Subject of previous extensive restoration In 1949 the Nash Motor Corporation of America starting working on a small new economy car, using the internal code name NXI (Nash Experimental International).

This was a fairly brave move at the time, most other car company’s designs were working on the basis that “the bigger it was the better”.

Nash then mailed thousands of potential buyers with a questionnaire containing photos of the proposed design, mainly the work of William Flajole (who incidentally went on to pen the outlandish Flajole Forerunner of 1955).

The feedback was positive so a decision was made to bring it into production.

Nash however had no experience in producing small cars.

The body was not a problem, but they had no small engine or drivetrain.

Various car firms were approached, including Fiat and Standard-Triumph, but in the end a deal was struck with the Austin Motor Company.

The contract for the bodies was given to Fisher & Ludlow at Castle Bromwich (recently acqu...