Friday Lady's travels Down Under

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Countries which don't have their own motor industries sometimes have the most interesting motoring landscapes, when cars are imported from all over the world in the absence of a native manufacturer. In the pre-war years, neither Australia nor New Zealand had enjoyed any sort of large-scale motor-manufacturing operation (Holden did not produce its first independently-designed car until 1948), so their streets were enlivened by a colourful mix of imports from both America and Britain.

If we've identified the number plate correctly, this picture was taken somewhere in New Zealand, the car being a 1937 Nash. Nash offered two models in 1937, the budget-priced LaFayette 400 and the more upmarket Ambassador. We're not sure exactly which this is, but perhaps somebody out there can let us know.

The smart lady looks quite proud to be standing alongside the car, although it's not hers. It belongs to one Mr. Robinson, but they must have been very good friends he's going to let her take his shiny new Nash for a spin. She's nicely attired for going shopping in town or meeting some friends for lunch, but if she really wants to secure a reputation as a woman of style and taste, striking a nonchalant pose behind the wheel of the Nash is sure to do it.

Words: Zack Stiling; picture: Stiling Collection
 

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