Frazer standard
The Frazer Standard was an American automobile that the Kaiser-Frazer Corporation of Willow Run, Michigan , brought out in June 1946 as the "Model 1947". It was a four-door sedan with the first pontoon body to be built in the USA. The Frazer Standard had four front-hinged doors with opening windows and a split front window.
The car had a six-cylinder in-line engine with side-mounted valves, 3707 cm³ displacement and 100 hp (74 kW) output at 3,600 rpm. The engine power was transmitted to the rear wheels via a manual three-speed gearbox.
Almost the same car appeared with somewhat simpler equipment in August 1946 (also as "Model 1947") also under the name Kaiser Special , but with a "K" instead of the "F" on the bonnet.
Models year after year
Model year 1947
The first series - called the Standard F 47 - was better equipped as a basic model than the later Kaiser models and had a flat radiator grille with five horizontal bars, which also included the parking lights under the main headlights.
Under the name Frazer Manhattan , there was also a better equipped model. The Manhattan F 47 C series also had z. B. two-tone paintwork, chrome-plated hubcaps, a little more chrome jewelry outside and inside, a different dashboard, better seats and carpets in the footwell.
Model year 1948
The 1948 model year showed the new basic model - now called the Standard F 48 series - little changed. Minor changes to the grille and the bumpers, a slightly higher engine compression (without affecting the engine performance), a different fuel pump and better shock absorbers were the differences to the previous year's model. The better equipped variant, now the Manhattan F 48 , took over the changes to the standard and also included leather parts.
Model year 1949
In 1949, instead of the previous radiator grille with horizontal chrome bars, all Frazers got an equally large specimen with a grid pattern made up of horizontal and vertical bars. Furthermore there was the four-door sedan. The simpler models were called the Standard F 49 , the better equipped Manhattan F 49 . In a few copies, the Manhattan also produced four-door convertibles.
Both models adopted the new 112 hp (82 kW) engine, which was previously only available on special request, as basic equipment.
Model year 1950
The facelift planned for the 1950s Kaiser and Frazer models was not completed in time, so it was decided to postpone it for a year. So all models appeared with many small changes compared to the previous year. The standard F 49 became the standard F 50 , the Manhattan F 49 became the Manhattan F 50 . The body shapes and the engine from the previous year have also been retained.
Model year 1951
The major facelift planned for the previous year was finally finished. But the differences to the previous year's models were not as big as with the Kaiser vehicles: only the radiator grille now received a large cross made of solid chrome struts, which also included the company logo. Underneath was a narrow, horizontal chrome rod that also carried the - now round - parking lights. A hood ornament in a fashionable rocket shape was enthroned on the bonnet.
The engine now had a double carburetor in all models, which gave it 115 hp (84.5 kW) with the same displacement.
The body shapes were also rearranged: the standard F 51 was now available as a four-door sedan and as a four-door utility sedan (with a welded rear door on the left, foldable rear seat back, a trunk flap designed as a tailgate and reinforced springs, like the corresponding Kaiser model ). The Manhattan F 51 was no longer available as a normal sedan, but as a four-door hardtop model and still as a four-door convertible.
After Joseph W. Frazer left the company that year, his brand was discontinued at the end of the 1951 model year.
Production numbers
| Type | Construction year | L-4 | H-4 | Cb-4 | U-4 | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard F 47 | 1947 | 36,120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36,120 |
| Manhattan F 47 C | 1947 | 32,655 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32,655 |
| Standard F 48 | 1948 | 29,480 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29,480 |
| Manhattan F 48 | 1948 | 18,591 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18,591 |
| Standard F 49 | 1949 | 14,700 * | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14,700 * |
| Manhattan F 49 | 1949 | 9,950 * | 0 | 62 | 0 | 10,012 * |
| Standard F 50 | 1950 | * | 0 | 0 | 0 | * |
| Manhattan F 50 | 1950 | * | 0 | * | 0 | * |
| Standard F 51 | 1951 | ** | 0 | 0 | ** | 9,931 |
| Manhattan F 51 | 1951 | 0 | 152 | 131 | 0 | 283 |
L-4 = four-door sedan H-4 = four-door hardtop sedan Cb-4 = four-door convertible U-4 = four-door "Utility Sedan"
* = The production figures for 1949 include those for 1950. Those for the four-door sedans are estimated
** = no values known for individual models.
swell
- Gunnell, John (editor): Standard Catalog of American Cars 1946-1975 , 4th Edition, Krause Publications Inc., Iola (Wisconsin) (2002), ISBN 0-87349-461-X