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[G.B. (All Vinyl Dragon)]

We will see if this works... Thanks, to Jim Betts on all His hard work on getting wonderful History on the Net.

Please Note: At the top is the Page. Go to next starting with 51 Dragons till You get to Page 16 is 53 Dragon ...


http://circlekf.com/kflit/kfqtrlypageresults.php?pub=KC&typ=QM&nbr=028&seq=001&pag=008&Submit=Search   

Best, G.B. LM 4307

[pnw_oldmags]

Jack, This is one case where the messenger gets some hugs sharing what great historians like yourself dig out of the archives.  Your caution below is valid that just because it was printed in a KFOCI Quarterly back in the 1970s does not make it the whole truth ... but well worth being considered.  Thanks Jack for all you do.

[G.B. (All Vinyl Dragon)]

I want to Thank Everybody for keeping the old History & the latest News We can learn from K.F. Product.

I have always hoped for a Factory Dragon List. Each of the 1277 or more of & Color combinations.

We have One Sun Goddess.   One found but how do We know an Executive did not have One made ?

I have throughout the Years study Dragons. We have 2 Black Dragons. Last few Month's We know the location of them.

More Later... G.B.

[kaiserfrazerlibrary]

There is one possibility to find out details on EACH 1953 Kaiser Dragon produced.  When a Dragon was sold at retail, the Retail Delivery Report Card (RDR) information on buyer name and address was forwarded to Edgar Kaiser's office.  The Dragon owner got a personally signed letter from Edgar thanking him or her for the purchase.  It might just be that there is a folder or folders among Edgar's 1953 Kaiser-Frazer papers that list the buyer info and may even tie back to at least a serial number on the car.  These papers can be perused by the public at the Bancroft Library on the campus of University of California-Berkeley.  The hundreds of banker boxes making up Edgar's material (at least 66 of them specific to Kaiser-Frazer) are dead stored in Richmond so you just can't drop in for a look through, but arrangements can be made in advance to have the appropriate boxes moved over to the library.

This is the only possibility I know of for the info you want at present.

[xkssfrank]

Dragon top material" my Dragon now has Black vinyl.

[G.B. (All Vinyl Dragon)]

There is one possibility to find out details on EACH 1953 Kaiser Dragon produced.  When a Dragon was sold at retail, the Retail Delivery Report Card (RDR) information on buyer name and address was forwarded to Edgar Kaiser's office.  The Dragon owner got a personally signed letter from Edgar thanking him or her for the purchase.  It might just be that there is a folder or folders among Edgar's 1953 Kaiser-Frazer papers that list the buyer info and may even tie back to at least a serial number on the car.  These papers can be perused by the public at the Bancroft Library on the campus of University of California-Berkeley.  The hundreds of banker boxes making up Edgar's material (at least 66 of them specific to Kaiser-Frazer) are dead stored in Richmond so you just can't drop in for a look through, but arrangements can be made in advance to have the appropriate boxes moved over to the library.

This is the only possibility I know of for the info you want at present.

Jack,
My Niece is going to UCLA, but Berkeley was another choice. I wish now She did, this would of been a good assignment for Her.

[kaiserfrazerlibrary]

Also, according to interviews with ex-engineers and styling people there was only 1 Sun Goddess hardtop produced; there were more problems than anticipated with fitting the top and the rear glass (it was a very tough to contour single plece of glass which broke in later hears & replaced by plexi).

[xkssfrank]

Have not removed my blk Vinyl top yet, maybe later this summer and install the Bambu my data shows, K5300-001371/5301-1360/097/5308/1/7/00/59/392.
Reg card shows, bought in San Luis Obispo/by MM or Barbara V Silva/ title issued CA Jan 16, 1953. perhaps you can add this to your files.if you dont have it already.

[G.B. (All Vinyl Dragon)]

 Here would be the Dragon List :     http://circlekf.com/kfcars/k5301.htm   It was started by Langworth & Behnke . I sent it to Hagen when put on the Web. Many have worked to keep it updated. 

Other Dragon info on Our Forums is located under : Virginians, Hardtops, Convertibles, & Dragons ... 
http://kfclub.com/forum/index.php/board,9.0.html 

[xkssfrank]

ID correction, my Dragon is K530-1359