Oldtimer picture gallery. Cars. 1938 Nash.
1938 Nash: 3810 Lafayette 400, 3820 Ambassador Six, 3880 Ambassador Eight
Year of production: 1938
Overall production: 32017 units
4x2 front engine rearwheel drive car
Body modifications:
3810 Lafayette, wheelbase - 117,0 inches:
3811 3-5-passenger Deluxe cabriolet, 3240 pounds, 940 US dollars, ? built
3812 Deluxe All-Purpose coupe, 3230 pounds, 860 US dollars, ? built
3813 6-passenger Deluxe victoria, 3290 pounds, 855 US dollars, ? built
3814 2-passenger Deluxe business coupe, 3160 pounds, 820 US dollars, ? built
3815 3-passenger Master business coupe, 3120 pounds, 770 US dollars, ? built
3816 2-door 6-passenger Master victoria, 3190 pounds, 805 US dollars, ? built
3817 4-door Master trunkback sedan, 3200 pounds, 850 US dollars, ? built
3818 4-door Deluxe trunkback sedan, 3300 pounds, 900 US dollars, ? built
3820 Ambassador Six, wheelbase - 121,0 inches:
3821 3-5-passenger cabriolet, 3340 pounds, 1099 US dollars, ? built
3822 All-Purpose coupe, 3360 pounds, 1015 US dollars, ? built
3823 6-passenger victoria, 3450 pounds, 1000 US dollars, ? built
3825 3-passenger business coupe, 3300 pounds, 970 US dollars, ? built
3828 4-door trunkback sedan, 3460 pounds, 1050 US dollars, ? built
3880 Ambassador Eight, wheelbase - 125,0 inches:
3881 3-5-passenger cabriolet, 3620 pounds, 1240 US dollars, ? built
3882 All-Purpose coupe, 3640 pounds, 1165 US dollars, ? built
3883 6-passenger victoria, 3780 pounds, 1150 US dollars, ? built
3885 3-passenger business coupe, 3580 pounds, 1120 US dollars, ? built
3888 4-door trunkback sedan, 3790 pounds, 1200 US dollars, ? built
Engines:
Lafayette: 90 hp/?rpm, Straight 6 - cyl. SV, 234,8 cubic inches
Bore/Stroke: 3,38/4,38 inches, Compression ratio ? : 1
Ambassador Six: 105 hp/?rpm, Straight 6 - cyl. OHV, 234,8 cubic inches
Bore/Stroke: 3,38/4,38 inches, Compression ratio ? : 1
Ambassador Eight: 115 hp/?rpm, Straight 8 - cyl. OHV, 260,8 cubic inches (dual ignition)
Bore/Stroke: 3,13/4,25 inches, Compression ratio ? : 1
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Maximal speed: ? km/h
Tyres: ?x? inches
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2 Black and white photos are from family album of Taras Krusser (Chelyabinsk,
Russia). Photos have been taken in 1945. One photo - near Oder river. From the left: A. Plotitsyn (from Chita, fallen), V. Kovalyov
(Stalingrad), Fyodor Yakovlevich Timonin (military chaffeur from Magnitigorsk, Chelyabinsk region, in WW2 since 1943
Stalingrad, grandfather of Taras).
Thanks for help to Jim Bracewell (Glen Ellyn, Chicago Illinois area, USA), member and webmaster of The Nash Car Club of America (NCCA). Jim told more about 1938 models: "The 1938 Ambassador Eight have had the dual ignition. One other option that was only available on the 1938 Nash Ambassador Eight was the automatic shifter. It was the vacuum operated system controlled by a small lever protruding from the dashboard. If this option was not ordered, the car came with the standard transmission with the shifter mounted on the floor, like in the 37 and all previous years. In 1939 the company moved the manual shifter to the steering column."
One photo is from eBay.
Data are from the "Encyclopedia of American cars", Publications International, Ltd., 1993, USA.
You are welcome to write me by E-mail Contact. Andrei Bogomolov.
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Last updated 26 II 2001.
3813 6-passenger Deluxe victoria, 3290 pounds, 855 US dollars, ? built
3822 All-Purpose coupe, 3360 pounds, 1015 US dollars, ? built