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Nash – Full color 9 1/2″ x 13″ ad that is for the 1940 Nash Automobiles. This ad has a picture of a Yellow Four-Door 1940 Nash parked on the sand as the lady is sitting on the sand as her husband comes towards her carrying an umbrella. The ad headline starts off by saying “But – you Oughta Have Some Fun!”. It then says “Alright – you’ve got a car that’s good enough to haul around the family. And when it wears out, you can go get a new onw like it -. Just a minute, though – are you having any fun? Get in a Nash and you’ll know what we mean. But, get in quick – for a Nash Manifold Sealed Engine offers something so new in powers that it almost sizzles. Away you go – from 5 to 35 zipping miles an hour. Then a click – and without a whisper from the engine, you’re Fourth Speeding along at a speedway pace. It’s a new gear – new range of performance – with an Automatic Overdrive that sends you scampering up the hill ahead. Up and over the top…then down a wooded lane…snaking around sharp turns…”gunning” over riddled stretches of macadam…you swing along, amazed to find you’re not clenching the wheel, not steeling yourself – for the bumps that never arrive. Even the air is different…kept dustless in summer – warm in winter – by Weather Eye conditioning. (Something you never saw happen in a car before) What matters that the signpost says you’re far from home. You can sleep tonight in a Nash Convertible Bed…or come home in the dusk, like a phantom thing possessed, with the moonlight glistening on the eager hood ahead. This is adventure. This is life…this is the fun that you’ve been missing. Yes – a Nash does cost a bit more than the usual “All Three” cars. But it’s a small difference in dollars that vanishes from your mind immediately. It’s a difference in quality, though, that stands out in every point…a 7-bearing crankshaft instead of the usual 3 or 4…a double frame chassis, 300 to 400 pounds more weight than the small cars – for safety and long life. Features that save you money now, and bring more on resale value later. Come on – your best million miles are still ahead! You belong in a Nash today“. In the left-side upper corner there are two pictures, one with the first words “Silent as a Shooting Star” and the other one saying that you can “Enjoy Every Weekend”.
Source: May 20, 1940 Life magazine.
