1952 Nash Rambler Airflyte Greenbrier Wagon
A Nash car is often overlooked in the hot rod community. Despite many innovations and subpreme styling, the Nash automobile wasn’t able to withstand time and ended manufacturing in 1954. Despite the short-life of the Nash car company, Nash Motors, it’s still such beautiful styling for a hot rod and the platform for Fred Hardee’s latest, a LS3-swapped 1952 Nash Rambler Wagon that’ll make you green with envy.
Nash-Kelvinator was the first U.S. car manufacturer to pioneer seatbelts, unibody construction, the heating/ventilation systems still used today, and built the first postwar compact car in 1950—the Nash Rambler. Nash cars utilized aerodynamics to make a lower, wider car that felt bigger on the inside than it looked from the outside.
A lifelong car enthusiast, Fred’s passion was cultivated by handing tools to his father, a shade tree mechanic. Out of necessity, Fred further honed his wrenching skills on a ’66 Fairlane when he reached driving age. Once life hit full-steam ahead after school, marriage to Elaine, and kids, Fred’s time to work on cars dwindled. However, he still drove performance vehicles with quite a few Corvettes in his history. He certainly put in the hours as he moved up the corporate ladder, getting to a place where he could retire early.
Staying true to Nash wagon’s original design, Fred wanted only a few subtle changes to the exterior. The Nash quarter-panel seams were welded and filled to delete the seam where they meet the body. The Rambler license plate was relocated to a recess in the tail pan and bumperettes removed. The Nash Rambler bumpers were smoothed, and the rear radiused around the 2-1/2-inch Cadillac oval exhaust tips. The Nash body trim is custom-made aluminum, chromed to mimic the original. There were only two places on the body needing attention from rust; otherwise, it just needed some minor massaging before spraying the custom-mixed, two-tone green Diamont paint.
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