Bob and Leanne Kleiner's '54 Kaiser Manhatten, the rest of the gallery

for the gallery of this sweet dark cherry Kaiser as I photographed it cruising Escondido: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/04/in-town-for-good-guys-del-mar-nats-this.html

read about the Kaizer Frazer company http://www.marque1.com/marque1/2011/03/beauty-was-not-enough-for-kaiser-frazer.html

In town for the Good Guys Del Mar Nats, this Kaiser Manhatten is a head turner... there aren't any in San Diego.

All original looking besides the rims, and the ghost flames are too faint to see from this distance, but I overheard people saying that they thought the headlights were from a Buick, and they aren't. The owner has had people speculate that it's a 4 door that has been made into a 2 door, it isn't. The cab and roofline look over large for the body, but it's the difference that the Kaiser company thought would set it apart from the dozens of other car copmanies in the 1950's.

I took a full gallery of photos of it at the Good Guys Del Mar Nats: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/04/kaiser-manhatten-rest-of-gallery.html

an unusual car, the 1951 Kaiser traveler, 2 doors, sort of a camper station wagon

This is the only good photo of the entire car I took, but it shows the design of the tailgate with a 2 door car instead of a long roof... unique I think. I've never seen another like it.

The above speedo and instrument cluster is sweet. Next to the 50's Nash all in one pod, I'd pick this one anyday for a hot rod.

This board game is a true find, John snapped it up because it has Kaiser among the car makers on the Bingo card

John and his wife Pat have put together a terrific nostalgia collection of 1950's picnic and camper equipment... the fishing gear could be right out of a great grandpa's shed

More unusual stuff from the HAMB thread "Vintage shots from days gone by"

Annette on a scooter

Amelia Earhart with the scooter

General Eisenhower chats with Omar Bradley leaning against his '41 Clipper staff car

The outback mailman, on an enormous rig http://aso.gov.au/titles/documentaries/last-mail-birdsville/clip1/

Aerodynamic trucks and trailers

looks like a street car getting relocated

Sept 1949 Popular mechanics

Not sure what the above vehicle is

Kaiser factory that made aircraft

Ever see any racing Hudson Terraplanes before

What a great steering wheel, look slike it'a at a car show (from the I.D. board in the window)

the Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) car and motorcycle show for the Marine Corps Toys for Tots drive to bring unpriviledged kids xmas toys

This is the most recognizeable Marine today I think, and he is very active in charity work like the Marine Corps Toys for Tots drives, R. Lee Ermey. This chopper is his, and an up close gallery of it is here: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/06/coolest-chopper-well-probably-see-all_19.html

Damn, Cisneros is good at lettering and pinstriping

Barely visible above the writing is the pinstriping on the roof... now think about paying for pinstriping that only the people taller than 6 foot 5 inches will ever see

Pinstriping by Cisneros

The Lil Red Express truck, very cool way in the mid 1970's horsepower wars to beat the competition by stuffing a 360 into this truck

this is the first time I've seen a big rig at a car show that I can recall

The tbird I photographed behind the Syndicate

Anglia, which was a Ford product in England

the above painting is on the following Plymouth

A little mix of old (town and country horns) and new (hemi)