Dramatic styling came later, and in recognition that it was cheaper and easier than engineering breakthroughs.įrom 1947 to 1954, they tried they blew smoke in press conferences they promised “All-New” and their tired, commoditized cars sold few.
Kaiser-Frazer was undercapitalized, and from a game-changing miracle car with aluminum body and FWD, it turned out to be rather mundane with off-the-shelf Continental sixes. …until he turned his hand to automobiles. There was NOTHING Henry Kaiser couldn’t do… Henry Kaiser was the can-do miracle worker who was a key player in the consortium that built the Hoover Dam the man who figured out how to crank out Liberty ships faster than the Nazis could sink them. Why was it unsuccessful? I think because Jeep, in those days, was Kaiser – radiating (incorrectly, as it turned out) the stench of death. For a more in-depth look at these, head over here four wheel drive not necessary. That’s the capsule version of the Jeep Commando and Jeepster. There’s certainly no obvious sign of any changes in here, except for the seats. Somehow, I doubt that’s what’s still here, but if something else has been swapped in, it’s been a discreet job, with none of the tell-tale signs all-too often apparent when a Chevy V8 or such has been shoehorned in. The standard engine would have been the old F-head Hurrican Four, wich churned out 75 hp from 134 cubic inches. This one is lacking the V6 emblems that would identify it as being powered by the “Dauntless” V6, which Jeep was manufacturing using Buick’s V6 production machinery at the time. The temporary license sticker is in a very conspicuous spot, I see. I see it’s a recent arrival from California maybe it was used in someone’s growing operation way up in the Humboldt County back country. This puppy is a survivor, and more like something you might encounter in a third world country, predating the time when Toyota Land Cruisers dominated this market.
And if we get stuck, that winch will rotate the earth a bit closer to us.
Like this gnarly Jeep Commando, to take is into the woods further than just about anything else I can dig up right now. ( first posted ) For some odd reason, on this (another) gray day, I have summer on the brain…so let’s dig out something apropos.
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