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After WW II, Henry Kaiser, famous for building Liberty ships faster than the Kriegsmarine could sink 'em, turned his hand to building automobiles. After enjoying a modicum of success, sales began to fall. By the mid-fifties, they were even trying to sell a re-badged version of the "Henry J" through the Sears catalogue, as the "Allstate". No dice. Too bad.
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They don't make cars like they used to. Luckily. But if they could just make them just look like this, I'd be a happy man. Only a bit more streamlined of course.
And a few pistons less..
Hurray, you wrote Kriegsmarine correctly (and not Kreigsmarine, although it is an understandable mistake)
The nash was very streamlined for its day, designed in a windtunnel (notice how all four wheels are faired in). It was one of the first cars with a curved windshield and had a front seatback that could fold flat to make a bed with the back seat.
When my sisters were in High school, the car was known as a "Bathtub Nash" because of it's styling. Because of its reputation as a rolling bedroom, they used to quip "Nice girls don't date guys who drive a Nash."
I always thought it would make a nice camping car.
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