1949 Frazer Virginian

[Roadmaster49]

I read where one 1949 Frazer Virginian was made.  Probably gone now, but was the car ever located and accounted for in previous generations? 

[Fid]

If you're referring to the '50 Frazer hardtop, it was at the KFOC National in Auburn, IN in 2004.  Nicely restored and owned by Ben Halko for many years.  Ben died a few years later.  The car sold at Hershey in 2012

https://rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/HF12/Hershey/lots/r147-1950-frazer-manhattan-sedan/280873


It is likely still around as it was a top-notch restoration.   It was featured in Hemming's Classic Car magazine circa 2005/2006.  It was not called a Virginian as Kaiser hardtop were.

[Gordie]

It is interesting that it has a Kaiser serial number.

[Fid]

There was an article about it in the Winter/Spring 1970 Quarterly.  See attached.

[Gordie]

I think that someone made it up with a Frazer parts car but it sure is pretty!  There seems to be no documentation.  Maybe Earl Muntz did it before he started in the truck business!

[kaiserfrazerlibrary]

Ben was the man behind the project as I remember it.  The car was not factory but was made a number of years later from a Kaiser Virginian.  A fairly simple project as the dashboard bolted in, taillights would mount on the Kaiser and the Frazer front cowl would fit on the Virginian body.

[Roadmaster49]

Thank you all for adding to this narrative.  The Last Onslaught mentions the car, and Langworth wrote that book when?  Late 1970's??   He states it was a special order car.  The article that Fid notes was written in 1970, so would have been available to Langworth.  The article makes it sound like a factor car, custom ordered.   I am glad it was saved. 

[Roadmaster49]

https://www.hemmings.com/magazine/hcc/2005/03/1950-Frazer-Hardtop/1281161.html

The Hemming's article mirrors what we know.  Interesting article. 

[Dragon]

I remember them showing the car and showing the restoration step by step in a vendor space at Hershey.  Ben used to bring it every year.  Does anyone know where the car is today?