Old Cars Weekly

Dan the Nash Man

About the time America was celebrating its bicentennial, Dan Hill was just kicking off his Nash-collecting habit, even if he didn’t know it. And even if it didn’t start with a car built in Kenosha, Wis.

His first collector-car purchase was a 1940 Mercury four-door sedan that he bought in 1976. Hill still has the old Merc, but it’s stalled in a corner of his Spencer, Wis., garage behind enough drivable Nashes to stage a small club meet.

“I bought the Merc from the guy who was the best man in my wedding,” Hill

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