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To: nuconvert; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Old Sarge; SandyInSeattle; ...
Ladies and gentlemen, the Nash Metropolitan:


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10 posted on 05/15/2005 11:05:59 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("You would have to double your IQ to be stupid. " --zip)
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To: Slings and Arrows

I seem them on the road occasionally. They're cute.


11 posted on 05/15/2005 11:07:56 AM PDT by nuconvert (No More Axis of Evil by Christmas ! TLR) [there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])
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To: Slings and Arrows; sweetliberty

I know someone who will love this line:
"Nash Metropolitans, another car my father bought. The Metropolitan was designed by professional cartoonists to look like the main character in a children's book with a name like Buster the Car Goes to Town. It was so small that it was routinely stolen by squirrels."


13 posted on 05/15/2005 11:39:37 AM PDT by Darksheare (What do you mean I'm that old? I am not! You can't prove it! I'm telling!)
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To: Slings and Arrows
Actually the Nash corporation was quite innovative for it's time. Shown below is the optional "Blizzard Package" for the Metropolitan.

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Snow tire manufacturers threatened Nash with unending litigation if they did not abandon the project so this option became quite rare and the whole incident became known as the worst automotive snow job in history

17 posted on 05/15/2005 2:31:59 PM PDT by Cowman (Just when you hit the bottom of the stupid hole you notice the guy next to you is digging)
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