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  Kaiser Motors - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kaiser Motors, a subsidiary of Kaiser Industries, was a manufacturer of automobiles in the United States from 1946 - 1963 based in Willow Run, Michigan (USA).
The Henry J was also sold through Sears-Roebuck catalogs under the brand name Allstate In 1953, Kaiser purchased the assets of the Willy-Overland Corporation, makers of Willys brand compact cars and Jeep brand name products.
Kaiser continued automobile production in Argentina and Brazil using the dies formerly employed in the U.S. well into the 1960s.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kaiser_(automobile)   (244 words)

  
 Henry John Kaiser Biography / Biography of Henry John Kaiser Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Henry J. Kaiser was born on May 9, 1882, in Sprout Brook, N.Y. He left school at the age of 13 to work, and in 1906 he moved to the West Coast.
One of Kaiser's proudest achievements of this period was his medical care plan, begun for employees in 1942 and made public in 1945.
Kaiser himself remained in the islands, supervising the construction of a hotel, hospitals, plants, housing developments, and a $350,000,000 "dream" city called Hawaii Kai.
www.bookrags.com /biography-henry-john-kaiser   (529 words)

  
 CanadianDriver: Motoring Memories - Kaiser Traveler - the first hatchback
Kaiser made his money in construction in locations that read like a who's who of 1930s mega-projects: the Grand Coulee, Bonneville, and Hoover (now Boulder) dams; the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge; and a third set of locks for the Panama Canal.
Henry Kaiser himself is reputed to have conceived the idea that incorporated the amenities of a sedan with increased cargo space that approached that of a station wagon.
The versatile Kaiser Traveler and companion Frazer Vagabond, as the new models were called, were an instant success with the public.
www.canadiandriver.com /articles/bv/kaiser_traveler.htm   (724 words)

  
 math lessons - Kaiser-Frazier   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Kaiser Frazier Automobile Corporation was the result of a partnership between autombile executive Joseph Frazier and Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser.
Kaiser Frazier operated and produced the Kaiser and the Frazier brand automobiles from late 1940s until 1951 when the Frazier marque was discontinued.
Kaiser continued to build and develop its Jeep brand products (as Kaiser Jeep) in the United States until Jeep was acquired by American Motors in the early 1970s.
www.mathdaily.com /lessons/Kaiser_Frazier   (386 words)

  
 Henry J. Kaiser: Think Big -- Exhibitions -- Oakland Museum of California
Other highlights include two Kaiser automobiles, a 1953 Henry J Corsair Sedan and a 1954 Kaiser Darrin sports car--one of only 435 manufactured and the first automobile to have a fiberglass body.
The Kaiser Darrin was donated to the exhibition by Dr. Ed Schoen of Piedmont, who acquired it as a "company" car when he began working as a physician with The Permanente Medical Group.
Kaiser's creation of TV and radio broadcasting networks and his life as a developer of Hawaii Kai resort hotel complex and master-planned community housing in Hawaii in the late '50s and early '60s are also surveyed.
www.museumca.org /exhibit/exhi_kaiser.html   (702 words)

  
 KAISER AUTOS: PART 2
Kaiser was a West Coast industrialist who flew in the face of convention.
When Kaiser teamed up with Joseph W. Frazer, an old Detroit hand, he was sure that his charisma and supplier contacts would cut through the red tape that entangled the supply of raw materials and the production of auto making machinery.
Kaiser wanted to build revolutionary small, economical, inexpensive front-drive cars but soon realized that Frazer's plan was to build conventional six-seaters using proprietary components that would put new base-line Kaisers and upscale Frazers into the hands of car-hungry Americans before the rest of the industry got into gear.
www.theautochannel.com /news/writers/bhagin/1997/fs9727.html   (848 words)

  
 Henry J. Kaiser   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Henry J. Kaiser was a prominent American industrialist known as the father of modern shipbuilding.
USNS Henry J. Kaiser is one of three tankers assigned to Military Sealift Command's Prepositioning Program in support of the Defense Logistics Agency's requirement to preposition fuel afloat.
Kaiser was an underway replenishment oiler supporting the U.S. Navy's 7th Fleet until 1995, when, as a cost-saving measure, it was decided Kaiser should be deactivated.
www.msc.navy.mil /mpstwo/kaiser.htm   (288 words)

