Kaiser Frazer Owners Club Forum

General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Fid on April 23, 2012, 07:53:57 PM

Title: Interesting picture
Post by: Fid on April 23, 2012, 07:53:57 PM
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3603/3510973351_e4d9208a18.jpg)
Title: Re: Interesting picture
Post by: DaveF on April 23, 2012, 10:58:07 PM
Great photo....... Love the original old car photos......... The large "K" done in brick on the building is very cool.

Dave F.  #10113
Title: Re: Interesting picture
Post by: Logan on April 24, 2012, 01:19:20 AM
What's on the roof of the cars?  Are they taxis?  If so, I wasn't aware that there were any Frazer taxis--I thought only Kaiser.
Title: Re: Interesting picture
Post by: kaiserfrazerlibrary on April 24, 2012, 04:55:31 AM
Cost wise, the Kaiser would be the preference but even the factory promoted Frazer Taxicabs
Title: Re: Interesting picture
Post by: joefrazer on April 24, 2012, 05:28:02 AM
Here's one that's as interesting...a Traveler cop car...
Title: Re: Interesting picture
Post by: Gordie on April 24, 2012, 04:22:18 PM
Quote from: kaiserfrazerlibrary on April 24, 2012, 04:55:31 AM
Cost wise, the Kaiser would be the preference but even the factory promoted Frazer Taxicabs

This 1948 Frazer taxi and others were converted by a dealer or distributor in NYC and not the factory but they must have certainly influenced the design of the factory made Kaiser taxis.
Title: Re: Interesting picture
Post by: kaiserfrazerlibrary on April 24, 2012, 07:33:16 PM
There are pictures of the car at the experimental engineering garage in Willow run.  If you check the plate, it is a New York state Dealer tag.  The car was based at the factory owned distributorship on Broadway.
Title: Re: Interesting picture
Post by: Gordie on April 24, 2012, 10:02:30 PM
Yes, they are dealer plates and not manufactorer or distributer plates.  I have two different images which show a sign on the back door "safe service Frazer Taxicab" and the roof signs say "FRAZER" Maybe this is the prototype for the 1949's?