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California98Civic · 08-03-2020, 10:28 AM

That is a 1958 or 1959 Rambler American, with with an estimated 30 miles per gallon in 1958. Possibly manufactured right here at the old Nash Factory in Los Angeles. This one is parked on the street all the time near my neighborhood and has current (non classic, non historic) tags. It appears to still have original parts, such as tail lights made of some kind of Bakelite plastic so weathered at this point that cracks run through it like some kind of spider web tapestry. The dipped in rust proofing at the factory steel body looks clean.

I got a bunch more pictures.

08-03-2020, 10:28 AM	#1309 (permalink)
California98Civic Cyborg ECU Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Coastal Southern California Posts: 6,299 Black and Green - '98 Honda Civic DX Coupe Team Honda 90 day: 66.42 mpg (US) Black and Red - '00 Nashbar Custom built eBike 90 day: 3671.43 mpg (US) Thanks: 2,373 Thanked 2,174 Times in 1,470 Posts	Rambler American (1958/59) That is a 1958 or 1959 Rambler American, with with an estimated 30 miles per gallon in 1958. Possibly manufactured right here at the old Nash Factory in Los Angeles. This one is parked on the street all the time near my neighborhood and has current (non classic, non historic) tags. It appears to still have original parts, such as tail lights made of some kind of Bakelite plastic so weathered at this point that cracks run through it like some kind of spider web tapestry. The dipped in rust proofing at the factory steel body looks clean. I got a bunch more pictures. Attached Thumbnails __________________ See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.