Monthly Archives: July 2012

Happy 4th of July 2012

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Freedom starts as a dream, then a desire, then a want,  then a need, then a right, but it requires action and sacrifice to obtain.

Thanks to all those that came before us.

Car Production Numbers. They Made How Many? 1946

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Fresh out of WWII the America car industry was facing the challenge of converting back to peace time auto production.  This as a huge task and the pressure was on, because if the average American owned a car there was a good change (50%) that it was 9 years old or older and needed replacing.   Materials were still in short supply, money wasn’t and to ensure that stayed the case most of the car company merely refreshed their 1942 cars.  Toss in labor issue and you can understand how tough the  situations was.

Ford lead the 17 manufacturers that year with 468,022 units produced. Chevy followed second with 398,028 cars. The others followed as such:

Plymouth – 264,660        Dodge – 163,490

Buick – 153, 627                Pontiac – 137,640

Olds – 117,623                    Nash – 94, 000

Hudson – 91,029               Mercury – 86,608

Chrysler – 83,310              DeSoto – 66,900

Packard – 30, 793             Caddy – 29,214

Studebaker – 19,275         Lincoln – 16,465

Corsley – 4, 99

1946 Crosely….not much to look at for sure but it did sport a 4 cylinder power plant.

I’m betting they meant to build this:

Thanks for reading.

Tim

Engine Line Up for 1957 Nash

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Now here’s a brand you don’t see much in print.  Nash produced some very distinctive cars and as many of you know the company eventually morphed into AMC that brought us some great models like the Javelin and some interesting cars like the Gremblin.

For 1957 Nash produced the Ambassador in a couple of variations, Custom 4 door and the Super Country Club 2 door coupe (all Series 80s).

1957 Ambassador Custom

The other offering was the Rambler, which came in a couple of versions as well, the Custom 4 door (Series 20) and the Rebel (that name rings a bell…yes?  AMC Rebel?) 4 door (Series 30) and they added a station wagon as well, the Super Cross Country (Series 10 w/6 cylinder).

’57 Nash Rambler

Yup..the Super Cross Country Rambler Wagon

These were all powered by one of the following engines.

Ambassador V8 which was an overhead valve configuration with cast iron block.  327 CID with bore of 4 x 3.25 and compression of 9.0:1.  Making 255 hp with hydraulic lifters and a Carter 4bbl WCFB-2593SA carb.  Hey it had dual exhaust!!

Ramber V8 which was 250 CID, overhead valve, cast iron block power plant.  The 3.5X 3.25 bore and stroke with a 8.0:1 compression ratio help produce 190 hp.  It had no-adjustable hydraulic lifters and a Carter 2bbl model WGD-2352SA carb.

Ramber Rebel V8 which displaces 326 cubic inches rated at 255 hp and identical to the Ambassador V8 but with Solid lifters.

Lastly here was the Rambler Six.  It was an inline (straight) 6 cylinder, iron block engine with a bore and stroke of 3 1/8 x 4.25 inches.  This helped create a compression ratio of 8.25:1 and 125 hp.  It was fitted with a one barrel Carter carb, model AS-2580S.  There was an option that could be order that s was called the Power Pack which was really just a 2bbl carb that added 10 more horse power (135).  That extra boost would help when hauling around 3034 lbs wagon.

Own one of this beauties?  Drop me a comment.

Thanks for reading.

Tim

Slacking – What’s Coming Up

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Yes, I’ve been slacking a bit on the blogging, but have good reason.  Ok…not really but here’s what is coming up.

–  A couple  new Engine Lineup articles

– An unexpected new project shows up

– An unexpected problem with the Mustang

– Corvette headlight issues

–  More probing on the Corvette gas gauge issues

– Corvette clutch fluid leak

– Pick up my RSS feed and your name will be entered in my monthly drawing for a die cast replica and other KOOL stuff.

Thanks for reading.

Tim