1951 Kaiser Registered the Crusher!
Kaiser-Frazer Corporation was founded in early August 1945 as a joint venture between the Henry J Kaiser Company and Graham-Paige Motors Henry J Kaiser Corporation, a California-based industrial Joseph W Frazer, CEO of Graham- Paige both wanted to get in the car industry pooled their resources and talents to make this wish come true 1 Less than a year after the formation of Kaiser-Frazer, the first brand Kaiser and Frazer cars we returned a production line at Willow Run MI headquarters for both Kaiser and Frazer Graham-Paige at the end of 1946, more than 11 000 cars in total Kaiser and Frazer went out to dealers and distributors; many of them sold to retail owners 2 During the summer of 1948, the car left the production line 3 300 000 In 1950, Kaiser-Frazer began production of a compact car, and Henry J 4 finished the production of Frazer automobile; 5 the two marks were 1951 cars model year 1952 and 1953 Kaiser-Frazer provided Sears Roebuck Co Allstate brand cars that Sears sold by Sears Auto Centers selected; these cars, largely based on the Henry J Kaiser-Frazer dealerships sell only on the books of Sears wishes, but the car can not be bought by correspondence 6 In 1953 New York Auto Show, Kaiser-Frazer announced that it would produce fiber bodied sports car glass, called the Kaiser-Darrin-Frazer 161 car had a 161 cubic inch 6-cylinder engine was designed by the stylist Howard Darrin, who also made the 1947 48 Kaiser Frazer and the Car Kaiser 1951 7 the vehicle went into production in January 1954 and was sold as Kaiser-Darrin 8 production Allstate completed in 1953, the latest Henry J automobiles were built in late 1953 as a 1954 model cars of the year, the sports car was only in production in model year 1954 and the recent Kaisers were produced in America in the 1955 model 9 Nearly 760,000 cars been produced, all brands and models between May 1946 and September 1955 10.
In 1948, Joseph Frazer resigned as president of Kaiser-Frazer, but remained in position as a lame duck until April 1949, when Henry J Kaiser eldest son, Edgar, took the place of Frazer as President KF 11 Frazer brand was discontinued after the 1951 model 12 Joseph Frazer remained as commercial adviser and vice chairman of the board until 1953 Kaiser-Frazer at the meeting of annual shareholders in 1953, the name of Kaiser Frazer Corporation was amended by a vote of shareholders at Kaiser Motors Corporation 13 Shortly before the meeting, Kaiser -Frazer Kaiser Manufacturing Corporation division has been working on an agreement to purchase certain assets and assume certain liabilities of Willys-Overland Corporation, manufacturers Willys cars and Jeep vehicles 14 the purchase was made by the company wholly-owned subsidiary of Kaiser-Frazer, Kaiser Manufactur ing Corporation After completing the acquisition, Kaiser Manufacturing Corporation changed its name to Willys Motors, Incorporated 15 during late 1953 and 1954, Kaiser M operations at Willow Run challenging slopes of Michigan were closed or moved to Willys plant in Toledo, Ohio 16.
While sales were initially high due to a public hungry car, the company did not have the resources to survive the long-term competition with GM, Ford and Chrysler Original design Kaiser-Frazer was unique and fresh, but the company has not been able to keep the price point he needed for long term success Kaiser-Frazer was able to work on agreements with General Motors, not only for GM automatic transmissions Hydra Matic, but had an agreement for Rocket detuned engines Oldsmobile 88 with deliveries beginning in the 1952 model year the agreement was subject to Olds be able to expand its production plant engines Lansing, MI; the expansion was canceled due to the expansion of the factory restrictions set up by the government due to military needs during the Korean War 17 KF had their own engine development program V-8 held to 1949, but as the main engineers of the team told the automotive engineers SAE company they found their work was leading to a dead end and would not work as a production engine Frazer 18 cars ended up suffering as a luxury and higher average prices do because of changing market conditions, such as Studebaker and Hudson were discovered in the 1950s when similar situations had happened to Henry J, while a well-intentioned idea, but has been hampered by various government requirements arising from a loan re-capitalization by the government for the company in the fall of 1949 19 labor agreements entered Kaiser-Frazer INE in the company paying the highest wages of any US automaker and get a productivity rate of only 60 65 back 20 Kaiser tried to circumvent its shortcomings with regimes like interior design with elaborate dashboards fancy and upholstery a line of travelers sedan with the trunk connected to the inside of the car was an impromptu attempt at a break.
