Nash Airliner Reclining Seats (Apr, 1953)
Source: Mechanix Illustrated ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Apr, 1953
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Do You Know?
How Nash Airliner Reclining Seats Turn into Twin Beds in 30 Seconds?
1. At lever touch either front seat back adjusts to any of five comfortable positions. Right-hand seat, fully reclined, makes a wonderful “couch” for children’s or passenger’s naps.
2. No longer need the driver sit rigidly in one position. Just touch a lever and change the angle of the seat back. Tall men say it’s the greatest idea yet for comfort on long drives.
3. All the comforts of home! Your Nash dealer offers easy-to-inflate air mattresses and special window screens at small cost—providing a wonderful home on the road for you.4. Twin Beds in 30 seconds! Both front seat backs recline to fill space between front and rear seats, creating roomy Twin Beds for hunters, fishermen—everyone who travels.
Reclining Seats and Twin Beds are just two of the scores of exclusive Nash features available. See and drive the new 1953 Air-flytes, styled by Pinin Farina, at your Nash dealer’s. Take the key and see—”there’s none so new as Nash for 1953.”
That last picture would have featured the Wolfman, if this was Mad Magazine.
Comment by Torgo — May 13, 2009 @ 12:20 am
Or motion lines, if this was a Bulgemobile piece. “The Sleeperific Auto Pilot option whisks you along the biways and highways in total comfort.”
Comment by Toronto — May 13, 2009 @ 12:28 am
Made the teenagers happy in the 50s.
Comment by Mike — May 13, 2009 @ 9:09 am
This makes me happy.
Comment by Jim Dunn — May 13, 2009 @ 10:43 am
I’ve heard that in the 50’s, girls who cared about their reputations wouldn’t date guys who drove this, and similar, cars.
Comment by LightningRose — May 13, 2009 @ 1:20 pm
Rose – well, that would certainly save a lot of time and bother. “You’ll come for a ride in my Nash? Excellent…”
Comment by Toronto — May 13, 2009 @ 1:47 pm
Or it could just be that they didn’t want to be seen in a car that looks like a box of rolled oats.
Comment by Charlene — May 13, 2009 @ 2:47 pm
They should have called this car the “Gnash”. It eventuall became known as the Nash Rambler and the company became American Motors which gave us The Gremlin, The Javelin, and The Metropolitan
Comment by Las Vegas Guy — May 13, 2009 @ 3:05 pm
They made teenagers happy in the ’60s as well, when they were used cars that we could afford to buy for ourselves. It was a great date car, especially for drive-ins and parking in isolated places. (Not that I would have ever done such a thing, of course…)
Comment by Eli — May 13, 2009 @ 6:00 pm
cool love to crash in a nash
Comment by fred — May 16, 2009 @ 6:12 pm
The ‘52 Shagin’ Wagon.
Comment by Hirudinea — May 21, 2009 @ 11:55 pm
I think there was a kit available for early Saabs that accomplished the same thing, but I’ve never seen any pictures of it in action.
Comment by David Brodbeck — June 1, 2009 @ 5:21 pm
“Well, officer, we were lost and stopping in this dark alley to check the map.”
“Then why is the bed unfolded?”
Comment by Andrew Breza — June 15, 2009 @ 5:46 pm
Andrew: It’s a big map. It’s life-sized.
Comment by Toronto — June 16, 2009 @ 12:32 am
Really brings a whole new meaning to “Pimp My Ride”.
Comment by Andrew Breza — June 16, 2009 @ 10:52 am