Black 1954 kaiser for sale..

[jake]

 

[G.B. (All Vinyl Dragon)]

How Many Black Darrin’s made ?

[Gordie]

It looks pretty nice in Black.  It seems to have the early seat stitching from the first fifty made.

[Terry T]

It looks pretty nice in Black.  It seems to have the early seat stitching from the first fifty made.

Nope--early stitching is characterized by a button in the center of seat panels

[joefrazer]

A black Darrin was present at the 1994 national in Nashville TN. That was the year an attempt was made to gather as many Darrins as possible at a national meet. I don't recall the exact count but it was somewhere near thirty. The black Darrin needed restored but ran and drove. It was purchased from a fellow in Cuba some years before and I believe came stateside just prior to Fidel assuming power.

I'm not sure if the car was a special order or was painted black later but I do know it preceeded those mentioned here.

[G.B. (All Vinyl Dragon)]

On the Dragon List only 2 Black Dragons. Said You could see waves in the metal so stayed away from Black Laquar.

I was wondering how many Original Darrin’s in Black on The List.

[Terry T]

zilch

[joefrazer]

Here's the Nashville Darrin.

[Fid]

Blanch Mericle's daughter Loralee had a black Darrin for awhile.  Of course, the black on it was not original. The Nashville one looks a lot like the picture of it from a KFOC calendar a few years back.

[joefrazer]

Same car.

[joefrazer]

Apparently, one black Darrin was constructed. The attached is from the January 1964 KF Quarterly but originally appeared in trade and local newspapers (Toledo?) in 1954.

[njpatera]

Learn something new...But I wonder if Devilbiss simply repainted a previous colored car to address paint issues to the fiberglass or if he got to shoot a raw body...either way...there it is:-)