CAR HUNT! or BOF & me car shopping!

Here we go!!
Now for the next episode of
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Chapter 27 titled;

"NASH BRIDGES"
I got ta tell you, the Nash Metropolitan car has always intrigued me. When I ws 15 or so, at least before I had a license, I hung at a friends house whose father was an avid car collector. 2 huge buildings full. All kinds of cars all pre 1964. Alot of the names of the huge black cars with wooden spokes and an outdoor area for the driver to sit in, I've long forgotten but I still see all the cars in my memories. Cars with 3 headlights with the center one moving. 1 cylinder belt drive cars. Steam cars, Obscure manufacturers from around Cincinnati, Chicago, Detroit and others in the mid west. I digress,anyway one of the makes of cars he had were Nash. Had a few but if I remember right only 1 of them was a "metro". What a weird little car.
It wasn't long before I was "given" my own project. It was sort of payment for getting to hang out. I was given a 1929 Ford model A Roadster. (Everybody was expected to put in their share of work if ya wanted to get to drive 1 of the cars to the shows for the family, even if ya wasn't family) They would usually have their own convoy often taking 10 cars or so in a line to a far off distant show. Man it was a great way to cut my teeth on cars. My dad wasn't mechanical but knew what to buy.
First memory; Cruzzin the grille (Pasagrille St. Pete FLA) in a car seat with a stering wheel and a horn, pass side front, Dad driving. The car? Black with red interior convertable Ford Sunliner! (didn't know then but that car was way the F cool!!! You should see some of the old pics) What was playing on the radio? Rodger millers "King of the Road"
Me and my dad cruzin, me in a car seat with a horn and wheel, in the sunliner, top down, both of us singing King of the road! I remember it like it was yesterday, heck I was only 3 or 4 and couldn't really talk that great yet but I could wail that king of the road!

Anyway After that car he went through many Polaras and Darts through the years but never tought me about the cars. That all came from my grandpa and the experiences starting with this 29 ford I had to do that wasn't even mine.....

ANYWAY JOHN!!!!
oh sorry FABO!

Anyway I had a wire wheel and wire brush in my hand I don't know how long stripping the frame and metal on that 29 ferd. As I was mindlessly brushing rust, I would stare at that Metro thinking what a freekin ugly car! But it kinda appeals to me. Well as of this chapter of
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I learned some thing tonight about the metros and myself, LOL!
I am slighly ocd so everything clean and balanced in design always appeals to me even if I am not aware of it at the time.

We learn some fun facts of the Nash Metropolitan tonight. Design wise.
The metro was designed and marketed to the women of the family as a second family car and was the first car to be primarily marketed to women.
The front and the back of the car was to, originally in design, match each other and look the same comming or going. They didn't quite ever hit it just right. But what they ended up with was this;
Look at the dead on side shot of the black and white one. The perportional length of the body fender and quarter are the same length measured from the door edge to the end of the panel down the beltline.
That brings us to another fact. Only 1 part # for the doors!!! The left and right were interchangeable with only door handle location being different!!
Look at that pic!!! It's as balanced as a federal style farm house! You know, entry hall in middle, with same rooms off each side!!!
BALANCE is sooooo soothing!! LOL!!!=P~

Story is we had enough $ to buy 2 or the 1 red & white one. It's ready for paint and reassemble. I would skip the paint and just pressure wash what is there and build it and get it running. It would look more original that way!! Well after talking with the nice gentleman, I hope we can work something out. All his property is for sale and he is prepping for a move. Can't take any cars with him when he moves. So if the house sells he has 30 days to move the stuff before he leaves town!! So far I'm the only one he knows with interest, a car hauler, and someplace to put all them thar Nashes!!!:cheers:
He's really pressureing me to buy whole lot at once, all 5 cars, motors and tranny pacs rear ends, radios, seats, everything metro on his property!!!
OMG!!!!!
Sombody pinch me!!!:toothy10:
Will keep yall posted. Some time soon look for my name in H. Motor news selling a "S" load of metro parts LOL!!! Stay Tuned.........
I sure hope we can work something out. I can only buy about a third of it all. Maybe get a first load, flip then get the rest for me when he blows town. I don't know. Right now we are both sleeping on it. Wish I'd met him sooner, he's really a pretty cool car guy and knows alot about them.

Anyway..... I know FABO is waiting for videos but I've been done with the still pic production sense midnight last night. I come home from hauling a car into junk and am still waiting for the rest of vids for the first trip this AM and another from this chapter "Nash Bridges"
Well I for 1 aint waiting for anything any more!!
When it's time to
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So that being said, I sat down here for lunch to bang out story copy and I'm posting the stills now. I've already thrown the film (vids) to the floor in the cutting room (editing, trashed the crap) I'm not really thinking you'll ever see that footage unless we get the learning curve of the editing straightened out. The vids make the work times 4! Plus there's some language on there you can't here on FABO when I get flustered almost wiping the guard rail pulling in his drive (hidden on down hill curve between 2 guard rails!

So if at a future date, If I can pull my unlearned head outta my A--, and get them properly edited and put together, without the cussing, We will post them then on a post production edition of
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Here's the stills, hope FABO enjoys!!

Keep it between the ditches, even if by the seat of yer britches!!:toothy10: