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Terry T

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OLD DARRIN VIDEO
« on: August 21, 2018, 07:11:12 AM »

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Re: OLD DARRIN VIDEO
« Reply #1 on: August 21, 2018, 07:48:11 AM »
is this 1953 or 1954?
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Re: OLD DARRIN VIDEO
« Reply #2 on: August 21, 2018, 08:20:20 AM »
JAN 25, 1954

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Re: OLD DARRIN VIDEO
« Reply #3 on: August 21, 2018, 08:57:35 AM »
The video itself identifies the footage on the cars as from the 1953 New York Auto Show.  They are showing the Darrin prototype displayed at the Kaiser-Frazer booth; it was during this event that Kaiser-Frazer announced the car would go into production and the first orders (from bandleader Xavier Cougat - car for himself and for his wife) was written according to the photo caption on the cover of an issue of KAISER-FRAZER DEALER NEWS.

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Re: OLD DARRIN VIDEO
« Reply #4 on: August 21, 2018, 04:35:47 PM »
the original prototype did not have turn-signals, it may be a pre-production prototype.
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Re: OLD DARRIN VIDEO
« Reply #5 on: August 21, 2018, 04:39:34 PM »
Check the video, at the 1:15 mark the instrument cluster is displayed. Check out the placement of the break in sticker.