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The Kaiser-Frazer Corporation was established in August 1945 as a joint venture between the Henry J. Kaiser Company and Graham-Paige Motors Corporation. Both Henry J. Kaiser, a California-based industrialist, and Joseph W. Frazer, CEO of Graham-Paige, wanted to get into the automobile business and pooled their resources and talents to do so. [1]
By early 1954, many Kaiser franchises had either switched to other auto makers or had gone out of business. Few ordered any Darrins at all. Since consumer confidence in Kaiser's future had become low, buyers generally did not want to purchase any Kaiser, let alone one that, while attractive, also seemed impractical and was priced as a luxury item.
Kaiser includes Custom, Deluxe, Virginian, Carolina and Manhattan sedans, as well as the Traveler and Vagabond 3 door hatchback utility sedan. First post-war production car to offer supercharging (the 1954 Kaiser Manhattan). Henry J, a small economy car including Corsair and Vagabond.
The Frazer used the Continental Red Seal 226 CID "Supersonic" L-head six engines, which reached 115 hp (86 kW) by the end of Frazer production after the 1951 model year. The luxury line Frazer Manhattan Series F47C was introduced on March 23, 1947, at a $500 premium over the original Frazer Series F-47, which continued on as the Standard.
1951 Kaiser Henry J Rear View 1952 Henry J Vagabond. The Henry J was the idea of Henry J. Kaiser, who sought to increase sales of his Kaiser automotive line by adding a car that could be built inexpensively and thus affordable for the average American in the same vein that Henry Ford produced the Model T. The goal was to attract "less affluent ...
The DMHC said the state had not illegally discriminated against people with disabilities because "wheelchairs are not a mandated benefit under California law." Kaiser also denied the claims: In a ...
The Allstate is an American automobile that was offered for sale through Sears, Roebuck and Co. during the 1952 and 1953 model years. It was a rebadged version of the Henry J , an automobile manufactured by the Kaiser-Frazer company from 1950 through 1954.
Kaiser's first job was as a cash boy in a Utica, New York, department store at the age of 16. [4] He worked as an apprentice photographer early in life, and was running the studio in Lake Placid by the age of 20. [3] He used his savings to move to Washington state in 1906, where he started a construction company fulfilling government contracts. [5]