51 Dragon Inquiry

[dusty]

THE DRAGON IS SOLD, WENT TO OREGON ON 12.9/2011 THE CAR WAS IN VERY EASY RESTORATION BUT NEEDED IT ALL. 

[pnw_oldmags]

Who in Oregon bought it??

[Henry's HenryJs]

superK226, in the pic the car on the right has the same chrome as the 53 HJ. I wonder if the hood and fender/ signal light trim is the same as the 53HJ? Henry.

[joefrazer]

No, the front end chrome differs between the HJ and the big Kaisers. The parts in question do not interchange.

In an earlier post, someone asked if the windows were coated. I'm not sure of the pictured cars, but I know a fellow who had to hide 3 Kaisers from nosy neighbors so he painted them with brown house paint. The chrome, windows, sheet metal and even the tires were all painted brown. I guess that worked as the neighbors didn't bother him after that. One thing to note, the thick house paint actually protected the exterior of the cars. Scraping off the paint revealed decent chrome.

[dusty]

HI JIM, Gerald Liabraaten and his friend came and got it, along with an extra tranny.

[superk226]

our53Henryj: joefrazer is correct in that none of the 52-53 Kaiser grille parts will fit a 52-54 Henry J.

[Roadmaster49]

Glad to see this rare car get purchased and stay within the KF community.  For me, from Iowa, it was not feasible to bring the car here due to cost. There are several KF cars available to me closer.  It is good that the "stock" of collectible restoration KF projects remain diversified around the country.

I think the "generic" nature of the KF's helps in this regard.  That's not to say we don't have special cars to collect but it makes it easier to collect when you don't have a million different models.

Onward and upward.

[kaiserfrazerlibrary]

For anybody interested,  The very first 1951 Kaiser Dragons coould be had with overdrive as it started out as a trim package for Deluxe 4-door sedans.  Some of the earliest cars have a "B" on the doorpost serial number tag and/or the body serial number tag.

The 1951 dragon serial numbers were mixed in with non-Dragon upholstered cars.