'47 Frazer Manhattan

[Fid]

I always liked this color on the early Frazers -

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Other-Makes-Frazer-Manhattan-5-000-00-/331156712514?_trksid=p2047675.l4066

I don't think it will fetch the "Buy It Now" price - you never know though.
I think it's a bit strange that if you offer a car for that price that someone would only list one picture?
Pretty car.

[montefrazer]

There are 26 pictures with zoom in capability. Very nice car.  It has an aftermarket Firestone radio. First time
I've seen a Firestone radio.

[Fid]

I was not aware of that feature to show the other pics - thanks for pointing that out. It's a nice car.  I had a '48 Frazer that had an under-dash Firestone radio, this style: (see attached)


Mine was a standard, not a Manhattan. Wow, big difference.

[montefrazer]

Firestone must not have been popular around my area back then. I have seen this style of radio in cars and at swap meets over the years but they were Motorola radios. Much nicer interior in the Manhattan than the standard Frazer.

[Fid]

I've repaired many of those Firestone B-xxx car radios. Pretty cool radio but not as good as the factory issue ones. The reason being the Firestone has a little 4" speaker and no footswitch feature as the KF issue ones did in '47 and '48. Other than that they were almost the same. In 1949/50 the KF radios went to a class 'B' or push-pull output which was much better than the Firestone.