Responses from the Nash car guys.....
I got some responses from the Nash car guys. Lefty's car is a 1929 Nash, Advance Six, Two-door sedan, model 463. The car sold for around $1480 brand new in 1928.
In case you guys are curious, here is what the Nash car guys had to say. (I have removed their names to protect the innocent.)
Your photo provoked some interesting discussion among our on-line members. The number of lugs on the wheels seems to be significant in determining it's age. The following is the most detailed and I believe the most authoritative reply. It is from xxx, a former editor of the club's national newsletter, an avid collector of old photos with Nash cars in them, and an owner of several vehicles of the same vintage as the car in the photo.
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Hello xxx,
Nice to hear from you. Thanks for the photo and link showing the Nash, its one I had not seen before. The photo shows a 1929 Nash. It's from the largest series, the "Advance Six". The body type is a 2 door sedan, so the specific model number is 463 (I had two of them). You can inform the people at that website, that the car is known as a 1929 Nash, Advance Six, Two-door sedan, model 463.
The 20" wheels on that car are the 5 lug disc, supplied by Budd. They share the same brake drums that Nash used when a car was supplied with the Budd brand, 5 lug wire wheels. However, Nash Motors changed to the "Cleve-Weld" brand of disc wheels, midway in production of their 1929 Advance Six cars. The newer Cleve-Weld disc wheels required a 7 lug brake drum. They are the type of disc wheels most often seen on the 1929 Nash, Advance Six cars.
I wanted to point out that detail, in an effort to help date the photo. The condition of the car (and the tires) look brand new and we know the 1929 Nash cars were introduced on June 1st, 1928. I looked at the enlarged photo of the license plate, but couldn't tell if the year is really 1928 or 1929. If the person you spoke with is sure the plate reads 1929, then I would suggest the photo must have been taken very early in that year, for the car to be wearing those type wheels with new tires.
I have attached a photo showing another model 463 with the same type of wheels. I have no information about this photo, it's just an old one from my collection.
Kind regards,
xxxx
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Another fellow agreed, writing:
The car is a 400 series 463 model advanced 6 twin ignition sedan and is known as a 1929 year model But the production started in 1928 mid year.
All the best,
xxxxx
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So I'm thinking Lefty has his picture taken with his new Nash (he had good taste in cars!). It's a 1929 Advance Six 2-door Trunk Sedan, Model 463. There were 8 models in the high-range 460 line, and total production for the line was 44,300. There is no breakdown for production of the individual models. Nash made 49,132 in the mid-range Special Six line, and 97,031 of the low price Standard Six line. The model 463 had a retail price of $1,480 in June 1928, which dropped to $1,430 by August 1929. As a 2-door sedan, it was among the cheaper models in the 460 line. It shipping weight was 3,760 lbs. It had a six cylinder 78 horsepower engine with 258 cubic inch displacement. The wheelbase was 121 inches. It could hold 5 passengers. Probably the most interesting feature about the model is that it had twin ignition (two spark plugs for each cylinder). 1929 was the first year for the twin ignition, which they used through 1941. Lefty appears to have been an "early adapter" when it came to motor car trends!
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