Anyone have one they want to sell? I'm looking for the Aloha Green one. Thanks very much!
Barry Levittan
Long Island, NY
It shows as "temporarily unavailable"
Barry Levittan
Long Island, NY
@moe-parr Aloha! I can help you out Barry.
The blue Allstate with the extra chrome trim and fancy taillights looks very sharp!
Barry Levittan
Long Island, NY
Anyone have one they want to sell? I'm looking for the Aloha Green one. Thanks very much!
I have one. I think this one is Aloha Green .
Models = Miracles in miniature = Holding History in ones hand
Cheers and Happy Collecting,
Steve
Thanks, Steve, I was able to locate one earlier. Nice set-up you have there!
Barry Levittan
Long Island, NY
A little information on the Sears Allstate:
The Allstate, built by Kaiser and sold by some Sears stores, was offered as 1952-1953 models. Differing from the Henry J, the Allstate's front end design was styled by the late designer Alex Tremulis who also designed the Tucker automobile. The 1952-53 models were introduced by Sears, Roebuck and Co. and available in both four and six cylinder models.
The Allstate was built by Kaiser with some features, such as the 1953 tailfin brake light lenses, that later became standard on the Henry J. As Kaiser built these Allstates, by contract they used Sears Allstate parts, such as tires, battery, spark plugs, seat covers, and others, whenever possible. The Allstate also had interiors that some sources say were of a higher class than the Henry J. With a total production run of about 2,400 units, Allstates weren't exactly the most common automobiles on the road. They were featured in the Sears mail-order catalog, but most were sold through a network of Sears stores in the southern United States.
Theodore V. Houser, a Sears executive who also owned some Kaiser-Frazer stock, had been asking Henry Kaiser to build Sears a car since the west coast construction tycoon had entered the auto business in 1945. (This was not the first attempt by Sears to produce cars: a pretty little high-wheeler had carried the Sears name back in 1912.)
The Allstate was indeed a Henry J sporting a very modest facelift, with a restyled grille and Allstate badging. The engines were the same four and six-cylinder Willys-built flatheads found in the standard Henry J, but with the word ALLSTATE cast into the cylinder heads.
Thanks for the History lesson David. Much enjoyed.
Models = Miracles in miniature = Holding History in ones hand
Cheers and Happy Collecting,
Steve