Nash Light Six

The Nash Light Six was the name the Ajax automobile took in June 1926, when Nash Motors decided that the same car would sell better under the Nash name. Production was stopped for two days while Nash hubcaps, emblems and radiator shells were trucked to the Racine, Wisconsin plant, where unshipped Ajax cars were converted, and changeover kits were sent to dealers and offered at no charge to owners so that they would not suffer a drop in resale value. The Ajax it replaced had a 170 cubic inch L-head straight six with a seven main bearing crankshaft and four-wheel brakes. The rechristened car sold better, with the 1926 four-door sedan advertised at 1,525 dollars, and the Ajax and the Nash Light Six together made up more than 24 percent of Nash production in 1926.