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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: FC49 on March 19, 2018, 02:52:34 PM

Title: What is this car?
Post by: FC49 on March 19, 2018, 02:52:34 PM

Apologies if this is a duplicate message. I'm new here.

Anyway, I can't find any info on this car. Is it a K-F experimental or prototype?

FrankC

Title: Re: What is this car?
Post by: kaiserfrazerlibrary on March 19, 2018, 05:08:27 PM

During World War II, Henry J. Kaiser set up a group of engineers to work on postwar production ideas.  This team (known as the "Hobby Lobby") worked on a number of automobile ideas that had to meet certain criteria (mainly price point).  The car is one of several designs that got to running stage for evaluation.  The pictures I know of for the sedan were taken at the Vancouver WA Kaiser Shipyards.    Here are some pictures of other prototypes.


This work was separate from anything connected with Kaiser-Frazer and Graham-Paige other than it was an earlier indication that Henry wanted to get into the automobile manufacturing business when the war ended.

Title: Re: What is this car?
Post by: FC49 on March 24, 2018, 09:01:49 AM

Thanks for the info on the "mystery car" and for the photos of others. I'm not a K-F owner, my only connection is my father owned a 1951 Kaiser sedan in Chrystal Green back in early 1950s. He remembered it fondly, loved how it rode, looked and sipped fuel. I recall the beautiful dashboard, and that I loved riding in it much more than in the old Buick he traded in on the Kaiser.

Thanks again for the help.

FrankC
Webster, NY