1958 Nash Metropolitan

This 1958 Metropolitan convertible was refurbished around 1990, and it earned a Senior National First Prize honor from the Antique Automobile Club of America in 1990 and received a Grand National first-prize award from the same organization in 1994. Finished in Frost White and Berkshire Green, the car is powered by a 1.5-liter inline-four paired with a three-speed manual transmission. Equipment includes a white convertible top, 13? steel wheels, hubcaps, whitewall tires, a Continental kit, and black and white houndstooth upholstery over bench seats. The car is said to have been purchased out of the Ohio estate of a previous president of the Metropolitan Owners’ Club of North America, and the fuel system and the brakes have been overhauled.The vehicle was finished from the factory in Frost White and Berkshire Green (P914-P912), and it was repainted during the refurbishment. The white vinyl soft top has been replaced, and the chrome has been redone. Exterior details include a Continental-style spare-tire carrier and soft cover, bright trim, a chromed tailpipe, and chrome bumpers with overriders.Plaques commemorating the car’s aforementioned AACA awards are affixed on either side of the Metropolitan badge at the center of the grille.Body-color 13? steel wheels with Metropolitan-branded hubcaps are mounted with 6.60–13 Firestone whitewall tires, which the seller recommends should be replaced due to age. The seller states that the four-wheel drum brakes were recently overhauled.The cabin houses a split-folding front bench seat and a rear bench that have been reupholstered in black and white houndstooth vinyl with white upper sections and seatbacks. Interior equipment includes a black-painted dashboard, an AM radio, a heater, a glove compartment, black carpeting, front seatbelts, and white sun visors. The rear seat folds forward to permit access to the cargo compartment.The two-spoke steering wheel fronts a Smiths 85-mph speedometer with an inset fuel-level gauge. The five-digit odometer shows 78k miles. Adcox Imports states that the odometer reading is not accurate, and true mileage is unknown.The 1.5-liter Austin B-series inline-four was factory equipped with a single Zenith downdraft carburetor and was rated at 52 horsepower and 77 lb-ft of torque when new. The seller tells us that the carburetor was recently replaced, the fuel system was overhauled, and a tuneup was performed.Power is routed to the rear wheels through a column-shifted three-speed manual transmission.

Decoding the cowl tag reveals the following information:

• Body No. 40271 – Production sequence number

• Model No. 561 – Series III and IV convertible

• Trim No. T600 – Black and white houndstooth-pattern fabric upholstery trimmed in black and white vinyl

• Paint No. P914-P912 – Frost White and Berkshire Green two-tone paint