1953 Kaiser Deluxe

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kingsgate
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1953 Kaiser Deluxe

#1 Post by kingsgate »

A couple of months ago, I bought this American beastie!



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vulgalour
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Re: 1953 Kaiser Deluxe

#2 Post by vulgalour »

Cor, a Kaiser! Got to love some of the styling queues on these, like that possibly unique windscreen top line.
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rich.
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Re: 1953 Kaiser Deluxe

#3 Post by rich. »

nice! :thumbs:
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Re: 1953 Kaiser Deluxe

#4 Post by JPB »

Oh my, :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: I do believe that I just yelped like a puppy through sheer joy at the sight of that car! I've seen many things in my time on this planet and elsewhere, but have never, ever seen a Kaiser other than in books. :shock:

You, Kingsgate, are a total legend for choosing to own that amazing piece of historic Americana. Thanks for showing it to us. :thumbs:
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"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true.. :oops:
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kingsgate
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Re: 1953 Kaiser Deluxe

#5 Post by kingsgate »

Yeah, they have a totally unique style, don't they. I think there's only 2 or 3 in the UK!
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Re: 1953 Kaiser Deluxe

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Grumpy Northener
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Re: 1953 Kaiser Deluxe

#7 Post by Grumpy Northener »

Great stuff we are currently short of a stylish fat yank in the members cars & projects section - what's your plans for it - run as it is or super shiney paint jobbie ??
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kingsgate
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Re: 1953 Kaiser Deluxe

#8 Post by kingsgate »

I am getting a few necessary repairs done (the vacuum-driven wiper motor was knackered, swapping for electric one, changing from 6 volt to 12 volt electrics just to make electrical stuff easier going forward) and Waxoyling it.

Will probably run it "as is" for a while at least. I kind of like how it looks now, I am not sure I want to make it "look like new" its over 60 years old....

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vulgalour
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Re: 1953 Kaiser Deluxe

#9 Post by vulgalour »

Definitely run as is for as long as you can tolerate, it looks amazing right now.
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kstrutt1
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Re: 1953 Kaiser Deluxe

#10 Post by kstrutt1 »

Fantastic looking car, you might want to laquer over the rusty patches to prevent them getting worse though.
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