At the end of 1955, the management team of Henry J Kaiser Company used Kaiser Motors Corporation to create a new holding company that encompasses the various industrial activities Kaiser Kaiser Motors name was changed to Kaiser Industries Corporation, and functioned as a company holding company for various Kaiser business holdings including Willys Motors Incorporated 21.
US production of Kaiser and Willys cars stopped in the model year 1955 but production of Willys Jeeps in Toledo, Ohio, sued Kaiser continued car production in Argentina in the IKA Industrias Kaiser Argentina established Santa Isabel, passenger cars Willys Córdoba and moved to Brazil in the Willys-Overland do Brasil company, using the channels formerly used in the United States in the 1960s.
The company changed its name to Kaiser Jeep in 1963. In 1969, Kaiser Industries has decided to leave the car company, which was sold to American Motors AMC American Motors Corporation in 1970. As part of the transaction, Kaiser has acquired 22 interest in AMC, he later ASSIGNED included in the sale was the general products division that Kaiser had bought Studebaker in 1964 as he prepared to leave the car company itself CMA renamed the AM general division still works today and is best known as the manufacturer of the Humvee and Hummer H1 civil.
Kaiser Deluxe includes Caroline, travel, Dragon and Manhattan sedan.
Frazer includes Standard sedans, Deluxe and Manhattan as well as the roaming tailgate.
Henry J A small economical car, including Corsair and Vagabond.
Darrin's first sports car in fiberglass production in the US, beating the Corvette on the market a month featured a design unique pocket door that the doors slide into the car's wing only 435 were made for model year 1954.
Willys Aero Willys including and all sub-trim levels that include Aero Lark, Aero Ace, etc.
Jeep Military Jeep, including Willys MB, pickup trucks, Jeep CJ-5 Jeep civil, and Marques Wagoneer and Jeepster all steel cars.
Allstate designed to sell through and Sears-Roebuck stores in the southern United States Department, Henry slightly restyled J Cars were equipped Allstate tire products, battery, etc. The modest style changes that distinguish Allstate Henry J were Alex Tremulis executed by the co-designer of the 1948 Tucker sedan.
Kaiser-Frazer Corporation operating report for the 10 months ending October 31, 1950 but the number of factory production for the calendar year 1950.
Kaiser-Frazer 1951 Annual Report and Edgar Kaiser memo to all dealers distributors dated November 16, 1951.
Note to all distributors and retailers of Edgar Kaiser January 20, 1953.
Kaiser-Willys Sales Letter KW Commercial Corporation 54-1, dated January 27, 1954.
Ruling Justice Frank Picard PERGAMENT et al vs. Frazer et al Westlaw cites 93 13.
Kaiser-Frazer Kaiser Motors in 1952 Annual Report 1953 Annual Report.
Cited for the cities 1952 and 1953 annual reports.
Kaiser Motors Corporation 1953 1954 Annual Reports.
Various sections, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THE BEST published by MT Publishing, 2005.
SAE paper design of the new American Motors V-8 by John Adamson, Carl Burke and David Potter full version only.
Terms and conditions section 1949 Loan Agreement between Finance Corporation recovery agency of the US government and Kaiser-Frazer Corporation dated September 1949.
Kaiser-Frazer operating reports for the quarters ended March 31, 1949, March 31, 1950 10 months ended October 31, 1950, various sections.
Kaiser Industries Corporation 1955 Annual Report.
Mueller, Jack Built in 2005 to improve the best Kaiser-Frazer Corporation History MT Publishing ISBN 978-1-932439-33-5.
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