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    1954 Kaiser Darrin for Sale

    in "Not Mine" Automobiles For Sale

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    On 1/11/2024 at 9:35 PM, Crusty Trucker said:

    The Edsel was once described as "an Oldsmobile kissing lemons."  ...wonder what the Kaiser Darrin was kissing?

     

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    Dutch was an artist.  As with many artists, they in corporate "signatures" in their designs, e.g. Salvador Dali had a small bug in all of his paintings.  Ergo, Dutch put an image of a heart in his, i.e., "scalloped" windshield on Kaisers and rear window on the Henry j.  For the Darrin, it was the turn signals and the grille.  Get it?

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    1954 Kaiser Darrin $89,500

    in "Not Mine" Automobiles For Sale

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    9 hours ago, nick8086 said:

    I got some bolts they were 85.00 each.. I think a picked up 10 of them last year..

     

    The small stuff is very high..

     

    It cost more to get the parts..  If you can find them..

     

     

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    some Darrin parts can be very expensive, especially if you buy them from some guy on eBay, namesake "jake", ironically same root name as your email address..what a strange coincidence!!!

    1954 Kaiser Darrin $89,500

    in "Not Mine" Automobiles For Sale

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    On 7/3/2021 at 11:35 AM, 58L-Y8 said:

    AJ:  Darrin got every other line and wonderful surface development prefect on the Kaiser Darrin except that 'kiss-pucker' grille!    A Jaguar XK or Facel-Vega FVS grille would have made the front also prefect.  It hit 95% on that one.

    Steve

    that "kiss-pucker" grille is merely one of Darrin's design signatures as any artist frequently puts in their work.. Dutch incorporates an "image" of a heart in his designs, e.g., windshield of full size Kaisers. rear window of the Henry J, grille and turn signal lights on the Kaiser Darrin.  I'll excuse your naivety.

    Opinions wanted: old-car friendly retirement communities?

    in General Discussion

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    On 2/15/2010 at 11:08 AM, PackardV8 said:

    Rural life is not for everyone. It requires that one be rather self reliant. Rural life is NOT for those that tend live life out of a brown paper bag or have a habit of buying a lot of plastic junk at WalMart so they can thorw it out the window before they get home with it.

    Yes, there are the rednecks of rural life. But then again what kind of factions leads one to leave the city in the first place???? THink about that one.

    Yes, there are those of us that junk up the yard with old car hulls, laundry appliances and other so called eye sores. There are reasons for it that i will not try to explain to the People Magazine and subprimate loan note carrying crowds.

    For a good retirement home in rural areas try to pick a house that suits your needs and at least 10 acres of land. The land does not have to be all usable. In fact the more cragie the better. The idea here is that ruff land discourages anyone else from trying to move in on u. It also tends to discourage large developements around the area. So taxes and other civic expenses tend to stay low.

    Best to find such a place about 3 to 5 miles outside of a small town of say 3k to 5k people where there is some some local shopping for daily needs. Maybe 10-15 miles from a larger town with greater shopping variety. 30 miles from a large city.

    If u have at least 10 acres then u don't have to worry about neighbors.

    Again, rural life is for self reliant and introspective people. NOT for the People Magazine crowd. Not for people that must always 'seek the services of a professional' every time they need to wipe their butt. THose kind of people need to stay in their condo. WE don't want them out here at all.

    I totally agree with the rural life. 30 years ago,  I moved on 8 acres, 15 minutes out of town, dirt road, now paved. Definitely not for everyone.  Well water, septic field, gotta get 8N tractor, chainsaws, learn fence work.  But on the plus side, every tree is an urinal and able to build my dream garage and fill it with "stuff".

    On the other hand, live in a tent and get the ultimate garage...M1 Concourse.

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