Essentially the brainchild of famed American Designer Howard 'Dutch' Darrin, this unique vehicle was released on January 6, 1954. The cars were basically hand assembled in Kaiser's Jackson, Michigan warehouse. The unique sliding door arrangement caused several issues with production which caused constant and significant delays. Despite the beauty and unique style of the automobile, Kaiser gave up on the project on June 30, 1954, with only 435 having been built.
There were approximately fifty remaining bodies when Kaiser stopped production. Darrin took them, installed Cadillac V8s and tried marketing them strictly as Darrins with very limited success. | |
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