49-50 Traveler ebay

[Roadmaster49]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Kaiser-Traveler-Sedan-/330957276187?pt=Salvage_Parts_Cars&hash=item4d0e97441b&vxp=mtr


This  a  great  parts  car  featuring  '49, '50   Kaiser Traveler.  I  would  like  this  to  go  to  someone  rather than the  crusher.  Whats  unusual  is  this car  has  S.S. spears  on the  sides ,missing the  side  rear spears. It  has  been  sitting  outside  many  years  but  still  has  many  usable  parts. Tires  hold  air  &  doesn't  run . Missing  radiator ,steering  wheel emblem &  both  seats  are  in the  car   The pictures   show  what  is  included  . any  questions  call  my  cell    815-985-4758  doesn't  have  title  Thank You  Lance
 
 

[joefrazer]

Interesting car. It has a 49-50 Frazer front bumper and guards and what looks like a Frazer front seat. It's also sporting Frazer belt line trim. It would take an analysis of the trim tag to see what's really there.

[Gordie]

That is an interesting non original hood ornament on this car too!

[Roadmaster49]

Gordie, that hood ornament is a Buick "Bombsight" which showed up around 1946 in response to WWII. 

I bid $100, reserve auction. 

2 questions.  1. Is that a dent on the left rear fender and how would a person pop that out?  Those rear quearters in that area are pretty stout.

2.  What wood was used for the strips in back? I "assume" this can be made from materials at Home Depot, at least close.

[joefrazer]

Yep...sure looks like a dent. Fortunately, the area beneath is open so you should be able to get at it from underneath.

This car is a Traveler so it has metal slats in the back. The upscale Vagabond used oak slats. The slats in this car look to have been replaced because the lower tail gate has one in place that's too long. The center slat is shorter than the rest to make room for the latch mechanism.

[Gordie]

Those 1946 Buick hood ornaments were very popular with kids and they soon discovered that the ring would easily break off and they made great bracelets.  By the middle of 1947 Buick added a bar to secure the ring better and that discouraged all of the kids who next targeted the 1949 Mercury's pretty red trunk key cover emblems which would also easily break off.  The Mercury's were introduced in May 1948.  I don't remember what was next. The Buick ornaments were so popular that they appeared in many of the auto parts stores as universal hood ornament for any car and they even made one to replace the blue plastic on the 1947-48 Ford hood ornaments.  I still have one in the box.  Good luck on your bidding, it looks like a car well worth restoring.

[Roadmaster49]

The auction ended with one bid, my bid for $100.  I contacted the seller through ebay to ask what the reserve was, thinking as usual, the reserve was set really high.  He said $200 would buy the car.

It shows the very weak market for full on projects requiring a lot of work - very soft when a car that is at least complete and somewhat interesting gets only one bid $100, and the asking price is below crusher price of $200-$250 per ton. 

ebay shows 406 people hit on the auction, which is pretty good for an ebay Kaiser project auction, 400.  However, nobody even bothered to chase it and outbid me.   

[AZ_HJ]

did you finally buy it?

[Roadmaster49]

No.  Obviously price is right, but lack of title bothers me. I just had to sell 2 cars without titles and lost about $3000 of value. Most people say it's easy to get a bonded title etc but it's still a process.

It's a good car for $200 IMO.  That is because it would take $20,000 to $25,000 to do right, not perfect then, but a very nice driver.    Therefore, initial price needs to be free, which basically $200 is free or next to it.

And no, he couldn't part it out for $2000.  I tried and ended up throwing a lot of parts in the landfill or giving them away.  If it's a 69 Camaro maybe a different story.

I'll keep after it.  Will update but if someone beats me to it, that's OK too.