1954) - dainty rear lights

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Nash Ambassador (1950) - in the new Airflyte design with self-supporting bodywork

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Nash Ambassador (1950) - with the typical rounded rear end

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Nash Rambler Cabriolet (1950) - completely new model with space for 5 people

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Nash Rambler (1950) - as a convertible limousine

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Nash Rambler Cabriolet (1950) - Beach scene

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Nash Rambler Custom Landau Convertible Coupe (1952) - as a convertible limousine

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Nash Rambler Cabriolet (1952) - View into the cockpit

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Nash Rambler (1950) - early photo of the convertible limousine

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Nash Rambler Station Wagon (1950) - elegant station wagon

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Nash Rambler Station Wagon (1950) - elegant car for elegant passengers

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Nash Rambler Station Wagon (1950) - in "Airflite" design

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Nash Rambler Station Wagon (1950) - with high utility value

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Nash Rambler Station Wagon (1950) - with complete steel body

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Nash Rambler Greenbrier (1952) - as a station wagon

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Nash Rambler Station Wagon (1955) - original car with many applications - Geneva Motor Show 1955

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Nash Rambler Greenbrier (1952) - named after a famous hotel

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Nash Rambler (1952) - at the Geneva Motor Show 1952

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Nash Rambler Country Club Hardtop Convertible (1952) - as a two-door model with a convertible look

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Nash Rambler (1952) - as a two-door sedan

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Nash Rambler Country Club Hardtop Convertible (1952) - with frameless side windows

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Nash Rambler Country Club Hardtop Convertible (1952) - with many refinements

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Nash Rambler Country Club Hardtop Convertible (1952) - the outside spare wheel cost extra

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Nash Rambler Country Club Hardtop Convertible (1952) - of course with enough space for luggage and golf bag

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Nash Rambler Country Club Hardtop Convertible (1952) - View of the simply designed interior

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Nash Rambler (1952) - elegantly staged

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Nash Statesman (1952) - bodywork by Pininfarina, novelty at the Geneva Motor Show

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Nash Ambassador (1952) - elegant design

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Nash Ambassador (1952) - as a two-door sedan

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Nash Ambassador (1952) - who is most admired here?

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Nash Ambassador (1953) - View into the cockpit

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Nash Ambassador (1952) - Interior photo taken at the 1952 Geneva Motor Show

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Nash Ambassador (1952) - Jetfire engine

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Nash Ambassador (1952) - self-supporting body structure

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Nash Ambassador (1953) - elegant two-door model with Petty radiator grille

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Nash Statesman (1952) - pull-out glove compartment

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Nash Ambassador (1953) - in-line six-cylinder engine with overhead valves

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Nash Statesman Custom (1952) - already in Pinin Farina look

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Nash Statesman (1952) - side-valve six-cylinder engine

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Nash Rambler Custom (1953) - as part of the press announcement

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Nash Rambler Custom (1953) - at the Geneva Motor Show 1953

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Nash Rambler Custom (1953) - the Pinin-Farina version

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Nash Rambler Custom (1954) - new as a four-door sedan with longer wheelbase

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Nash Rambler Custom (1954) - now in Pinin Farina look

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Nash Rambler Custom (1955) - in the last year of construction, with modified radiator grille

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Nash Rambler (1954) - at the RAID Prologue 2012

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Nash Rambler Custom (1954) - with the spare wheel mounted on the outside, the body was 491 cm long

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Nash Rambler Custom (1954) - 20 cm more wheelbase and four doors for the 1954 model year

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Summary

The Nash brand disappeared from the car market before 1957, although the company was one of the most innovative vehicle manufacturers in the USA. With the Nash Rambler, a comparatively compact everyday car was introduced in 1950, which, as a four-door model with a Pinin-Farina design, was able to convince even American skeptics from 1954. This report focuses on the four-door Nash Rambler Custom variant with Hydramatic and shows it together with its fellow models in historical and current pictures. Press documents and a sound sample are also included.

This article contains the following chapters

Long tradition
The Rambler from 1950
Innovative approaches
Remarkable
Model range extensions
Redesign with Pinin Farina
More space for passengers
A completely new generation
Practical elegance
Further information

Estimated reading time: 10min

Preview (beginning of the article)

The Nash brand had already disappeared from the car market before 1957, although the company was one of the most innovative vehicle manufacturers in the USA. With the Nash Rambler, a comparatively compact everyday car was introduced in 1950, which was popular with buyers and successful in sales, especially as it was refined every year and finally even received European design influences with Pinin Farina's help. The "Rambler" could already look back on a long history of names when it was born in 1950. On March 1, 1902, Thomas B. Jeffery presented his first Rambler at the motor show in Chicago. The development history even went back to 1895, the year in which Jeffery and his son Charles began working on automobiles. The first self-built car was already on the road in 1899, but it was not until 1902 that the car was produced and sold. The company and name history of the Rambler began even earlier, as Jefferey launched his first bicycle under this name in 1879. It was a success and created the basis for the leap into the car business.

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