I knew a man in Nashville TN who refurbished Metropolitans as a hobby. He told me that those little cars had a wonderful engine that was the same one used in Metro delivery vans. According to him, he engine had four bolt mains. I forget how many, but he said the engine was industrial grade and was extremely durable. The only photos i can find on the internet show the Metro van with an IH logo on the grill so I don't know how they are related. Were Nash and Rambler related to IH in some way in the 50s?
Nash had nothing to do with IH and I doubt if the International Harvester Metro van used the small and under powered Metropolitan engine The Metropolitan was built in England by Austin and used the same engine as the Austin 7. Some were also sold in England as the Austin Metropolitan.
