1957 Nash Ambassador Custom Country Club
The final Nash Ambassador rolled off the Kenosha, Wisconsin line in the summer of 1957, making the Country Club hardtop among the last expressions of a nameplate that had defined the upper end of Nash’s lineup for decades.
Styled by Pininfarina (whose signature tags appear on the lower cowl), the 1957 models arrived with heavily restyled rear bodywork and available two- and three-tone color schemes that gave the cars a distinctive late-decade character.
That year’s Ambassador was among the first American production cars offered with quad headlights as standard equipment. Under the hood, a new 327 CID American Motors V-8 rated at 225 hp handled motivation, paired with a Hydra-Matic automatic transmission.
Nash’s integrated Weather Eye heating, ventilating and air conditioning system (introduced in 1954 as the first fully integrated heating and air conditioning system in an American automobile) remained available as an option, priced well below comparable systems from Oldsmobile or Chrysler.
Production of the 1957 Ambassador Custom Country Club hardtop was limited to 997 examples, making it one of the rarest full-size Nash models of the postwar era.
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