1951 Kaiser at Dick Burdick Museum in San Marcos Tx

[r1lark]

We just got back from a trip to Texas. It was sort of a business plus fun trip. We went to a lot of smaller towns in the San Antonio area looking at the old buildings, local sites, and tasting the local cuisine. One day we went to San Marcos, and among other things we went to the Dick Burdick Classic Car Museum. You might have heard of Dick, he won something like five Great Races.

There was a Kaiser there that I thought everyone on the forum would enjoy seeing. The sign said it is a "1951 Kaiser Deluxe Golden Dragon". I'll leave the authenticity comments to others that know a lot more about these than I do.

Following are the pics, you should be able to click on the images to bring up larger versions.

[Fid]

This one has been discussed on here before.  A very nice car and I'm guessing it's even nicer to see the actual car.
It's definitely a Dragon but I don't think it's a Golden Dragon as it was my understanding that Golden Dragons by definition were Pasadena Yellow with a black vinyl top.
Regardless, this is one gorgeous car if you ask me.

[thej63]

for '51 there were 3 series of dragons

The A series dragons had a painted top and dragon vinyl interior

The B and C series dragons had a vinyl top and vinyl interior

C series dragons were only offered in green (also known as jade dragons).

The B series dragons were offered in 3 colors: Silver - Silver dragon, Arena Yellow - golden dragon (the style I own), and green - jade dragon.

As for the A series dragons...I believe they were offered in all 3 colors as well but I would have to double check on that.

The name golden dragon, however, was an all inclusive term that was used for all of them

[Bob G]

What a beauty! Thanks