1951 FRAZER Catalog
1951 advertisement page.
In fact all 1951 Frazers were modified 1949-1950 Kaisers.
Up➔down:
1951 Frazer Standard Model 5151 4-Door Sedan.
1951 Frazer Standard Vagabond Model 5155 4-Door Utility Sedan.
1951 Frazer Manhattan Model 5162 4-Door Convertible Sedan.
1951 Frazer Manhattan Model 5161 4-Door Hardtop Sedan.
The Kaiser-Frazer Corporation was famous for their many novelties and progressive design. Like this yellow 4-door convertible: Frazer was the only American car manufacturer which offered such a postwar feature. It was a novelty. Engineers John Widman and Ralph Isbrandt were responsible for realizing this idea. A 4-door Kaiser convertible was also produced (in smaller numbers).
Also a 4-door hardtop sedan was a new body type (with nylon covered roof).
Despite all these efforts Frazer sale numbers dropped down in 1951.
For model year 1952 Frazer disappeared from the K-F Corp. catalogs.
3707 cc L6 petrol engine.
112 bhp.
C. 1750 kg.
Production Frazer all these versions: 1951 only.
Image was found in:
James M. Flammang, Cars of the Fabulous '50s, a Decade of High Style and Good Times, Publications International LTD, Lincolnwood, 1995.
Original photographer, place and date unknown.
Book collection Sander Toonen (2018, present from Willem).
Halfweg, Jan. 27, 2025.
© 2025 Sander Toonen, Halfweg | All Rights Reserved
1951 FRAZER Catalog
1951 advertisement page.
In fact all 1951 Frazers were modified 1949-1950 Kaisers.
Up➔down:
1951 Frazer Standard Model 5151 4-Door Sedan.
1951 Frazer Standard Vagabond Model 5155 4-Door Utility Sedan.
1951 Frazer Manhattan Model 5162 4-Door Convertible Sedan.
1951 Frazer Manhattan Model 5161 4-Door Hardtop Sedan.
The Kaiser-Frazer Corporation was famous for their many novelties and progressive design. Like this yellow 4-door convertible: Frazer was the only American car manufacturer which offered such a postwar feature. It was a novelty. Engineers John Widman and Ralph Isbrandt were responsible for realizing this idea. A 4-door Kaiser convertible was also produced (in smaller numbers).
Also a 4-door hardtop sedan was a new body type (with nylon covered roof).
Despite all these efforts Frazer sale numbers dropped down in 1951.
For model year 1952 Frazer disappeared from the K-F Corp. catalogs.
3707 cc L6 petrol engine.
112 bhp.
C. 1750 kg.
Production Frazer all these versions: 1951 only.
Image was found in:
James M. Flammang, Cars of the Fabulous '50s, a Decade of High Style and Good Times, Publications International LTD, Lincolnwood, 1995.
Original photographer, place and date unknown.
Book collection Sander Toonen (2018, present from Willem).
Halfweg, Jan. 27, 2025.
© 2025 Sander Toonen, Halfweg | All Rights Reserved