{"id":79037,"date":"2021-11-09T18:42:26","date_gmt":"2021-11-09T23:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=79037"},"modified":"2021-11-09T18:42:26","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T23:42:26","slug":"for-sale-custom-1961-nash-metropolitan-with-a-honda-f20c-inline-four","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=79037","title":{"rendered":"For Sale: Custom 1961 Nash Metropolitan with a Honda F20C Inline-Four"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This custom 1961 Nash Metropolitan convertible is for sale on Hemmings<\/a> in Muncie, Indiana for $75,000. The car rides on a tubular chassis with a Mustang II front suspension, Flaming River steering rack, tubular control arms, and QA1 coilovers. The brakes feature SSBC four-piston calipers with 13-inch rotors in front and Toyota Supra 11-inch brakes in back. Under the hood sits a 2.0 L F20C inline-four and six-speed manual transmission both from a Honda S2000. A driveshaft made by Patterson of Indy sends power to a 1989 Toyota Supra rear end with a LSD and 4.30 gears. The body is lengthened 10 inches with steel fender flares by Gasoline Alley and covered by “Mercedes Silver” paint. <\/p>\n

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This custom 1961 Nash Metropolitan convertible is for sale on Hemmings in Muncie, Indiana for $75,000. The car rides on a tubular chassis with a Mustang II front suspension, Flaming River steering rack, tubular control arms, and QA1 coilovers. The brakes feature SSBC four-piston calipers with 13-inch rotors in front and Toyota Supra 11-inch brakes… Read More »For Sale: Custom 1961 Nash Metropolitan with a Honda F20C Inline-Four<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":79042,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"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_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[945],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-metropolitan"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":143952,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=143952","url_meta":{"origin":79037,"position":0},"title":"Toyota AE86 with a Honda F20C","author":"swaptastic","date":"January 8, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Phil Morrison from Driftworks enjoys racing his Toyota Corolla AE86 at the track. 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