Hot Rods 1937 Nash LaFayette lowrider

Nice and clean with the white. It really makes the lines pop.

 

X2 Never really took the time to look at the Nash cars. They look fantastic !!

 

heres a pic of my 37 i just started to mock up

 

Gorgeous car, really quite a transformation from what it was to now.

 

There is a pair of Nash sedans at a junkyard near me.

 

Just bought this 4dr sedan as a parts car for my coupe, picking it up next weekend.

 

I think I have a few spears in the pile here Grant. Will bring them up your way for the June NSRA/Bay Rodders swapmeet if I can find them before then.

And I reckon the rear splats look awful haha. Have had to reduce the size of the rear tyres & rims on our car because they wouldnt stay under the guards. Still have chromies and 3 inch whitewalls tho.

 

Todd, you're just a hot rodder, you should join the lowrider scene, fit whitewalls and spats, and dump it in the weedz. then cruz it low and slow.. ha ha , are you still fitting air bags to your Nash? or given that expensive folly away..

 

392-33, Youre a lucky guy, you seem to have quite a good supply of dead Nash cars for sourcing parts, from what I have heard, there are about 17, 1937 Nash's on the road in new Zealand, from vintage thru to hotrod.

 

To Ratmotor.....Wow a goldmine of Nash parts, shame its so far away.

 

Airbag stuff is long gone. probably still in a box back in Gisborne. My Nash sits low with Jag front & rear. When its finally done, it will be my luxury car - with Vortex supercharger so its not scared of hills.

Im not so good on the "slow" bit of "low & slow"

 

I have been looking for a coupe for a while when I found the one in the picture, so its not like the coupes are easy to find. The 4 dr was a local car (within 150 miles) that had been for sale for a while. From what I have seen you can get respectable 4 dr's from $1,500 on up.
I even found the motor that I wanted for the build, a 265 Aussie in line Hemi for less than $500. No cookie cutter here.

 

Aussie 265, they are good motors, we have them here in Chrysler valiants (till the late 70s early 80s, when they were in production) are there many in America?? I thought a Chev or Ford 6cyl from the states?? would be the go for parts availability.

 

No, he is only a check book rodder.

 

Thats Rolex Rodder to you! haha.

 

I like it!

Good to see that Nashes are going low all over the world... Mine is allso airbagged , but with a 502chevy and vortech supercharger and th400 with gearwendor overdrive and a 2.7gear 12bolt .= Autobahn stuff!

 

Kongrats. So cool.

 

This is my father standing in front of my grandfather's '37 LaFayette in the '40s. That car is the earliest car in my memory bank. I believe I was about 5 in 1949 when my grandfather traded it for a newer car.

 

Thanks, ratmotor, i talked to Kirby and will go pick the good one friday.That will put the project on fast foward.
Pat

 

Great! Hope the deal works out in your favor. Kirby doesn't care if he crushes them.He pisses me off at times.....

 

Hi Joel Torres, yeah the Packard does look very much like the Nash, get the urge and start building.

 

Hi Naki kid, Todd the cheque book rodder, ha ha, I think yeah he already knows that.

 

Akseli Von Gardan,, Love it, looks real mean.

 

When I was a young girl, my father inherited a 1937 Nash. He sold it in the mid to late 1970's. I can still smell the interior of that car; a scent that brings back fond memories of my childhood. It was black, tan interior, w/ minimal rust. The running boards were another part I'll never forget. I remember sitting behind the wheel (age 8 or so), wondering when that car would be mine. Didn't happen, but my love for them has never faded.

Dad still has the antique license plates (NJ), which I'll be given when he passes away. Those will be nailed into my kitchen wall, completing my dream kitchen, which is full of antiques and unique items.

DH & I attend sev. car shows a yr., most of which are in southern NJ. We've attended a few in , but have never come across a 37 Nash. Your pics. & comments were a nice trip down memory lane. Thanks for sharing!

 

Really nice to see there other people working on the odd cars. I ahve on I started in 97, took about 5 years to finish.

 

I was thinking about chopping my 37 Nash coupe. But after seeing yours I have second thoughts about it.

 

1937 Nash coupe build hoping to be on the road this year very rusted when got it ton of work well worth the effort though.