(RARE)Kaiser Frazer Classic Car Commercial Compilation

[@bryduhbikeguy]

Smooth sailing and long lasting.Too bad we can't get anything today as good.

[@DanHolmes-o9b]

So post WWII we has( besides the big 3) Tucker, Hudson, Studebaker, Packard, Kaiser/Frazier/Henry J, Nash...I know we had some mergers.. .but we had some terrific automobiles...probably more variety than ever!

[@scootergeorge7089]

What? Tucker never went into production. Some 50 cars built using salvaged Coed transaxles. In the late 1940's, early 1950's, Nash president called for a merger of the four independents, Nash, Hudson, Studebaker, and Packard. Nash and Hudson did merge, forming American Motors. Then, Studebaker and Packard meged. Then George Mason left AMC, being replaced by George Romney, who, with the successful Rambler, had no desire to merge with Studebaker-Packard that was losing huge amounts of money. As for variety, if imports are included, there is a huge variety today.

[@davehire1433]

John Larkin played Perry Mason on radio, and was the original Mike Karr on “The Edge Of Night”. A lot of Henry Js got big block Ford and Chevy engines dropped into them and found their way to the drag strip.

[@DanHolmes-o9b]

Also back in the day, Mopar had alot of innovations, designs and style. Who remembers the many highly chromed and eloquent Chryslers and Desotos?

[@michaelbenardo5695]

I do!

[@voidmstr]

Not only did we have a Kaiser Frazier but I also remember watching Tv in the Dumont Network. Thanks!

[@scootergeorge7089]

Was it a Kaiser or was it a Frazer? They are separate cars. The Frazer was a fancier and more costly version of the Kaiser.

[@voidmstr]

@@scootergeorge7089Good question. I just remember the name. I was 4 or 5.

[@michaelbenardo5695]

Try to find some pictures, as they are two different cars - the Kaiser was the "Pontiac" and the Frazer was the "Buick". But both were saddled with the old ex-Graham 226 flathead. The real Pontiac and the real Buick had 8 cylinders.

[@richarddenny5340]

I recall reading that one could pick up their new car at the Willow Run manufacturing plant if they so wished.

[@scootergeorge7089]

Singer Burl Ives did exactly that when he purchased his new 1949 Kaiser Traveler; America's first hatchback.

[@richarddenny5340]

@@scootergeorge7089 I have a picture of an ad featuring Burl Ives with hi Kaiser Traveler

[@user-zx8de8op9l]

Thanks for sharing

[@ronaldblackburn2483]

46 to 53 Willow Run 54 55 Willys plant Toledo .

[@DanHolmes-o9b]

My favorite in that era was a 1952 Hudson Commander (or Commodore ?)...what a roomy machine...

[@Floridapickleballexpo]

What was your favorite commercial?

[@kcindc5539]

The one where the guy gets up from his desk, walks toward to the camera and with all the seriousness of a parent telling his son not to “get a girl in trouble”, to go to the dealer and buy a car RIGHT NOW.

[@DanHolmes-o9b]

@@Floridapickleballexpo early mid 60s, on Bewitched...driver floating down from sky into driver's seat.

[@eddylauterback1312]

No additional charge for the ugly option!

[@howardgreenman2908]

Nice try but they just couldn’t compete with the big boys. Really like the Darrin. Have seen some at car shows and it is a beautiful sports car.

[@scootergeorge7089]

The Darrin was a sports car powered by an anemic, 161 cubic inch F Head Willys engine and sold for the price of a Cadillac. The styling is good but not great. The tiny grill is just weird.

[@michaelbenardo5695]

They might have lasted a lot longer if they had gone ahead with their proposed 288 cube V8 engine, instead of sinking all their money into the Henry J compact.