ANGLO-AMERICAN-ITALIAN NASH-HEALEY

Posted on July 18, 2023July 18, 2023 by MartynL

Hemmings’ Mike McNessor blogs about the hybrid ANGLO-AMERICAN-ITALIAN NASH-HEALEY, its heritage, and current values. When you think of historic Le Mans champions, you picture Porsches, Ferraris, Aston Martins, and Jaguars howling down the Mulsanne straight. But in 1952, a Nash inline-six-powered Nash-Healey lightweight racer bested all of those greats, earning a class win and third place overall behind the dominant Mercedes-Benz 300 Gullwing SLs. That year was the best showing of the ANGLO-A...

NASH-HEALEY: FIRST AMERICAN SPORTS CAR

Posted on November 25, 2019November 25, 2019 by MartynL

The early 1950s Nash-Healey was the first post-war production two-seat sporty car from a major American automaker. Before there was a Corvette, there was the two-place Nash-Healey produced and marketed for the American market between 1951 and 1954 by Nash-Kelvinator Corporation It utilized the then-new Nash Ambassador powertrain and a European chassis and body, and served as a halo vehicle to promote sales of traditional Nash models. The NASH-HEALEY: FIRST AMERICAN SPORTS CAR was the byproduct o...