Kaiser Darrin

[munzieb]

The 1954 Kaiser Darrin was the last production car of the Kaiser Car Company that started after WWII. Henry J. Kaiser was a renowned entrepreneur and builder of large projects like the Hoover Dam and thousands of Liberty ships during WWII. After the war he started a car company realizing many returning troops would be looking for new cars.   He bought the monstrous Willow Run plant and starting making cars and was successful until the big 3 returned to full production in 1948.  His final attempt to keep his business viable was the Kaiser Darrin. Working with the designer “Dutch” Darrin, they were trying to compete with the Corvette and T-Bird. The car was very innovative. The doors slid into the forward wheel wheels and the body was all fiber glass. The car was received well but the engines were under powered. He was not making his own engines and was dependent on other manufactures for his engines. Eventually, only 450 cars were built and the commercial car production ended in 1955. He had bought the Willys /Jeep company and that was later purchased by American Motors and later, Chrysler. Current asking price of the Kaiser Darrin can range for $100,000 to $125,000 at auction.

[amazingkevin]

Your one sharp shooter for cars and planes, !!!Bernd

[rjR]

Very nice work.

 

There was one at a open free car show here about 6 years ago! Very pretty cars.    

 

I do enjoy seeing some of the unusual ones saved in any form! Great art  work.

 

 

[Rockytime]

Stunning car and stunning cutting. Very nice!

[Dragonkort]

great cutting and a wounderful history lesson!!! thank you id neve heard of the car before but then again i was born in 1958 lol

[wombatie]

Not as stylish as previous cars but still note worthy.  Love the idea of sliding doors.  Great work Bernd.

Marg

[Tomanydogs]

Well done. I’ve never seen this car before.