# After Kaiser Corp. had stopped selling their eponymous car **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [May 22, 2023, 8:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/after-kaiser-corp-had-stopped-selling-their-eponymous-car/190760 "2023-05-22T20:54:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2023, 8:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/after-kaiser-corp-had-stopped-selling-their-eponymous-car/190760/1 "2023-05-22T20:54:38Z")
… they were promoting concept cars that made use of the aluminum that they produced in bulk. This is from 1958. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/b/d/bd4947fcd855dbdd070931e6433720bbc8a7fd7c.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2023, 9:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/after-kaiser-corp-had-stopped-selling-their-eponymous-car/190760/2 "2023-05-22T21:23:50Z")
Looks like a Jetsons car with wheels. ---
**Author:** ![old\_mopar\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/6bbea6/32.png) [@old\_mopar\_guy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/old_mopar_guy)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2023, 9:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/after-kaiser-corp-had-stopped-selling-their-eponymous-car/190760/3 "2023-05-22T21:30:03Z")
That roofline practically shouts 1954 Kaiser Manhattan. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2023, 9:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/after-kaiser-corp-had-stopped-selling-their-eponymous-car/190760/4 "2023-05-22T21:38:26Z")
Aluminum has been used to build car bodies for more than 120 years. Now an all-aluminum car would be unique in '58. I think it looks pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2023, 9:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/after-kaiser-corp-had-stopped-selling-their-eponymous-car/190760/5 "2023-05-22T21:52:41Z")
> [@Mustangman](#): > > I think it looks pretty good. Especially when you consider the chrome-laden abominations that GM was churning-out in 1958: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/1/1/11eb2900249e14f74b460c2797c94189aab4dba8.jpeg) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/6/4/64aa916c5ad39fd2239312c9a6704c2ba7057954.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2023, 10:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/after-kaiser-corp-had-stopped-selling-their-eponymous-car/190760/6 "2023-05-22T22:14:39Z")
As @old_mopar_guy pointed out… has elements of the Kaiser Manhattan Tasteful use of chrome ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/2/5/253ec4486cf6f948beb15e96e4968ec4139695a4.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2023, 12:37am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/after-kaiser-corp-had-stopped-selling-their-eponymous-car/190760/7 "2023-05-23T00:37:19Z")
Well the neighbor had one of those Buicks and we all kind of liked it. Traded after the daughter destroyed their 58 Chev. I liked the Chev better though. You made me take a deep dive back to the late 50s and early 60s. Buddy holly with not fade away and ending with The Rolling Stones doesn’t matter anymore. Brought back memories. Too bad some of you young people missed it all. They really told the story of teens back then. There is an annual tribute to buddy every year in clear lake, Iowa that I’ve always wanted to go to. Been there in July but February roads and climate in Iowa keep me home. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2023, 1:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/after-kaiser-corp-had-stopped-selling-their-eponymous-car/190760/8 "2023-05-23T01:31:56Z")
> [@bing](#): > > Well the neighbor had one of those Buicks and we all kind of liked it Not a Buick, its an Oldsmobile ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2023, 1:39am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/after-kaiser-corp-had-stopped-selling-their-eponymous-car/190760/9 "2023-05-23T01:39:32Z")
What? Why you are correct sir, but they had a Buick. ( the Chev dealer also sold Buicks so that makes sense, but the olds dealer was different.). My bad. ---
**Author:** ![JayWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@JayWB](https://community.cartalk.com/u/JayWB)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2023, 4:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/after-kaiser-corp-had-stopped-selling-their-eponymous-car/190760/10 "2023-05-23T04:25:22Z")
Don’t feel bad, when I first looked at that picture I thought it was a '58 Buick too. ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2023, 5:41am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/after-kaiser-corp-had-stopped-selling-their-eponymous-car/190760/11 "2023-05-23T05:41:17Z")
Sure make me look up eponymous, Thanks I love to learn. Guess Edsel would qualify. I have an old hickory shaft putter, Aluminum was very expensive way back then, now we recycle it for no profit to me. ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2023, 10:47am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/after-kaiser-corp-had-stopped-selling-their-eponymous-car/190760/12 "2023-05-23T10:47:47Z")
There are two 58 pictures. First one is a Buick, second is an Olds. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2023, 9:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/after-kaiser-corp-had-stopped-selling-their-eponymous-car/190760/13 "2023-05-23T21:58:58Z")
Thanks but the trunk on the first one clearly says Oldsmobile. I never thought they were that similar. I was only ten years old then so memory is fading. 59 and 60 are more clearly in my mind. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2023, 10:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/after-kaiser-corp-had-stopped-selling-their-eponymous-car/190760/14 "2023-05-23T22:31:48Z")
> [@Purebred](#): > > First one is a Buick, second is an Olds. No portals on either car and both show the exact number of letters as the name “Oldsmobile” on each. Edit: @It_s-Me made me take a closer look, it says Roadmaster on the trunk and in the fender trim, so one Olds and one Buick ---
**Author:** ![It\_s-Me](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/it_s-me/32/12660_2.png) [@It\_s-Me](https://community.cartalk.com/u/It_s-Me)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2023, 10:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/after-kaiser-corp-had-stopped-selling-their-eponymous-car/190760/15 "2023-05-23T22:37:43Z")
> [@bing](#): > > Thanks but the trunk on the first one clearly says Oldsmobile It says Roadmaster ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2023, 11:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/after-kaiser-corp-had-stopped-selling-their-eponymous-car/190760/16 "2023-05-23T23:25:04Z")
Oh gee, I quit. Blew it up and yeah roadmaster. It also has that on the side tail fin. At least the Pontiac looks more like an Edsel. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2023, 12:40am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/after-kaiser-corp-had-stopped-selling-their-eponymous-car/190760/17 "2023-05-24T00:40:11Z")
> [@Mustangman](#): > > No portals on either car and both show the exact number of letters as the name “Oldsmobile” on each. '58 and '59 were the two years that Buicks didn’t have ‘ventiports’: [Buick Portholes: A 10-Minute History | Mac’s Motor City Garage (macsmotorcitygarage.com)](https://macsmotorcitygarage.com/buick-portholes-a-10-minute-history/#:~:text=In%20the%201955%20lineup%20%28above%29%20the%20Special%20%28264,returned%20in%20stylized%20form%20on%20the%201960%20line.) ---
**Author:** ![JayWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@JayWB](https://community.cartalk.com/u/JayWB)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2023, 6:30am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/after-kaiser-corp-had-stopped-selling-their-eponymous-car/190760/18 "2023-05-24T06:30:24Z")
> [@It\_s-Me](#): > > It says Roadmaster You’re right, it sure does. I feel redeemed. ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2023, 12:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/after-kaiser-corp-had-stopped-selling-their-eponymous-car/190760/19 "2023-05-24T12:05:45Z")
Some of you watched too **few** episodes of “Highway Patrol”, though Dan drove Junior level cars, ie 88s and Century’s’. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2023, 12:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/after-kaiser-corp-had-stopped-selling-their-eponymous-car/190760/20 "2023-05-24T12:15:37Z")
> [@Purebred](#): > > Dan drove Junior level cars, ie 88s and Century’s’. Yup! There was also an occasional Dodge or Mercury. [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/after-kaiser-corp-had-stopped-selling-their-eponymous-car/190760.md?page=2)