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12/07/09
This is J-nik. The Ford is the only right answer.
12/05/09
As much as I am a Chevy fan, this time I'm going to have to vote Nash Statesman. Comparatively few were made. Fewer yet survive. Need parts? Better brush up on those library research and machining skills. It also seems to be the worst of the four in terms of material condition.
So, you will put yourself through all manners of hell trying to restore a total basket case with a barely existent spare parts source, and to top it all off, the only recognition you will get from the word "Nash" is a Nash Bridges reference. No one these days has any idea what the hell a Nash is, and thusly none will truly appreciate the shit you went through.
That is truly the most hellish of the four, and thusly I feel is the meritorious victor of this edition of Project Car Hell.
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12/05/09
So, wicked cool hauling wagon or hippie-graffitied Pininfarina hellbeast with thirteen-letter-shit-spreader power and eighty-seven yard turning circle? Your choice, amigos.
12/05/09
Coolest? Ford, preferably with a north-south Ecoboost V6 transplant.
12/05/09
If you want a project that will be moderately practical when you're done, get the Ford wagon.
If you want a project that will be fairly sporty when you're done, get the Poly-powered Dodge.
If you want a true PCH, get the Nash.
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12/05/09
The Ford has an undeniable coolness, and although the running gear will be a cakewalk, the wagon specific pieces (of which it's probably missing several) are going to be fun (in the most facetious use of the word) to track down.
The wagon gets my vote.
Fortunately I don't need a '50s project car, since I already have a '79 Checker.
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as far as PCH goes.. i imagine the nash is probably the worst to try to work with... not enough examples to pull junkyard pieces off of let alone finding reproduction pieces...
i'll take the "easy (wagon)" way out with the ford... the 55 chev would be too easy.
i got through all of that without mentioning the dodge... umm.. since i want to own a mid to late 40's led sled.. this would be about the latest model i could pull that look off in.. hmmmmmm... though going lead-sled.. it's not a matter of PCH.. it's a matter of how 'slim-is-my-wallet'....
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12/06/09
However, the 1955 Hudsons did look hugely better than the horrific 56-57s. The 1957 Nashes weren't quite so bad, but the inboard headlights on the 1955-56 look like they were designed by space aliens. Or the Chinese.
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