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51Deluxe

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Next time you need parts, here's how NOT to get them....
« on: June 14, 2014, 09:30:58 PM »
From an old B movie from the 50's- a group of teenage thugs assault a '54 Kaiser roadside (scroll to 1:40 and watch the next 3 minutes)



www.youtube.com/watch?v=wo4CZobN8ZY#t=333

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Re: Next time you need parts, here's how NOT to get them....
« Reply #1 on: June 20, 2014, 12:04:32 AM »
Great find!!  Makes you want to cry, but it's cool to see any Kaiser in a movie!
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Re: Next time you need parts, here's how NOT to get them....
« Reply #2 on: June 20, 2014, 12:42:32 AM »
Sad but neat movie.
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Re: Next time you need parts, here's how NOT to get them....
« Reply #3 on: June 20, 2014, 09:49:46 PM »
I think the reason Kaisers are so "invisible" is that you never see them in movies or popular culture. None in the "Cars" movies (to my knowledge), none in hollywood films. Hopefully that can be changed. Last week I signed my car up with a Nashville firm that supplies vintage cars for films produced in this area. What if the "Fabulous Hudson" in "Cars" had instead been a Kaiser, Frazer or Henry J? How many would recognize our cars then?

Even an appearance on a reality show like Pawn Stars, American Pickers, American Restoration, etc could help visibility.

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Re: Next time you need parts, here's how NOT to get them....
« Reply #4 on: June 20, 2014, 10:41:08 PM »
That movie is "The Choppers"
We had a whole thread on KF cars in  movies. There's actually been quite a few.

http://kfclub.com/forum/index.php/topic,4570.0.html
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Re: Next time you need parts, here's how NOT to get them....
« Reply #5 on: June 20, 2014, 11:09:17 PM »
Looks like K-F were in many films in the old days. Anyone know of any in contemporary films (say the last 10 years)?

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Re: Next time you need parts, here's how NOT to get them....
« Reply #6 on: June 21, 2014, 09:02:54 AM »
Sure...

Telling Lies in America -my 50k Traveler
Back To the Future - 53K
Porky's II - 53K
Mischief - 54K

While they're all a bit older than 10 years, most of us have seen at least one of them.

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Re: Next time you need parts, here's how NOT to get them....
« Reply #7 on: June 21, 2014, 03:41:01 PM »
If you watch the Choppers movie all the way through, the second car, thee convertible,  they strip is the first Kaiser on its side.  the kaiser getting strip is not the same one they pulled up on at first.  Look at the front bumper of both scenes.  Looks like the car smashed was actually a 51.  Anyone else catch that? 

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Re: Next time you need parts, here's how NOT to get them....
« Reply #8 on: June 23, 2014, 07:34:26 AM »
In the movie "LA Confidential" there is a Kaiser parked on the street in one of the scenes. I think it was a 53 with dark blue over light blue, I would have to go back and watch it again. Also I see in the trailer for the upcoming movie "Jersey Boys" directed by Clint Eastwood, I see a 53 Henry J Corsair on the street.