That's only the half of it. The front and back bumpers were the same part. The extruded door window frames? Same part. The Metropolitan had whole doors that were identical (although I don't believe one was suicide[d].
It was probably the most reliable car I've owned. In the two years I drove it, all it needed was a bellcrank in the clutch linkage to be welded.
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Following the conversion of the Special Six to 7 mains, the Advanced Six received its first major upgrade since 1918, also a 7 main bearing crank with pressure fed rods. The Advanced Six upgrade also came out in 1926. Nash Motors published a brochure called "Why 7 ?" telling the public back in 1926 about the benefits of 7 main bearings.
Also in 1926, the Ajax series was folded into the Nash family as the Light Six. By the end of 1926, Nash offered three series of autos, all seven main bearing sixes, Light Six the flathead, Special Six a middle sized OHV and the Advanced Six the original flagship OHV engine. Production rolled along through 1928 in this manner.
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Nash's fine engineering developed reliable engines that powered great autos. All of these Nash engines were used well after 1957 by AMC (the flathead through 1965, the 327 V-8 through 1966, the 250 V8 through 1960, the ohv six through 1965) and in some cases, in trucks ( the 327 in IH, Ambassador six in Divco milk trucks and IH and White trucks and buses) as well as marine applications (the 327 V8.)
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https://www.allpar.com/mopar/nash.html
I believe a Nash six ran at the Indy 500 one year but I can't find a reference.