Kaiser Frazer Owners Club Forum
General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: montefrazer on May 24, 2015, 09:36:08 PM
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I remember someone looking for cans for a display awile back. Here is one for sale in an antique mall. 4th picture top row shows it. http://milwaukee.craigslist.org/pts/4975771010.html Lots of old car stuff in those pictures. Looking at the picture again think it is radiator flush not polish.
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I Have a can of K F Polish friend gave me .
I am looking but what picture shows K F polish ?
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The can is radiator flush. Please do not polish your Kaiser with it!! 8) ;)
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There was a KF can of polish on ebay not long ago. It went for $66.98 and $5.00 to ship.
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Maybe I should sell all my cans, bottles, etc? In fact why not all the accessories I have in their original boxes?
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The most expensive can seems to be the small oil can that usually sells for around $100.00
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That was me looking for as many tins/cans of the Kaiser products. I have been lucky enough to find about 40 so far and continue on my quest to find every one that Kaiser produced. If you look at auctions it is me and one other person bidding up all the tins (and i dont know who that is although we could save each other a lot of money if we quit bidding so much against each other). I have a museum that I hope to have set up with a lot of Kaiser products. I am pretty close to having it done and hope to share pictures soon. Been super busy moving and setting up my new place so I have not been as active.
If you know of any Kaiser products let me know I am still VERY interested especially in the items I am still missing!!
thanks
Rob L.
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updated (and i have found a couple more since)
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rl...if you haven't seen the June 4, 2015 issue of OLD CARS you might want to. It has an interesting story about setting up a car museum.
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That is a very good article and a must read for anyone thinking of starting a museum. Jay Leno was a very gracious host until a woman visitor fell down in his building and sued him. Very few museums make any money and could not survive without docents and volunteers.
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As the vice president of a 501c3 non-profit here in Ohio, we operate a small museum dedicated to the area's history. I can tell you that if we relied upon admission fees and free will donations, we would have folded long ago. Museums do not make money and anyone who thinks they can by opening one has a surprise coming.
Museums are meant to tell a story and be a part of the community. Their support is to come from that community, whether the community is a collection of residents within a geographical area, or a group of people within an organization.
Reading Jay Leno's issue with the woman that fell, insuring for liability can be one of the single largest recurring expenses for most museums. Our premium easily runs four figures a year and some of the larger museums can pay much more to deal with the inevitable lawsuits.
But, for those who want to open a museum, if done properly they are a rewarding experience. When the scout and school groups come thru our buildings and the docents tell the tale of life in Geauga county in the 19th century, the kids are riveted to every word. That makes it all worthwhile.
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Thanks for the advise. My museum is actually 99.23% for me, and an occasional visitor. Would never charge anything for someone to come see and really of all the stuff i have (pinball machines, arcade games, advertising, sports stuff) cars are a minor part of what i have been lucky enough to collect. Now they do take up a lot of space!
As i think you all know i would love to get every tin/product that Kaiser Frazer offered. It was a great joy to me to see my father in law look at my Dragon and some of my Kaiser "stuff" and get a grin as large as I have seen from him in years. He sold Kaiser Frazers at Northwest Kaiser Frazer in Minneapolis. In fact the main reason i picked up a couple of Dragons is that he said what a beautiful car it was (and was telling the truth).
The hunt has been fun. Now looking for some original dealer posters....HELP!!
thanks
Rob
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Rob: I have two KF dealership posters available. Both are framed. Neither are going to be cheap. But they could use a good home. Please let me know if you are interested.
Alan Thomas
Austin, TX
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Alan,
What is the size of the posters?
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The '49 Traveler poster is approx. 43x34. The '47 poster is approx. 38x30.