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1951

The Frazer got a much needed facelift for 1951, although it was to little to late and this would be the last year for Frazer automobile. The new body design was based on styling by Howard Darin and executed by Herb Weissinger. The car featured crisp, highly defined body lines with rakish windstream curves and unbroken fender contours, Elements included large taillights set into high-crowned rear fenders, sculptured crease lines on the front and rear fendersides and around the rear wheel opening plus a heavily chromed wind tunnel grille. The standard Frazer series comprised of two body styles, the four-door sedan and the five-door Vagabond utility sedan. The latter body type combined the features of a conventional sedan with the flexibility of a station wagon. Other makes of the era used the similar designs, but Frazer used a unique design of dual rear hatches. In this one panel folded down to forma tailgate while the upper hatch opened upward to give nearly complete floor to ceiling access to the interior. The rear seat folded down to give a station wagon like flat cargo floor. The word Frazer appeared on the rear door of Standard sedans, and Frazer Vagabond on the utility model. The 1951 Frazer Manhattan line consisted of a four-door hardtop sedan and a four-door convertible sedan. The new Hardtop sedan was similar to the Kaiser Virginian of 1950. Both the Manhattan and the Virginian attempted to combine convertible lines with the convenience of a steel roof. They were not true pillarless hardtops in that fixed side window frames and small glass panels (located above the center of the body) were used for added structural support. Both of these reinforcements prevented unobstructed view out the sides of the cars. The Virginian (Kaiser) had featured padded nylon top coverings to provide an even more convertible type appearance. This feature, however, was seen only on a handful of the new Frazer Manhattans and may have only been a prototypes. According to marque experts, all but one known model have unpadded roofs. A Manhattan sedan was announced at the 1951 model introduction, but apparently was never produced. Production of the Frazer automobile was discontinued at the close of the 1951 model run when the stock of leftover bodies was used.

1951 Frazer ad.

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1951 Frazer Ad

1951 Frazer Standard Sedan

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1951 Frazer Standard Sedan

1951 Frazer Standard Sedan

1951 Frazer Convertible Sedan

1951 Frazer Hardtop Sedan

1951 Frazer HT F
1951 Frazer Hardtop Sedan

1951 Frazer Hardtop Sedan

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Factory Numbers

Model	Body / Style	Body Type	Factory	Shipping	Production
Number	Number	& Seating	Price	Weight	Total
Frazer Standard	Series F51

F51	F5151	4-dr Sed-6P	$2359.00	3456	6,900
F51	F5155	4-dr Utly Sed-6P	$2399.00	3556	3,000

Frazer Manhattan	Series F51

F51	F5161	4-dr HT Sed-6P	$3075.00	3771	152
F51	F5162	4- dr Conv-6P	$3075.00	3941	131

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