Bullers on the road

During most of the 1930s Grandpa, Grandma, and the kids rode in a 1929 Nash four-door similar to this one.

The 1929 Nash 400s came in several different models, including a two-door (see here), a four-door like that above, and a cabriolet (see here). It is not entirely certain which model the family drove, but it is likely that the engine was a six-cylinder with overhead valves, twin ignition (two spark plugs per cylinder), around 224 cubic inches in size, and generating perhaps 65 horsepower.

The four-door model of that year cost $1,345 new (see here). The 116,000 cars (twenty-three different models) that Nash sold during 1929 ranged in price from $995 to $1,775.

Questions that come to mind include:

• Which model of 1929 Nash did Grandpa and Grandma own?


• Did they buy their Nash new or used?


• How much did they pay for the Nash?


• Did they own a car before this one? If so, what? If not, did they travel to Lushton and/or Henderson in a wagon? buggy? something else?


• What car did they drive after the 1929 Nash (and was that the car the family took to pick up Grandma when she attended the Blackwood Brothers music school)?