Event Coverage Ever seen a Kaiser Darrin?

I was at local car show in Haddonfield, NJ this past weekend and came across several cars that I've never seen before. I thought this car was kinda cool and different enough to post here. Anyone ever see one of these before? It has pocket doors... like old turn of the century homes!

 

"Ever seen a Kaiser Darrin? "

Yes.

 

Once

 

There's a fellow here in Central, NJ with one. His is yellow. He brought it to the Galloping Hill cruise night one time and I was chatting him up about the car. Apparently they came with 2 different engines, a 4 cylinder and a Willy 6. His had the latter. His car is a survivor, original paint and interior and an unrebuilt motor with 60K original on it. Paint and interior were showing it's age, but super cool car nonetheless

 

there is a guy here in Denver that has a seafoam green one. Really cool cars.

 

THAT,S STEVE GALANTE car a very nice un restore car that he drives

 

Cool doors!

 

yep, my neighbor had a yellow one with 1,700 miles he was President of the K-F club for a while

 

There was one on ebay a few days ago. Didn't meet reserve at 27k+ (for a "restorable" car)

 

Is that the same one that makes to BTT50's each year? Nice car!

 

When Kaiser went out, an entreprenuer on the west coast bought the remaining Darrins, yanked out the anemic drivetrains they came with, replaced them with 331 Cadillac V8s and hydramatics, and sold every one of them

 

A priest in a small town near my hometown had one. My dad serviced it for him. It was the talk of the town!! They are sooo cool. Thanx for posting the pix. Enjoyed it-Sololobo

 

For TONS of pictures and a fascinating read, please check this link
(And don't fail to scroll down. There are some jaw-dropping cars to be seen!):

http://www.coachbuilt.com/des/d/darrin/darrin.htm


The Kaiser Darrin was designed by Howard "Dutch" Darrin, and featured a Glasspar manufactured fiberglass body mounted to a Henry J chassis. Darrin designed many beautiful cars, including a slew of drop dead gorgeous Packards. In fact, the sloping door line (as currently being implemented on Kustom7777's shoebox) has long been referred to as a "Darrin dip".

 

Yep...awhile back on one of the cable tv car shows...maybe it was My Classic Car or Car Crazy but I remember a quick segment showing the doors...

 

Yes! I've seen one or two myself..... neat cars.

 

I damn near ran off the road on rte 50 just east of the Chesapeake bay bridge when I saw one going the other way. I've seen plenty over the 30 years at places like Hershey etc. but to see one on the highway was a little bit surprising.

 

The only time I've seen one was around L.A. in the early 80's. The owner of a motel had a bunch of rarely seen cars parked behind the motel. I believe his was one of the "converted" ones.

 

A local guy has one. He went on about that car beating the Corvette for being one of the first fiberglass bodied vehicles on the market.
They're nice looking cars. I'm not a restorer, but I'd have a hard time hacking up a Kaiser Darrin to customize it.

 

Bill Tritt and his Glasspar was the first "factory" produced fiberglass sports car. He also had a hand in the Darrin and was a consultant to Chevrolet as they were developing the Corvette.

 

I've wanted one for 30 years, but unfortunatly, they appreciate in value faster that my net worth increases.........damn !

 

Yeah, I saw a creamish colored one as a kid, and have been in love with those suckers ever since. Those pocket doors kept me interested in cars untill I was old enuf to do something about it. Love those damn expensive cars...

 

This one was at the Carmel, ca. concours mid Aug. Drew quite a crowd.

 

i guy in my neck of the woods has a silver one,really cool automobile

 

I've seen that one at the 50's, i don't think so but who knows i moved away from where the Darrin was 25 years ago.

He was a K-F mega super purest the car would have had to gone to some one just like that

 

Someone here local has one, too, I see at shows once in a while. They were a good idea, really, too bad the company went under not long after.

 

'Mo, thanks for the link. That was a great read!

 

I saw one at the world of wheels when I was a little guy. I was cool because it was a car with my last name.

 

There was one in a backyard near my house. Had a tree growing thru it....

 

Yep, I've seen one recently at the Eyes on Design concourse event at the Edsel Ford estate this past June.

 

I have seen two in my life so far.I like the doors but the front grill looks like a puckered %^$%^$&