Cars We Remember: The Kaiser Manhattan and a legacy that continues - Steuben Courier
Q: Hi, Greg, I enjoy reading about your experiences with cars from the 1950s and 1960s, and am writing about the Kaiser Manhattan, which is a car my father owned back in 1953. Can you tell me about the final year of 1954, when Kaiser finally shut... I remember that my dad said it was an excellent car. I’ve written of the fortunes and demise of the Kaiser and Frazer automobiles in past columns, and feel as your father did that it was an excellent automobile, especially from 1951 to 1954. Actually, to be politically correct, the final year of the... Notable to me were two full-size models, the first the unique Kaiser Traveler, also marketed as a Frazer Vagabond. I christened the Traveler in a past column as the first true hatchback which offered a huge cargo area and wooden strips to help the cargo move in and out. This is the car I once mentioned that I assisted its owner loading groceries as my grandfather, Martin Sulewski, owned an economy and food store in the small town of Ranshaw, Pennsylvania, from the 1930s through the 1960s. Also notable was the... It was not the greatest looking vehicle on the road, but sold near 85,000 units the first year at $1,363 full retail. Source: www.steubencourier.com