  
 PEOPLE / HMO pioneer Henry J. Kaiser was a giant of industry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Kaiser was born May 9, 1882, in a small town in upstate New York to a family of poor German immigrants.
Kaiser showed a flair for working the halls of government power, both locally and in Washington, D.C., and he was elected chairman of the consortium's executive committee.
Kaiser's concern for workers increased, however, with the rise of the New Deal administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt, with whom Kaiser became close, said Mark Foster, a history professor at the University of Colorado at Denver.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/03/19/EBG1A5LMBG1.DTL   (2100 words)

  
 Kaiser   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Kaiser is a German title meaning emperor, derived from the Roman title of Caesar, as is the Russian title of Czar.
While Kaiser denoted both the rulers of the Holy RomanEmpire (962 - 1806) and of the Austrian and Austro-Hungarian Empire (1806 - 1918), in English usage the title is mainly associated with the emperors of theunified German Empire (1871 - 1918).
Kaiser Permanente is a health maintenance organization (HMO), alsostarted by Henry J. Kaiser.
www.therfcc.org /kaiser-27090.html   (115 words)

  
 The Cars of Kaiser-Frazer: A Car for Everyone -- Exhibitions -- Oakland Museum of California
Some of these Kaiser-Frazer automobiles from the 1940s and '50s are on view at the Oakland Museum of California, in conjunction with the exhibition Henry J.
The vintage cars are a gray 1949 Kaiser Vagabond, owned by Bob and Shirley Gilzean of Chico, California; a rare blue on blue 1948 Frazer Manhattan, owned by Ralph Miller of Orangevale, California; and a 1953 Kaiser Manhattan two-door sedan, owned by Bruce Kiser of Sacramento.
The Vagabond was an innovative automobile, among the first to incorporate a hatchback lift gate and drop-down tailgate, allowing the vehicle's owner to convert the four-door sedan to a spacious station wagon or all-purpose camping vehicle.
www.museumca.org /exhibit/exhi_classic_kaiser_carz.html   (349 words)

  
 Kaiser (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A Kaiser window is a window type in Digital Signal Processing
Kaiser is also a relatively often German family name, and the root of the last name "Kaszer".
This is a disambiguation page, which lists articles that may otherwise share the same title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kaiser_(disambiguation)   (117 words)

  
 The Oakland Museum of California - Press Release -- Kaiser-Frazer Autos
Some of these Kaiser-Frazer automobiles from the 1940s and '50s will be on view during two special showings this April at the Oakland Museum of California, in conjunction with the exhibition Henry J. Kaiser: Think Big, which continues through August 29, 2004.
The exhibition Henry J. Kaiser: Think Big, on view at the Oakland Museum of California through August 29, 2004, surveys the life and various industrial ventures of Henry J. Kaiser (1882-1967), one of the most influential individuals in the history of modern California and the West Coast.
Included are Kaiser's role in building the great dams of the west; his shipbuilding, automobile and futuristic transportation projects; and his most enduring legacy, Kaiser Permanente—America's largest not-for-profit health care organization.
www.museumca.org /press/press_kaiserfrazer_2004.html   (657 words)

  
 Kaiser (automobile)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Henry J. Kaiser was a United States industrialist who started making an automobile with the brand name Kaiser after World War II.
He also built a small car called the Henry J. Production ceased in 1955, but Kaiser continued producing Willys Jeeps after a 1953 buyout.
The company changed its name to Kaiser-Jeep in 1963, and was bought by American Motors in 1970.
pedia.newsfilter.co.uk /wikipedia/k/ka/kaiser__automobile_.html   (84 words)

  
 Kaiser-Frazer - Enpsychlopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Kaiser and Frazer continued at odds until Frazer left the company in 1951 and the car with the Frazer nameplate was dropped at the end of a short 10,000 unit production run.
In 1970 the Kaiser Jeep Corporation was sold to to American Motors Corporation who continued to manufacture Jeep vehicles until AMC was purchased by Chrysler in 1987 for $360 million.
Many have questioned the wisdom of building IKA automobile factory in remote Santa Isabel which was far from ports and transportation hubs but the principle reason is that Córdoba was General San Martín's home province and he had strong ties to President Juan Perón.
www.grohol.com /psypsych/Kaiser-Frazer   (922 words)

