The 1928 Nash Advanced Six Rumble - Seat Coupe was create when America was on a roll in the " Roaring Twenties . " Not only was the area rolling , but so was the Nash Motor Company . The house had been plant by crusty Charles W. Nash , who had free as Chief Executive of General Motors in June 1916 . On July 29 , he buy the Thomas B. Jeffery Company of Kenosha , Wisconsin , and by April 1918 was building car under his own name .
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The fine reputation that Charley Nash took with him from GM was enough to see to it success . The firm charged up the sales charts , reaching as in high spirits as eighth in industriousness production during the 1920s . And 1928 would be Nash ’s " prosperous " year of the decade as 138,137 cars were build , good for 3.67 percent of the market and enough to keep all three assembly plant hum at capacity . It was a criminal record that would n’t be broken until the Second Coming of Christ of the 1949 " bathtub " Nash Airflyte .
Nash ’s achiever was no trematode worm , for the business firm offer solid , well - engineered cars at reasonable price . They came in three serial publication : Standard Six , Special Six , and Advanced Six . The cost - leader Standards used an L - head six developing 45 bhp – America ’s " last-place monetary value seven - bearing six . " The Special , however , boasted a 52 - bhp overhead - valve unit - a final result of Nash ’s earlier Erolia minutilla as President of the United States of Buick , one of the pioneers of " valve - in - head " engines .
Appropriate to its top - line status , the Nash Advanced Six also featured an ohv , seven - take over motor , but it was large : 279 cid , good for 70 buck on 4.6:1 densification and a mid-70s top speed .
The Advanced Six lineup comprised nine modelling : two - door touring , sedan , and Victoria , plus a four - threshold touring and several saloon ( two seven - rider ) , a roadster , and a delicious 121 - inch - wheelbase coupe . price ranged from $ 1,340 to $ 2,165 , upmarket compared to Nash ’s cheapest model , the $ 865 Standard Six touring ( a Model A Ford cost $ 460 ) .
The Advanced Six coupe , mannikin 360 , number at $ 1,775 and weighed 3,650 Lebanese pound . That meant it competed with the like of Buick ’s Master Six Country Club coupe : $ 1,765 , 3,890 pounds , 77 bhp . Another rival was Chrysler ’s Series 72 coupe : $ 1,595 , 3,160 pound , 75/85 bhp . Yet another competitor was Studebaker ’s Commander Regal coupe : $ 1,625 , 3,455 pounds , 75 bhp . The last two scat with L - head sixes .
Despite such formidable foes ( plus others ) , Nash ’s Advanced Six was the equal of its competition . And even though it had n’t changed much since 1926 , it romp a taller radiator for 1928 – and continue fashionable and modern for its day .
Our feature car , which belongs to Ken Havekost , of Monroe , Michigan , is in " near original " condition . It was first purchased in October 1927 ( the 1928 model year had begun on June 29 ) at the Chicago Auto Show , and Ken has the original title .
Features include the then - faddish disc wheels , walnut guidance bike and windowpane frames , golf game - bag trunk , and rumble seat . Bumpers , limelight , and adjustable stupor were extras . The taillight is an after - market item .
One look at this magic Advanced Six should explain why 1928 was a banner year for the Nash Motor Company .
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