{"id":85468,"date":"2021-11-29T13:34:01","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T13:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/?p=85468"},"modified":"2021-12-08T10:59:46","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T10:59:46","slug":"kaiser-manhattan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/kaiser-manhattan\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaiser Manhattan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Are you looking for an inexpensive classic car that isn’t available on every corner and thus almost guarantees participation in events? How about a sedan from US production that is almost unknown in Europe? Between August 1946 and 1955 the Kaiser-Frazer Corporation in Willow Run built the “Special” series. The pontoon-shaped sedan body designed by Howard Darrin received modifications again and again during these ten years, as was customary in the USA at the time. Likewise, the model name changed in merry succession. Besides the Special, there was the Custom, the DeLuxe, the Dragon, the Carolina and the Manhattan. In addition, the vehicle was also available as a Frazer Standard, almost identical in construction but with somewhat better equipment. Hydraulic brakes and a radio were also standard equipment on the Kaiser. The Custom had a different dashboard, more chrome details and whitewall tires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 100 and 140 hp<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A 3.7-liter inline six-cylinder engine worked under the hood as the power source. In addition to the standard version with 74 kW\/100 hp, a version with twin carburetors and 82 kW\/112 hp was available from mid-1948 at extra cost. In 1951, the engine with single carburetors was dropped and the output of the other power unit increased to 84.5 kW\/115 hp. Two years later, the engineers added three more horsepower (87 kW\/118 hp). Finally, the Supercharged Manhattan was a new top version in the final two model years. In keeping with the name, power was increased to 103 kW\/140 hp by installing a McCulloch supercharger. A total of over 440,000 units were built. These weren’t only divided among the model designations, but also among seven body variants. In addition to the sedan with two or four doors, there was a four-door Hardtop Sedan without B-pillars, a four-door convertible (only 42 units built), a coup\u00e9, and the Traveller Utility Sedan as a tradesman’s car with two or four doors.<\/p>\n\n\n

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