Henry J by Richardphotos

Photography • Photo Manipulation • posted on Dec 17, 2008

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the car and background are both in Missouri.the car belongs to a restaurant in Branson thanks for looking and any comments The Henry J was an American automobile built by Kaiser-Frazer Corporation and named after its chairman, Henry J. Kaiser. Production of six cylinder models began in July, 1950, and four cylinder production started shortly after Labor Day, 1950. Official public introduction was September 28, 1950. The car was the brainchild of Henry J. Kaiser, who sought to increase sales of his Kaiser automotive line by adding a car that could be built inexpensively and thus affordable for the average American in the same vein that Henry Ford produced the Model T. The project also included a lot of government "designing" as various provisions of the 1949 government loan to Kaiser-Frazer specified various particulars of the vehicle. Kaiser-Frazer would be in violation of the loan terms unless the car in its base form retailed (including Federal tax and retail delivery preparation charge) for no more than $1,300.00. It had to seat at least five adults, it had to be available for retail sale no later than September 30, 1950, and had to be capable of going at least 50 miles per hour for sustained periods of time http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_J

Comments (97)

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LBJ2

5:52AM | Wed, 17 December 2008

Stunning shot, Richard. That's about the coolest yellow cab i've seen. Boy that's a beauty. Fantastic piece of history.

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Palmetto_girl

5:53AM | Wed, 17 December 2008

Beautiful car!

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flora-crassella

5:53AM | Wed, 17 December 2008

this is a wonderful car! Perfectly photo!

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emmecielle

5:58AM | Wed, 17 December 2008

Fantastic photo! :)

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durleybeachbum

5:58AM | Wed, 17 December 2008

Very smart! We have yellow cabs in my town too.

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Meisiekind

6:05AM | Wed, 17 December 2008

Amazing use of selective coloring Richard. Stunning image! :)

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B_PEACOCK

6:10AM | Wed, 17 December 2008

That is a cool looking Taxi.Excellent shot Richard

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Darkwish

6:11AM | Wed, 17 December 2008

Really great pic! I like this one!

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Ravenlady

6:12AM | Wed, 17 December 2008

Yeah!!!!! Lovely car Richard! :D nice shot and work with the selective colors

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praep

6:15AM | Wed, 17 December 2008

Good old times - great shot.

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Meglaurel

6:19AM | Wed, 17 December 2008

visual excellence carrying the checkboard to the cement below

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mapps

6:31AM | Wed, 17 December 2008

very slick :-)

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magnus073

7:08AM | Wed, 17 December 2008

I know this car and think it is a cool one also. Amazing what we could turn out for so little back then with a few things left off.

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chesscanoe

7:12AM | Wed, 17 December 2008

Very nice interpretation; good to see it as a real car with the imperfections it's entitled to!

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Minda

7:13AM | Wed, 17 December 2008

wow! very nice car great color this is cool u did fantstic shot richard.

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rawdodb

7:22AM | Wed, 17 December 2008

That sure brings back memories... One of my buddies in High school drove a faded blue one..... Excellent shot!! and a nice bit of history... Thanks!!!

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KarmaSong

7:39AM | Wed, 17 December 2008

Mmm..this is a most gorgeous vintage car you've superbly captured! Thank you for sharing, Richard !

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NekhbetSun

7:42AM | Wed, 17 December 2008

Thanks for the info and never heard of that before....really neat shot Richard ! Hugs ~

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timtripp

7:48AM | Wed, 17 December 2008

excellent shot, marvelous comment

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Debwhosmiles

7:52AM | Wed, 17 December 2008

Nice little gem of history~ Great presentation!

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allnaydi

8:00AM | Wed, 17 December 2008

Great classic and interesting background story Richard. Today, GM, Ford and Chrysler would probably be screaming about that much government interference - while asking for huge bail-outs at the same time :)

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flaviok

8:06AM | Wed, 17 December 2008

Magnifica história descritiva, captura excelente meu amigo, aplausos (5)

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scifibabe

8:11AM | Wed, 17 December 2008

Very interesting vehicle. Love the history you wrote about it. Most intriguing. I agree with allnavdi's comments. Beautiful photo of the car too. Wonderful POV. Nice work.

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