A Pinup Girls Classic 1956 Nash Metropolitan

1956 Nash Metropolitan Hardtop Berkshire Green

1956 Nash Metropolitan Hardtop Berkshire Green

It has been an incredible week, I will do a blog post shortly on all the fabulous things going on but here is one of the highlights – we got our 1956 Nash Metropolitan!! My hubby Gary and I are over the moon excited and it has taken a lot of restoration to get it to this point with still some  to go and we’ll write about it all on the blog. Gary really rescued this cutie and gave it a second chance for a new life with us!! Here is a pic of our Nash with our Bichon Frise puppy dog Luna guarding it 🙂 This is the perfect Pinup Girl car!! Stay tuned for lots and lots of pics!!
Here’s some information from Wikipedia on the Nash and you can read more here on their Nash Metropolitan page.

The Nash Metropolitan is an automobile that was sold from 1953 to 1961. Nash was positioning this new product for the emerging postwar market for “personal use” autos.These specific use vehicles were as a second car for women or an economical commuter car. On October 5, 1952, they announced that they had selected the Austin Motor Company (by then part of BMC) and Fisher & Ludlow (which also became part of BMC in September 1953, later operating under the name Pressed Steel Fisher), both English companies based in Birmingham, England and vicinity. Fisher & Ludlow would produce the bodywork, while the mechanicals would be provided, as well as final assembly undertaken, by the Austin Motor Company.

In May 1954, Nash-Kelvinator Corporation announced that it had merged with the Hudson Motor Company to form American Motors Corporation (AMC). Thus by August 1954, Metropolitans also became available from Hudson dealers. These Hudson Metropolitans carried a Hudson grille badge, hubcaps incorporating an “M” logo, a “bulls-eye” horn button design, and a plain spare wheel cover. The MSRP for Series III models was $1,527 (Hardtop) in Berkshire Green.

The Nash possesses an ageless, cuddly quality that has made it a perennial favorite of car lovers and car agnostics alike.

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Review: Pinup Girl Nancy Dress for Easter with a Puppy Bunny

Yasmina Greco Pinup Nancy Dress Pinup Girl Clothing Pinup Couture

It was the style and colors that first got my attention of the Pinup Girl Clothing Pinup Couture Nancy Dress in Blue Lemonade last summer with the aqua blue background pink lemons and white florals. The dress has so much attention to detail with adjustable straps, sweetheart neckline and a slightly padded bust with a ruched line down the middle to create definition and scalloped lace trim on the bust with a fabulous circle skirt complete with pockets. The Nancy is so dainty and feminine and I could not wait to slip my curves into it.

I ordered the Pink Lemonade Nancy shortly after the blue and thought what a fabulous Easter/Spring dress it would be. The pink lemons and white florals are perfect. It was a bit chilly this Easter Sunday so I wore the Nancy dress with my Heart of Haute white Sweet Sweater and I think it works so well with the dress as it not only hugs your curves, ties into a pretty bow and adds a layer of warmth.
Yasmina Greco Pinup Nancy Dress Pinup Girl Clothing
I wear the Nancy in a size 2X to fit my well-endowed bosom. The waist is very very roomy in the 2X but, I find that adding a cute skinny belt or the Sweet Sweater make the dress incredibly figure flattering. The Nancy does have quite a bit length and that is actually something I really like as finding a longer dress is not always easy and, I think it is incredibly ladylike. I wear the Nancy dress with a striking pair of high heels and I couldn’t feel prettier or feminine. I add a nice fluffy petticoat underneath and I am ready to twirl!!  I receive so many compliments too!!

My Bichon Frise Luna was my puppy bunny and posed so nicely for a Easter picture with me. Hope you all had a great Easter holiday.

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