New Air-Trax resin: 1954 Kaiser Manhattan two-door...

[john sharisky]

I have not purchased this kit. Tapani sent me these photos. I did crop, re-size and added Tapani's e-mail address as a watermark.

I've liked this design since I first saw an earlier 1:1 Kaiser Dragon as a teenager in the 1970's. Styling wise, they sure packed a lot onto a car of somewhat compact dimensions.

For donor parts (driveline, front and rear suspensions), Tapani suggests the AMT 1955 Chevy Bel Air kit. Comparing the chassis photos to kits in my own stash, I see similarities to the AMT 1951 Chevy, 1953 Studebaker and 1963 Avanti kits.

In doing a little research, I found a mostly interesting YouTube video review of the 1954 Kaiser sales brochure. A link to the video is below.

Any questions, please e-mail Tapani at:

raurata@yahoo.com

Thanks for looking. Stay safe everyone!

John

YouTube video review of 1954 Kaiser sales brochure.

 

Edited September 7, 2020 by john sharisky
Re-code of post.

[Tom Geiger]

Dean Milano is building one of these right now, posting his progress on Facebook. Tapani has been commenting on it.