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Kaiser Damn - 1954 | 
| Howard dutch darrin made his name as a stylist while working at fernandez darrin in paris between the wars. Back in his native america in the fifties, he created body styles for the postwar kaiser-frazer line that was intended to challenge the big three (ford, general motors and chrysler) for the popular market. It was a vain hope- | Specifications performance
Top speed of 81 mph
engine typedrivetrain: Water-cooled, l-headf-head, modified supersonic 6 with one-barrel carburetor (l-head 6 was experimental)
displacement 2,638 cc (2.64 l) power rating 90 hp transmission 3-speed + reverse
chassis: Channel-steel; Front independent suspension by coil and wishbone; Rear suspension by semielliptic leaf springs; 4-wheel drum brakes; 2,420 lbs. |
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| | About vehicle
Give us a kiss
in 1954, kaiser attempted to boost the marques failing image with the introduction of a stylish sports model that darrin created on the small henry j chassis. The bodywork was composed from the new miracle material of aeron armor-clad fiberglass, and its styling was a synthesis of darrins entire career, resulting in an uneasy mixture of paris and hollywood. The cars front was particularly strange, with a tiny grille resembling a pair of puckered lips.
true convertible
sliding doors were another first for a production car, while the deauville top had three positions: Up, down and an intermediate, landau position. The kaiser-darrin kf-l6l had a short life; Production was halted after no. 435
of a planned run of 1,000, although darrin himself bought 50 of the remaining chassis and bodies and fitted them with cadillac engines under a limited production scheme in argentina.
Advertising copy called the kaiser-damn a sports car in eveiy sense of the word and the car all america has been waiting for. but only 435 americans bought the car. |
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