1955 Nash Metropolitan Hardtop 1200 [542]

1955 Nash Metropolitan [542] in 1958, Movie, 1980

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Author	Message
vilero ◊ 2009-08-24 13:18	The 1st or the last '54 Studebaker.
Big Dave ◊ 2009-08-24 14:27	Front car is a 1954+ Nash Metropolitan. Then a 1958 Volvo PV 544. Then the 1954 Studebaker.
vilero ◊ 2009-08-24 18:17	Yep
Sunbar ◊ 2009-08-24 18:50	The 1955 series II Metropolitan would be 1200cc (grille appearance confirms this I think). It was not sold for export (non-US) markets until 1957 model year and this with the 1500cc engine. I assume this could be badged either as Nash or Hudson being a series II model.
marklandynut ◊ 2010-05-08 01:30	Yes, the 1500 appeared in 1957 and featured a mesh grille. At that time it also became available in the UK and was known here as the Austin Metropolitan, although there were no Austin or any other makers badges on the cars. That means this car is a 1200 and could be badged either Nash or Hudson.