  
 1954-55 Kaiser Manhattan & 1958-62 Kaiser Carabela, The Story
Kaiser bought Willys-Overland in 1953 for US$63,381,175, renamed it Willys Motors and combined the remains of the Kaiser product lines into it.
  About 3,500 1953 Kaiser Manhattans were leftover at the end of the model year and these were returned to the factory to be face lifted into 1954s with new front fenders and hood, new taillights and new paint.
In 1970 Kaiser divested itself of all automotive operations selling the Kaiser Jeep Corporation in the USA to American Motors (with AMC being bought by Chrysler in 1987 for US$360 million), selling Willys do Brazil to Ford and Industrias Kaiser Argentina to Renault.
www.mango-madness.com /personal/Kaiser/index.php   (1452 words)

  
 A Picture Review of the Kaiser/Frazer
Kaiser and Frazer automobiles were manufactured at Kaiser's Willow Run, Michigan, factory from 1946 to 1955, when declining sales forced the closing of Kaiser's domestic operations.
I have a Kaiser K5325 which is a Traveler built as a 1954 and the only known example.
I noticed all your photos are of nice examples and I just pulled my Kaiser from a field where it had been parked for decades, but as a one-of-a-kind there are no better examples.
www.oldcarandtruckpictures.com /Kaiser   (2059 words)

  
 consulting for future of science, technologies, business development
The study is based on the investigation and analysis of the state of science and applications 2003 and development 2006,2010,2015 of over 70 automobile manufacturers worldwide.
There are a few major automobile companies in the stage of research and primary applications of nanotechnology today.
Until 2010 all the automobile manufacturers and a large part of the suppliers will be involved in this field.
www.hkc22.com /nanocar.html   (1591 words)

  
 Section B
The 1947 Kaiser was first introduced in 1946 as a 1947 model.
The 1949 Kaiser convertible was introduced by KF to dress up their line of automobiles.
The 1951 Kaiser Traveler was built on the same platform as the sedan models.
members.tripod.com /ben1937/SECTIONB.html   (1726 words)

  
 CanadianDriver: Kaiser-Frazer
When Henry Kaiser and Joe Frazer teamed up after World War II to form a car-building enterprise called the Kaiser-Frazer Corporation, both were already successful entrepreneurs.
Kaiser-Frazer couldn't have started selling their very similar Kaisers and Frazers - the grille was the main difference - at a better time.
Only a handful of '55 models were built before production ceased and Henry Kaiser shipped the dies to Argentina where they were used to build a car called the Kaiser Carabela.
www.canadiandriver.com /articles/bv/kaiser.htm   (809 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Kaisers of the German Empire were: Wilhelm I (1871 - 1888) Friedrich III (1888) Wilhelm II (1888 - 1918) See also: German Monarchy Kaiser was also an automobile Henry J. Kaiser : see Kaiser (automobile) Kaiser Permanente is a health maintenance organization Henry J. Kaiser.
Kaiser Permanente is a not-for-profit comprehensive and integrated health care provider based in Oakland, California Henry J. Kaiser and physician Sidney R. Garfield.
Today, Kaiser Permanente operates in nine states and the District of Columbia, and is the largest health maintenance organization Structure Since 1955, Kaiser Permanente has been organized into three distinct organizations: Permanente Medical Groups is an association of Kaiser Permanente's physicians.
www.en-cyclopedia.com /index1/ka   (1956 words)

  
 Kaiser Health -- Recommendations and Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The rulers of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (1806 - 1918) also used the title ''Kaiser.'' In English usage, however, the title is mainly associated with the emperors of the unified German Empire (1871 - 1918) (the "Second Reich").
For large α, the shape of the Kaiser window tends to a Gaussian curve.
SMS ''Kaiser'' was the name-ship of the ''Kaiser'' class of battleships of the German Kaiserliche Marine in World War I. She was built at Kiel and was launched on 22 March 1911 and commissioned on 1 August 1912.
www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/82/kaiser-health.html   (865 words)

  
 CU-Denver / Dept of History -> Faculty -> Mark S. Foster   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
1992 "The Role of the Automobile in Shaping a Unique City," in Martin Wachs and Margaret Crawford (eds), The Car and the City: The Automobile, The Built Environment, and Daily Urban Life (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press: 1992): 186-193.
Kaiser Goes to Washington: The Rise of a Government Entrepreneur, Chapel Hill; University of North Carolina Press in the Journal of American History, Vol.
Twelve-part series on the automobile and its impact on western civilization (unpaid).
carbon.cudenver.edu /public/history/mfoster.html   (2205 words)

