Not sure I have ever seen Custom wheels on a Nash. Seems like a waste with the wheels mostly hidden the way they are. However, the overall effect is kind of cool. Loading... 13 August 2015 at 5:29 am Reply
Jim, There are a couple of these in town, but, they have two tone paint jobs. Bob Loading... 13 August 2015 at 7:36 am Reply
In the UK they were called Austin Metropolitan, normally painted in in two tone White and pastel Blue or Yellow. Loading... 13 August 2015 at 8:01 am Reply
I think this is a different car from the little Met. Weren’t the Metropolitans built in England? Loading... 13 August 2015 at 8:35 am Reply
Yes they were built in England, probably licensed the design, they were sometimes known as the Nash Metropolitans over here. Loading... 13 August 2015 at 11:28 am Reply
I remember reading once that Nash built them in England and exported them back to the U.S. for sale. Loading... 13 August 2015 at 2:19 pm
Not sure I have ever seen Custom wheels on a Nash. Seems like a waste with the wheels mostly hidden the way they are. However, the overall effect is kind of cool.
I know, right?
Jim,
There are a couple of these in town, but, they have two tone paint jobs.
Bob
Maybe I’ll see one of them sometime.
In the UK they were called Austin Metropolitan, normally painted in in two tone White and pastel Blue or Yellow.
I think this is a different car from the little Met. Weren’t the Metropolitans built in England?
Yes they were built in England, probably licensed the design, they were sometimes known as the Nash Metropolitans over here.
I remember reading once that Nash built them in England and exported them back to the U.S. for sale.