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Old February 22nd 07, 10:45 PM posted to rec.autos.antique,uk.rec.cars.classic,alt.autos.antique
Heather & Joe Way
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Default Help identifying an antique car

On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 19:47:24 +0100, Yippee
> wrote:

>George Patterson > realised it was Thu, 22 Feb 2007
>04:18:20 GMT and decided it was time to write:
>
wrote:
>>
>>> I would be very pleased to hear from anyone who can provide any
>>> information at all regarding this.

>>
>>That's a 1951 Kaiser.

>
>Yep, 1951 Kaiser Frazer Continental. Production figure was 8,888. Or
>thereabouts.

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Ummm....been a long time since I owned a '51 Kaiser, and I didn't have
it long enough to become knowledgeable, but I'm pretty sure I
remember a couple of things about them.

The Frazer was the sister to the Kaiser, with different sheetmetal.
See http://forums.aaca.org/misc/443561-Frazer1951.JPG for a picture of
one.

So while there were several Kaiser model names, Frazer wasn't one of
them but rather a different car.

I don't think Continental was used as a Kaiser model name until
later...maybe '54 or '55. I could be wrong about that, though--as I
say, I wasn't an expert even when I had one. I do believe the
underpowered industrial 6-cylinder engine used in the Kaiser was a
Continental.

Joe
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