  
 ClassicCar.com Forums - View Single Post - Kaiser cars made in Argentina.
The Argentinean government and the American businessman Henry Kaiser associated to establish an automobile industrial plant in the country.
The Kaiser Industrial Center had about two hundred and forty hectares, where, after ten prosperous years, more than eleven hundred workers were employed.
In 1959 Baqueano, in 1960 Kaiser Bergantín and the Dauphine (also the Gordini version), in 1962 the famous Rambler, licensed by American Motors, in 1964 it produced a new Jeep: the Gladiator, and by December with less than ten plants in the country IKA exceeds the 250.000 autos production.
www.classiccar.com /forums/showpost.php?p=1458&postcount=1   (395 words)

  
 McLellan's Automobile Literature :: Cars & Trucks - Kaiser-Frazer (Items with photos)
Reverse side has three additional photo renderings showing a line of six blue Kaiser and Frazer automobiles, the Kaiser-Frazer emblem on a dealership and engine in classroom where Willow Run facility is training service personnel, with discussion.
Brown, green and fl cover, with white lettering and Kaiser and Frazer emblems, has art rendering showing secretary looking over her boss' shoulder reading his mail.
Catalog is composed of twenty-one testimonials by owners of Kaiser and Frazer automobiles, with drawings illustrating their positions in work and the community.
www.mclellansautomotive.com /sales-lit/bymake/kaiserfrazer/print-index.htm   (547 words)

  
 Just what is a Graham ?
Of the many firms that have engaged in the manufacture of automobiles since the turn of the century, only a handful are present-day passenger car producers.
Joseph B., Robert C. and Ray A. Graham were born in 1882, 1885 and 1887 respectively, on their family's farm in Washington, Indiana, a small community in the south-western corner of the state.
Your directors have given careful thought to plans for the future and have decided that the capital requirements of an automobile factory are so enormous that we should permanently retire from manufacturing complete automobiles." That statement was the obituary of the Graham car, and logically this should be the end of the story.
members.shaw.ca /rjsill/justwhat.htm   (11629 words)

  
 McLellan's Automobile Literature :: Cars & Trucks - Kaiser (Items with photos)
Cover has red, white, green and tan "bullseye" with Kaiser emblem in center and three-quarter frontal view photo rendering of yellow four-door sedan.
Folder opens to 17x22 layout with eight photographs and photo renderings showing the Kaiser Traveler and Vagabond 4-Door Sedans and ways in which they can be used, with discussion.
KAISER (Manhattan, Traveler and Deluxe), "There's a World of Value in the New Kaiser": 12 page part-color folder, 6x8.
www.mclellansautomotive.com /sales-lit/bymake/kaiser/index.shtml   (2184 words)

  
 KF ADS & MORE - New York Times Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Distributors and dealers of his two automobile companies are planning to invest about $100,000,000 in establishments and equipment to sell the Kaiser and Frazer automobiles, he said.
The new Frazer and Kaiser automobiles will be completely new "from the ground up" and not redesigned models of 1942 cars, he noted.
The Kaiser automobile will follow several weeks later and will be produced at Willow Run by Kaiser-Frazer.
clubs.hemmings.com /clubsites/pnwkfoci/history/1945/NYT45OC17.htm   (290 words)

  
 MW's Photo Page 21
But because he forgot to turn it on one night, the car was stolen by a felon fleeing from the prison in Florence, Arizona and then driven back to my father's home state of Wisconsin.
One of my visitors told me this car is a Kaiser, so be it.
At the time this photo was taken, 1947?, this area could have been anywhere north of Thomas Road in Phoenix, Arizona.
www.angelfire.com /az/nativebob/photo993.html   (357 words)

  
 In Memorium: Brandt Goldsworthy
Industrial Plastics was the leader in developing composite automobile, boat and aircraft parts, based on the preforming process.
In 1947, he was approached by the Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Co., to design and engineer a combined automobile and airplane.
The post-war car-building boom led Henry Kaiser to establish a reinforced plastics research laboratory, with Goldsworthy as its consulting director, in Emeryville, Calif., U.S.A. That association led to the development of fiberglass bodies for Kaiser's Darrin automobile.
www.compositesworld.com /hpc/issues/2003/May/103   (1617 words)

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