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1954 Nash-Healey
The Nash-Healey entered its final model year as a Le Mans hardtop only. Pinin Farina's three-place coupe rode on a 108-inch Healey chassis, and reviewed Nash-club and model-history records agree that 90 were built. No roadsters belong to the 1954 production total.
The final LeMans Dual Jetfire six
The coupe retained the 252.6-cubic-inch Nash overhead-valve six with a Healey aluminum head and two Carter side-draft carburetors. Factory specifications rate it at 140 bhp and 230 lb-ft. A Borg-Warner three-speed manual and automatic overdrive fed a 4.1:1 hypoid torque-tube rear axle.
Healey chassis and drum brakes
The front suspension used trailing links, coil springs, lever-arm dampers, and an anti-roll bar. The live rear axle was located by the torque tube and radius links, with coil springs, telescopic dampers, and a Panhard rod. Bendix hydraulic 10-inch drums handled braking at all four wheels. Installed hardware, ratios, dates, repairs, and replacement history remain individual-car questions.
Two final-year roof treatments
The 1954 identity is more nuanced than one rear-window shape. Documented early cars such as chassis 3025 retain the oval single rear glass associated with the preceding coupe, while later cars such as N3037 have forward-slanting pillars and three-piece rear glass. The reviewed public sources do not establish the exact serial changeover, so either roof must be reconciled with the body number, chassis, title, and history rather than judged by appearance alone.
Paint, cabin, and equipment
The page shows the broader 1954 Nash paint chart as research context, with Nash-Healey availability deliberately marked unknown. The coupe used three-place seating, gold-faced instruments, an adjustable steering column, and model-specific hardtop trim. Reviewed survivors differ in upholstery descriptions and carry radios, wire wheels, or wire covers; none of those current details proves original delivery without protected finishes and serial-bound records.
Authentication boundaries
A credible car should reconcile its serial plate, title, Healey chassis, Pinin Farina body number and roof, Nash engine stamp, Healey head, Carter carburetors, Borg-Warner transmission and overdrive, axle, brakes, suspension, protected paint, cabin, wheels, equipment, and ownership history. The published NCCA starting serial conflicts with auction-documented survivor numbers, which makes one table, tag, or title insufficient by itself.
Price and market context
The published base price was $5,128. A dated 2014 condition guide and completed sales from 2019 through 2025 provide bounded market context across restored, running, and project cars. They are not a current appraisal: body completeness, roof and serial evidence, drivetrain originality, corrosion, provenance, and restoration quality can move an individual coupe far from those observations.