Projects Kaiser '49 - Ever seen custom?

Here is something REALLY different.This started out as 1951 Kaiser four-door. These photos are from the 1953 Oakland Roadster Show.

 

Here is another one , this one from the 1955 Oakland Roadster Show!
It looks like Kaisers got their share of customizing

 

This '51 was built a few years ago. The wheels are a little big for the HAMB but it's a cool car.

 

It looks like a big Karman Ghia.

 

^^^ LOL ^^^ it sure does.

Nix, i think you should not worry about making it a kustom. If its a traditional styled build the motorizzazione will have no clue, and you simply need to tell them its a restoration.
Buildin domestic cars is "dangerous" but w/ yanks you are pretty much safe.
BTW, theres a guy in our country with a registered rat rod, and i mean w/ a true new number plate, it was on cruisin magazine few months ago.
If that thing passed you shouldnt worry.

 

Thanks for sharing. Ron, this is the first time I've seen.

Nothing comes out with years prior to 1951 models..


Bonez, I have already found a solution to make.....

 

Tell me the wheelbase of the car and the length of the doors and I can probably scale off the photo. It may not be very accurate, but its something to help.

 

This is the the Pinconning Special, a factory custom 2-door. It was built for a Mr Hunt, a Kaiser factory superindendant, whose hometown was Pinconning, Michigan.

The front door was not extended, apparently.
The rear set was U-shaped for business conferences. Nice color combo, too.

 

Here is another shot of the Pinconning Special.

 

Thanks James!!!!
Today I control measures....

Online, I found that these should be similar ( '49 models):


Dimensions Kaiser 1948:
Wheelbase: 3137 mm / 123.5 in

Length: 5156 mm / 203 in (models 1949 206,5in)
Width: 1851 mm / 72.875 in
Height: 1638 mm / 64.5 in
Front track: 1473 mm / 58 in
Rear track: 1524 mm / 60 in
( http://www.automobile-catalog.com/auta_details1.php)


Kaiser Traveller 1949 specification:
http://images.hemmings.com/wp-content/uploads//2011/01/SIA-KaiserTraveler_07_1000.jpg

 

I took the side view of the Pinconning Special and did some digital alterations for a better-proportioned custom.

The original photo was a copy of a postcard, so it is a bit grainy.

1 - original.
2 - moved the door pillar back and shaved the handle.
3 - narrowed the B-pillar.
4 - lowered the car.

No chop, but the proportions are improved, while keeping the sedan look,which I like.

 

more pictures of this, here:
http://www.trombinoscar.com/kaiser/ks4701.html

 

I think it's right, moved the door pillar back, narrowed and maybe tilt to trick the eye on the length door...also maybe chop with tilt lines.......

 

Some more ideas:
1 - slant post
2 - 3 window coupe

Neither one is chopped or has the rear roof line altered.
Will work on that next.

 

Some more ideas:
1 - slant post, no chop
2 - slant post, 2" chop, slight angle at rear roofline
3 - pillarless, 2" chop

Actually , I like the stock height better.

 

@James D
Measures length doors:



@Rot'n Kustom
Grazie for variants bodies. I appreciate
I think chopping If I can... this requires a lot of work because I do not just down but I want to tilt the glass in the rear.

 

Came out a little small, for some reason.

Anyway, it´s plus about 6" length on the doors, and about 2.5" chop (vertically) at the front. You need to lean the roof back, to get the door window top frame parallel to the top of the door, because the roof goes uphill originally.

These are not 100% accurate, so please just take this as a rough guide!

Also, too much chop can look stupid if the car is not low enough, so maybe think about getting the car lowered before you chop. You may want to chop a bit less. I would also always roll the car outside and take a good look at it, before you weld anything permanently.

 

James D... your design on this Kaiser is once again fabulous!!! I hope it gets built this way.. or at least close.

 

Thanks very much Rik! Appreciate it.

 

Really nice, but if I had to do that much body work myself or have done here, it would be cheaper to buy the original Hirohatta Mercury .

My grandfather had one of these back in the fifties. It was a salmon color-we called her "Pinkie". We use to haul the coon dogs around in it. That thing was built like a tank and smelled like a dirty dog kennel inside.

Wish I had it now though

 

Yes fabulous! Grazie James... I hope to build follow this way...

In reality, in 3D it's more difficult. The problems to be overcome are greater. I'm trying.... Now I removing the old paint and I studying how to best cut.

 

Buona fortuna, Nix! Where in Italy are you located?

Great eye for design, James.

And really great advertising art - 1949 Kaiser & Frazer ^
I'm going to look for a copy to frame at the flea markets next spring!

 

I live (and survive...) in the North West, in a small valley near Monte Bianco and big mountains.

 

Beautiful country!
I passed nearby three years ago on a trip from Lucerne to Firenze.

 

Maybe the wheels are a little big or perhaps modern is a better term, but they don't look bad on that particular car. Not everything that is not Trad is bad, some of it just isn't trad. It really isn't a bad looking car at all.

 

I stole my screen name from my 48 Frazer I bought from the original owner. Found out recently she passed on, her grandson's wanting to buy the car back now.

 

James D, that is bitchin! Being a Dutch Darrin design, it seems only natural to be a kustom

 

NICE!! James is great!

 

Wow...that gotta be the best looking 49 Kaiser I've ever seen! I hope we're gonna see this one come alive