However, the decades since World War II have also seen Jeep change hands multiple times. First, in 1953, Kaiser-Frazer ...

More for Sale. In addition to the Carabela and the Darrin, other vehicles up for auction include a 1950 Kaiser four-door, ...

In 1947, 100,000 Kaiser-Frazer cars were built and the company turned a near $20 million profit, which was huge for the 1940s. Had Kaiser not been over-enthusiastic trying to upset the Big Three ...

Kaiser-Frazer acquired a giant war surplus bomber plant in Willow Run, Michigan, just west of Detroit, on very favourable terms and converted it into the world’s largest automobile factory.

He and Frazer met, and on July 25, 1945, the Kaiser-Frazer automobile company was born. Their first year, 1946, was tough. They produced only 11,000 cars and lost $19 million.

But the Kaiser-Frazer offerings took it a step further by pairing a liftback with that drop-down tailgate. If there’s a term for this setup I can’t find it, so I’m going to call it a split ...

Q: Greg, I enjoyed your recent articles on Kaiser-Frazer and Willys-Jeep vehicles. My uncle owned a Henry J back in 1953 and I remember him telling me about the Kaiser sports car ready to come out ...