{"id":50535,"date":"2020-01-02T13:12:39","date_gmt":"2020-01-02T19:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=50535"},"modified":"2020-01-02T13:12:39","modified_gmt":"2020-01-02T19:12:39","slug":"for-sale-custom-pro-street-nash-metropolitan-with-a-540-ci-chevy-v8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=50535","title":{"rendered":"For Sale: Custom Pro-Street Nash Metropolitan with a 540 ci Chevy V8"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Barrett-Jackson will auction<\/a> this custom 1961 Nash Metropolitan in Scottsdale, Arizona on January 11-19. The little dragster was built by Rodger Purdy Jr. from Pro Street Chassis<\/a> in New Jersey. It rides on a custom tubular chassis with a Mustang II front suspension and four-link rear suspension. A 540 ci Chevy big-block V8 with Pro Comp aluminum heads capable of 620 horsepower sticks out of the hood. Power is sent to the rear wheels through a Transmission Specialties Turbo 400 3-speed automatic transmission and Ford 9-inch rear end with a LSD and 4.10 gears. You can view more photos of the build here<\/a> (scroll down).<\/p>\n

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Barrett-Jackson will auction this custom 1961 Nash Metropolitan in Scottsdale, Arizona on January 11-19. The little dragster was built by Rodger Purdy Jr. from Pro Street Chassis in New Jersey. It rides on a custom tubular chassis with a Mustang II front suspension and four-link rear suspension. A 540 ci Chevy big-block V8 with Pro… Read More »For Sale: Custom Pro-Street Nash Metropolitan with a 540 ci Chevy V8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":50542,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[945],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-metropolitan"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Custom-Pro-Street-Nash-Metropolitan-with-a-540-ci-Chevy-V8-01.jpg?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":145565,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=145565","url_meta":{"origin":50535,"position":0},"title":"1976 Chevy C10 with a 454 ci LTx V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"February 25, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Protouring Texas built this 1976 Chevy C10 with a 454 ci LTx V8. 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