The mighty Metropolitan has now received its all singing and dancing 1860cc engine, a new intake, stiffer springs front and rear and a custom anti-roll bar. Testing will continue this afternoon.
Metropolitan readied for second test
Testing the Nash Metropolitan
The day finally came to roll the long awaited Nash Metropolitan out of the workshop for it’s first outing. First stop was to meet our friends from Retro Cars Magazine for a photo shoot, then on to Brands Hatch for a shake down. I can report that the little Nash performed impeccably whilst attracting a lot of attention in the paddocks. Shaun stepped out of the car with a very large grin exclaiming “it’s bonkers!’. For out of the box performance we were all very impressed. We’ve taken some notes and will be making some adjustments before the next test at Goodwood. This car will be well dialled in and thoroughly shaken down before Revival. I’d like to say a big thank you to Simon Jackson at Retro Cars Magazine for letting us tag along on their track session and to all the readers of Retro Cars who attended Brands Hatch yesterday and graciously let us share their time on track.
Building a Nash Metropolitan Race Car
We’ve started building our Nash Metropolitan race car. The Nash is getting assembled piece by piece. Ian sprayed all of the various components in black 2k or Berkshire green ready to go onto the car. We thought we’d lost the speedo until a final box of parts showed up in storage. Grahams installed the hydraulics and the master cylinders as well as the dashboard, tail lights and various other bits and bobs. I’ve been working on the trim, replacing the warped door card backing with plywood and modifying the rear trim panels to fit around the roll cage. We also received our replica 1956 California number plates. Looking forward to seeing this out at Goodwood Revival.
Nash Metropolitan race car shell painted
Today we rolled the Nash Metropolitan race car shell out of the paint shop. It looks absolutely fantastic. Some might say it was far too nice for a race car, but not us. We like ’em shiny.
Painted Metropolitan
The Nash Metropolitan has been painted. The colour chosen was the original Nash colour Berkshire Green over Frost White. 8 litres of 2k was ordered and expertly applied by our very own Ian Goodwright. Inside and out received a coat of GN08 Berkshire Green before getting masked off for the WT1 Frost white two-tone.
