href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kcCoapMd4x0/RvKEI9zGkAI/AAAAAAAAAKE/dbGX-M3SZeo/s1600-h/100_0806.jpg"> For those of you who have never seen a 1953 Kaiser here she is front and back. September 20, 2007 The body of the Kaiser is ready to go to the chemical strippers (Redy Strip in Phoenix) but the rest of the parts still had to be cleaned up, underseal scraped off and fit to the altered body and frame. The trunk and doors fit ok but the radiator/fender "u" support that bolts to the front cross member had to be altered as the frame of the new front clip is deeper than original and new inner fender splash guard panels around the upper A arms were made. The passenger side front fender support bracket that bolts the top of the fender to the cowl was broken and a new bracket was fabricated and welded in place. The bottom fender bolts on the body were rusted in and broken off and had to be drilled out and tapped for new threads. The driver side inner fender is so badl

What a wonderful week. On Saturday evening September 8th went to a charity car show in Kingman for the Hospice. the show was put on by a local group called the Drifters. Nice set up, lots of nice looking cars, and friendly people. It rained for most of the show which didn't thrill us at all, but in the end we won another plaque for the Starliner Spent another day on door hinges and latches had to inset the latch pins on the door posts and make shims to make them adjustable as the latch assemblies are not adjustable. With the engine, dash, and drivers seat bolted back in the car I had Karen sit in the seat and adjusted the new Flaming River Tilt steering Column to its permanent position and check the clearance for the u joints and shaft to the rack & pinion with the exhaust header and motor mount. I marked the location of the column, removed it then cut, fit and welded new plates in the firewall to accept the new I-Ball floor column mount. After grinding, with a rotary fil

We took a break and went to a car show with th e Starliner on 9/1 saturday to the small town of Dolan Springs AZ 50 miles north of Kingman. Had a good time, met some nice people but did not win anything. This Truck won the modified division awards. The car ran good on the 160 mile round trip and we tried out the new A/C system that cooled us down but since the car is not insulated it could not keep the car cool enough. We took our shade canopy this time and Karen did not get sunburned. There is another car show today (9/8) that we will try to go to in Kingman