In college, my fathers best friend was a son of a Nash dealer, he always had a demonstrator. The guy was handsome, star football player, could not get a date, not one father would allow his daughter out in one. One father told him, "you can take her out when you pick her up in a Ford."
That's because the seats folded down so you could rest. So fathers didn't like their daughters to get rides from their boy friends who had one of these cars. I heard this watching Jay Leno's garage.
Say “palebeachbum,” not “weathered eye air conditioning system.” My friend in high school had a Rambler (American Motors) and his mid to full size vehicle had a “Weather Eye.” The narrator here is calling it a “conditioned air system” and I do not believe my friend’s American Motors “Weather Eye” was actually air conditioning. I believe Nash was somehow connected to American Motors so it would make sense that the “Weather Eye” trademark remained within the American Motors product (at least until the early 1970’s or late 1960’s).
The "Weather Eye" system was developed by Nash in the thirties when most cars had, at most, a heater that hung below the dash and reheated the air in the car. Nash's system included fresh air, venting to remove moisture and debris from entering the car, door seals which allowed air to escape but sealed against leaks from outside, and thermostatic control. The system did not refrigerate the air as air conditioning units we know today do. Nash was the first auto company to provide an air conditioning system that was placed entirely up front and did not take up a large amount of room in the trunk. The company became Nash Kelvinator when Charlie Nash, approaching retirement, sought Kelvinator President George Mason to head his company. Nash got Mason by buying the company he was running! In 1954 Nash Kelvinator acquired Hudson ( called a merger as it was a stock trade ) and the name of Nash - Kelvinator was legally changed to American Motors.
Weather eye is a term referring to keeping a close watch to changes in weather which the Nash Weather Eye certainly did adjusting its output of heat thermostatically which was a real breakthrough innovation in the Thirties. Today, most manufacturers use a system much like that originated by Nash.
Just picked one of these up can't wait to start on it.
In college, my fathers best friend was a son of a Nash dealer, he always had a demonstrator. The guy was handsome, star football player, could not get a date, not one father would allow his daughter out in one. One father told him, "you can take her out when you pick her up in a Ford."
Mostly because you could fold down the seats to make a bed which made father's suspicious
That's because the seats folded down so you could rest. So fathers didn't like their daughters to get rides from their boy friends who had one of these cars. I heard this watching Jay Leno's garage.
( IMHO ) The 1949 & 1950 where better looking , still a awesome automobile! Thanks for the video.
20 mpg, room for 8, 23 cents a gallon for fuel, what a life
This is what I am getting!
you are indeed a lucky guy !
@vintageautosupply how much did that cost??
Made in El Segundo, CA!
Say “palebeachbum,” not “weathered eye air conditioning system.” My friend in high school had a Rambler (American Motors) and his mid to full size vehicle had a “Weather Eye.” The narrator here is calling it a “conditioned air system” and I do not believe my friend’s American Motors “Weather Eye” was actually air conditioning. I believe Nash was somehow connected to American Motors so it would make sense that the “Weather Eye” trademark remained within the American Motors product (at least until the early 1970’s or late 1960’s).
The "Weather Eye" system was developed by Nash in the thirties when most cars had, at most, a heater that hung below the dash and reheated the air in the car. Nash's system included fresh air, venting to remove moisture and debris from entering the car, door seals which allowed air to escape but sealed against leaks from outside, and thermostatic control. The system did not refrigerate the air as air conditioning units we know today do. Nash was the first auto company to provide an air conditioning system that was placed entirely up front and did not take up a large amount of room in the trunk.
The company became Nash Kelvinator when Charlie Nash, approaching retirement, sought Kelvinator President George Mason to head his company. Nash got Mason by buying the company he was running!
In 1954 Nash Kelvinator acquired Hudson ( called a merger as it was a stock trade ) and the name of Nash - Kelvinator was legally changed to American Motors.
American Motors WAS Nash until the company changed its name in the 1960s
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exactly :)
you mean because of the back seat that turned into a bed lol??
not the prettiest car in 1951, but aerodynmaically it was A-1!
"Weathered eye air conditioned system"? Who the hell came up with that name? LOL
Weather eye is a term referring to keeping a close watch to changes in weather which the Nash Weather Eye certainly did adjusting its output of heat thermostatically which was a real breakthrough innovation in the Thirties. Today, most manufacturers use a system much like that originated by Nash.
@@edarcuri182 Thanks, Arcuri. It’s good to know the Nash motor company was not giving the driver “the evil eye.”
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