Kaiser Frazer Owners Club Forum

General Category => Cars For Sale & Wanted => Topic started by: Mr Manhattan on December 21, 2015, 11:32:30 PM

Title: Crushed Kaiser
Post by: Mr Manhattan on December 21, 2015, 11:32:30 PM: http://milwaukee.craigslist.org/cto/5369089239.html

Look at the forth photo ..is that a Kaiser 2 door below the Rambler ? It looks like it has been there for a long time ))
Title: Re: Crushed Kaiser
Post by: Roadmaster49 on December 22, 2015, 09:05:54 AM: I think it is. 1951 or 1952 but it looks truncated, smaller. But that could be because it is cut/smashed and photo pixel sizing.
Title: Re: Crushed Kaiser
Post by: Bobm90 on December 22, 2015, 09:56:28 AM: Sure looks like a useful project car to me !!
Title: Re: Crushed Kaiser
Post by: Fid on December 22, 2015, 10:58:12 AM: It looks like a '51 Ford tudor to me - hard to tell but it's definitely not a Kaiser as none of the early slabsiders (save for the one-off Pinconning Special) were 2 doors.
Title: Re: Crushed Kaiser
Post by: kaiserfrazerlibrary on December 22, 2015, 12:40:11 PM: Bullet nose on the grille and rear side window shape Ford as well.
Title: Re: Crushed Kaiser
Post by: Aeroman on December 23, 2015, 02:25:49 PM: Fid's the closest, but it's a '49 Ford Tudor.
Title: Re: Crushed Kaiser
Post by: joefrazer on December 23, 2015, 02:58:08 PM: The 1951 Ford used two smaller bullets rather than one large unit in the center of the grille. It's difficult to tell from the picture but the car could be a 50. The difference is in the park light housing and it's missing.

Either way, neat pictures!
Title: Re: Crushed Kaiser
Post by: Aeroman on December 23, 2015, 09:00:22 PM: It's a '49 because the parking lights are just spear-like extensions of the grille. The '50 had a rectangular chrome block for parking lights.