KF Products at the "Back To the 50s Weekend" in Saint Paul.

[Fid]

I was down there today and it seems every year there are more KF cars attending this event. That's cool.
Anyway, here they are:
A nice 1948 Kaiser Special. Tag said the owner lives in St. Paul. I've not seen this one before

Then there was this custom 1951 Traveler tudor. It has a larger modern engine in it and a '52/'53 hood emblem on it


blackcat429cj  had his Darrin there and lookin' good

Then a pretty decent looking 1951 four door Special.  I think this car was on ebay a couple of years ago in Worthington, MN

During the day I had Edgar Kaiser's Henry J there

I've seen this Henry J there before too - large V8 in it.

I went back later in the evening and brought my '52 Henry J Vagabond

Then there was this guy, who I didn't notice till it was pointed out to me. Paul LeMatt who played John Milner in American Graffiti

I'm probably going to stop back tomorrow. If I do, I'll get photos of any more KFs I see there.

[blackcat429cj]

At least 2 other Henrys there that I saw go by. 

You caught my car during a slow time - usually there was a crowd there all day!

[pnw_oldmags]

Thanks for sharing all the photos.  Looks like a great show and a great day!

[blackcat429cj]

I heard that there were 11,790 cars registered this year.  I sent my preregistration late April right before the cutoff, My car is 9792.

One of the largest shows in the country - 64 or older.   held on the Minnesota State fairground's - covers over 370 acers.

had another day of nonstop attention to the Darrin, On my way home - I was driving on  some side streets in St Paul - turned onto a street at a stop sign - just in front of 6 20 somethings on scooters - at the light waiting to turn left to get on the freeway - I could hear them say "I don't know what kind of car that it is - it must be Italian.  Sure is the neatest car that I've ever seen.

[Cortes121]

I think that custom '51 traveler is in the 2009 Calendar.

[Fid]

Mitch, I think next year I'll send a blurb to KFOC Bulletin about the "Back to the 50s Weekend" because it is a huge show and I'm sure we can get more KF interest in it. People plan their whole year around it and it's the biggest of its type I've ever seen or experienced.  I went back on Saturday, didn't see any additional KFs. I'm surprised Del F wasn't there with his '53 Carolina because he always is.
When I took that photo of your Darrin, I had to be quick! When I take photos I poise myself and wait for that split second when there are the fewest people in the shot. Looks like it worked on that one and I'm impressed that you noticed. Mitch is correct, his Darrin had many spectators around it at all times.
Speaking of Italian Darrins, I only heard one guy tell his kid that my Henry J was made by Ford. Only one - that's a first.

[blackcat429cj]

 
Check out this website .
  http://www.shoreviewphoto.com/

Follow the gallaries link, and then look under the link for monique.

Its alway nice to have pictures take with a professional model

[Fid]

Cool!  Those ladies, dressed up in 1950s garb, walked by us and passed out business cards. The sad part, if you ask me, was that several of those ladies, all dressed up as if it were the 1950s, had arms covered with tatoos.  Sorry ladies, but if a woman had tatoos back in the 1950s, I doubt anyone would have wanted a photo of them. It was a different time.

[blackcat429cj]

The two models that this photographer uses do not have tattoos -

Yes in the 50's nices girls didn't have tatoos

[Fid]

I saw these two as well. Yes they looked nice. The others would've had a hard time concealing their body decorations.

[Fid]

Thanks to Mitch for sending some additional photos -

And this nice low-mileage J which I haven't seen in a while:

And

And another photo of his Darrin

[blackcat429cj]

Ive have seen the orange/blue and the lt gray Henrys before -

The photo of the Darrin was taken on sunday - pretty much a crowd around it all day - the street rods and 55-57 chevys all run together - its when they see something different - it strikes them - even on saturday when I had to park on the grass behind our booth there still was a stream of lookers.  The doors only took a minor beating - most - look but dont touch - some have to try the door and when you don't know the operation - without turning the handlel the door scrapes the fender.

On sunday when I was driving on the property one of the police officers at the main gate motioned for me to stop - inititial responce is oh-oh I did something wrong and am in trouble now - but like everyone else - he had watched me drive in on saturday and just wondered what it was.

Also heard on guy to his friend "who maid Kaiser?" - the answer "studebaker"

[Fid]

Studebaker!  That's a good one.  Everyone knows Kaiser was made by DeSoto.

[Logan]

But it was a German make, right?

[kenneth]

-What car is this? -its a Kaiser.-Ah yea a Chrysler, my father had a Chrysler. Sigh!!!!!