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Howell, MI New Police Car - 1951

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Howell, Michigan Police Department new vehicle - Nash. 1951
121 N. Michigan Ave., southeast corner intersection of N. Michigan Ave. and Clinton St.
Rollie Hotz (left) and Fred K. Cronenwett (right)
E. G. and Rosa McPherson Memorial Hospital in background.
Images of America Howell by David D. Finney Jr. and Judith McIntosh, text on page 59:
"Nash Ambassador Super. In the winter of 1951, police chief Fred K. Cronenwett received the keys to a new Nash Ambassador Super patrol car. The Nash Ambassador Airflytes were considered the "cars of the future." Its distinctive and futuristic styling had a new vertical-bar grill, enclosed wheels, guardrail front bumpers, sloping fastback, and one-piece windshield."

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